- GLC#
- GLC08904
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 November 1860
- Author/Creator
- Muggins, Pete, fl. 1860
- Title
- to Abraham Lincoln
- Place Written
- Fillmore, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Intensely vitriolic letter sent to President Lincoln shortly after his election. Muggins writes forty-two expletives in a 168-word letter outlining his distaste for the new president and his politics. The letter is attached to a board with a transcription and description dubbing this the "Hot stove" letter.
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