ALS, 1861 September 24 : Washington City, D.C., to Editor, Sacramento Union.

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ALS, 1861 September 24 : Washington City, D.C., to Editor, Sacramento Union.

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Denver objects to his private letter published in the newspaper which detailed the disruption and hardship caused by the war. He denies supporting secession. "The struggle may continue for years and it may exhaust every portion of the country, but even that would be better than to establish the heresy that a State has a legal right to withdraw from the Union at pleasure."

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Denver, James William, 1817-1892

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James W. Denver was born near Winchester, Virginia. He attended public schools and moved to Ohio with his parents in 1830, settling near Wilmington. In 1841 he taught school in Missouri, and in 1844 he graduated from the law school of the University of Cincinnati. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law near Xenia, Ohio. He moved to Platte City, Missouri, in 1845, where he continued his law practice and acting career. In 1847, during the Mexican–American War, he recruited a company for t...