Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 to Alexander R. Boteler
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.12 Author/Creator: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 August 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.7 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
On committee letterhead, Stevens, as Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee writes to Boteler as Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Constitutional Union Party.
Requests copies of campaign literature circulating. Letterhead of the National Democratic Committee is printed with John C. Breckinridge for President, and Gen. Joseph Lane for Vice President. Boteler was a U.S. congressman from Virginia (1859-1861). During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a member of Stonewall Jackson's staff. He was elected from Virginia to the Confederate Congress and served from 1862 to 1864.
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