Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

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Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

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Letters, telegrams, circulars, petitions and miscellaneous political broadsides sent to editors William Cullen Bryant and Charles Nordhoff. Certain items are marked as if for publication. Includes a letter from Hiram Paulding, verses submitted by Junius Henri Browne, a proof of Henry O'Reilly's "An American Anthem ...," Francis Lieber's Circular no. 59 "Lincoln ober McClellan?," "Reasons for prosecuting the war" by Wm. White Williams, a memorial of Col. Garret Nevius of N.J., killed at Vicksburg, broadsides relating to the 1862 N.Y. gubernatorial race and the 1863 draft riots in N.Y.C., a citizens petition to remove Gen. Wool from control of Baltimore and other material relating to the Civil War and its aftermath.

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Boston Athenaeum

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886

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Browne, Junius Henri, 1833-1902

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Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869

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Nevius, Garret.

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Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

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Paulding, Hiram, 1797-1878

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Williams, Wm. White (William White)

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Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901

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American author and sailor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1863-1886 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611572 Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) was an American journalist and author. He edited the New York Evening Post from 1857 to 1871, was the New York Herald's Washington correspondent from 1874 to 1890, and wrote political works and books about the sea. He advocated the Union cause in the U.S. Civil W...