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Coleman, Daniel, fl. 1884-1890 to Joseph M. Maitland

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.200 Author/Creator: Coleman, Daniel, fl. 1884-1890 Place Written: Cropsey, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1884 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Letter is addressed "Dear Cousin." Says he has bought an additional twenty acres of land for pasture. Plans to plant thirty-eight acres of corn. Comments "I think all over the land there is deadness in the church owing to the bitter feeling between the Political parties in the Election this fall..." Discusses John St. John and the Prohibition party. Claims, "The Prohibitionist is here to stay..." Mentions he would like to visit. Declares "...a republican would be about as safe in the south as a St. John's man in Urbana..." Letter has several holes.

Maitland, Joseph M., 1839-1918
Coleman, D., fl. 1884
St. John, John, 1833-1916

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