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- GLC#
- GLC05007.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 30 August 1860
- Author/Creator
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
- Title
- to Ernie and Morton
- Place Written
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 16.2 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Vice President and Presidential candidate Breckinridge updates two individuals from New York City on his progress regarding an upcoming speech. States "I have not as yet even made a note ... It would be better, perhaps, if we were more accustomed in the west to carefull written preparation."
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