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Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 to Elhanan M. Mast

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.034 Author/Creator: Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 Place Written: Salem Mills Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 38.5 cm Order a Copy

Relays to his brother that Hugh Jewett has accepted the Democratic nomination. Remarks that "the opposition is making great Lamentation over the Nominations and are endeavoring to make Capital by saying that the Democrats are opposed to the war, when it is known that they were the foremost to enlist, and spend their money to sustain the Constitution..." Location listed as "Salem Mills;" possibly former West Salem Mills, Ohio.

Mast, Elhanan M., fl., 1853-1862
Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
Jewett, Hugh Judge, 1817-1898

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