Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Page M. Baker
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04027 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 4, 1875 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 13.7 cm Order a Copy
Beauregard thanks Barker for his "vigorous defense of myself in your paper in answer to abuses of the Chicago Tribune." Also states that he is aware "that my letter to Governor Porter was not polite, but the charges of Mr. Sherman had to be met." Baker was editor of the New Orleans Bulletin.
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