Hickox, Virgil, 1806-1881 to Stephen Arnold Douglas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05621.01 Author/Creator: Hickox, Virgil, 1806-1881 Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Letter signed Date: 4 May 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Hickox, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, discusses President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to suppress "revolutionary combinations opposing the laws of the Union." Encourages Douglas, a Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, to publicly discuss Lincoln's request and the impending war. States " ... it will be important for you to make a full explanation, either in a speech to be published or in a letter ... the public desire to know why Congress was not called in extra session at an earlier day than the 4th day of July." Labeled as a copy.
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