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Jones, William E., 1824-1864 to newspaper editor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09285 Author/Creator: Jones, William E., 1824-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: December 1860 Pagination: 3 p. : Order a Copy

Letter to newspaper editor, intended for publication, calling to prepare for coming Civil War: "With the old and the young, rifle practice should be the order of the day for we may have to meet the enemy abroad and at home.…the devil in the shape of an abolitionist might well be defied."

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