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Suttle, Charles F., fl. 1857 to James Buchanan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09028.05 Author/Creator: Suttle, Charles F., fl. 1857 Place Written: Alexandria, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: 14 March 1857 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Written to President Buchanan to show Southern support for U.S. Marshal Watson Freeman and Massachusetts District Attorney Benjamin F. Hallett. Signed by Suttle, former owner of Anthony Burns, Henry C. Ward, President of the Democratic Association of Alexandria, R. M. Smith, Editor of the Alexandria Sentinel, William D. Massey, Mayor of Alexandria, George P. Wise, Ex Mayor, and D. Funsten. The Southern supporters first apologize for interfering and then ask that the Freeman and Hallett are kept in office. They reference the two men's professional conduct during the Anthony Burns case. "...it was a case of national importance, & its issues did very much towards establishing the hopes of Southern men that justice could yet be obtained in the Union. - But for the energetic conduct of the District Attorney & Marshal, the result and the moral would have been wholly different. The South loves the men of the north, who in the face of prejudice do her justice..." They describe Buchanan "a tower of strength." Marked as a copy.

Suttle, Charles F., fl. 1857
Massey, William Duncan, fl. 1857-1860
Wise, George P., fl. 1854-1857
Ward, Henry C., fl. 1857
Smith, R. M., fl. 1857
Funsten, D., fl. 1857
Freeman, Watson, fl. 1827-1857
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
Hallett, Benjamin F., 1797-1862

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