Letter from H. D. Mackay (Law and Collection Office of Mackay and Sears, Leavenworth, Kansas) to Lieutenant L. E. Campbell (15th U. S. Infantry, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan) October 26, 1866

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Letter from H. D. Mackay (Law and Collection Office of Mackay and Sears, Leavenworth, Kansas) to Lieutenant L. E. Campbell (15th U. S. Infantry, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan) October 26, 1866

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Letter written October 26, 1866 by Leavenworth, Kansas businessman H. D. Mackay, denouncing the administration of U. S. President Andrew Johnson in the nation's period of post-Civil War Reconstruction. The envelope is addressed to L. E. Campbell but postmarked September 28. Mackay's letter is to Lieutenant Lafayette Campbell, who later married a niece of Johnson's successor, Ulysses S. Grant.

4-page letter on folded leaf with envelope

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Mackay, H. D.

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H. D. Mackay was a prominent Leavenworth, Kansas businessman in the 1860s and 1870s who, in partnership with Theodore C. Sears, operated the Law and Collection Office of Mackay and Sears. In 1875, Mackay served in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the state's 19th District. From the guide to the Letter from H. D. Mackay (Law and Collection Office of Mackay and Sears, Leavenworth, Kansas) to Lieutenant L. E. Campbell (15th U. S. Infantry, Fort Wayne, Detro...

Campbell, Lafayette E., 1845-1919.

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