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Maitland, J.G., fl. 1837-1865 to [James M.] Maitland

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.050 Author/Creator: Maitland, J.G., fl. 1837-1865 Place Written: New Castle, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the recent elections with his cousin, writing "I gave my opinion when you said that I was not with the Democratick Party Democracy - a pure Government offered by the Servants of the People. Is there any such Party - if so I have not found it in a Search of Twenty years."

Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
Maitland, J.G., fl. 1857-1862

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