Ransom, Robert, 1828-1892 to Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.27 Author/Creator: Ransom, Robert, 1828-1892 Place Written: Los Animas, Colorado Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 January 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.6 x 26.4 cm. Order a Copy
Captain Ransom writes to Branch, a United States Representative from North Carolina, Ransom's home state. Reports that there has been no mail for two months, but the previous day, received shocking news (possibly referring to secession of several southern states): "The news which has reached us startles the most lethargic. Before what are we standing? I dare not answer it to myself... Let me now add that should our state need my services, I beg you will offer them, to be used by her in whatever way may to her seem best." Written at Fort Wise.
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