Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 to Joseph M. Maitland
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.100 Author/Creator: Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 Place Written: Kingston, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 September 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his son, "I have been frequently asked by your old friends whether it is so that you have turned abolitionist: I have upon all occasions told them that I did not think it could be possible. and, it has even been thrown up in a taunting manner. if so say so, and upon what principal the change has taken place. I presume the grounds from which the report came was that you were not a Vallandingham man... The subject of nominating a War Democrat for Governor is being agitated and on the 19th inst there is a County Convention appointed to nominate a Delegate... I am in for the project for I want to see the Democratic Party placed right on the War." Praises the recently elected Governor of Kentucky, Thomas E. Bramlett. Notes that the draft is postponed for the present. Predicts that the war will not end until "Charleston, Mobile, and the Army of the Potomac are taken." Notes that the Broad Gauge Railroad is under construction. Encloses a photograph. Includes a short note written 7 September on a separate small piece of paper.
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