Lee, John F., 1813-1884 to Henry Jackson Hunt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.085 Author/Creator: Lee, John F., 1813-1884 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 11, 1871 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy
Declares of courts and commissions organized by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War 1862-1868, "Couldn't he organize courts & commissions to convict! They would have hung their own innocent mothers." Discussing Senator Charles Sumner, writes "Isn't Sumner a great man! the Master spirit of our age. How he drags along, or kicks up, his recalcitrant radicals... I dare say he is logical & right. I have thought profoundly on it this last week, & have grown wiser than any democrat. If nigger is to be an essential element in our population and government... then we had better mix + amalgamate & have it all homogeneous." Notes cryptically that he will keep the "intrigue of yours with the old virgin secret... It does look bad. I had no idea she would commit you." Relates he has been reading Swinton (possibly William Swinton), and refers to General George H. Thomas. Year inferred from content.
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