ALS, 1859 February 17 : Sacramento, to Hon. J.W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington City, D.C.

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ALS, 1859 February 17 : Sacramento, to Hon. J.W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington City, D.C.

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"There is a growing feeling to run you for Governor," the California legislator writes his brother, detailing the political scene in the state. He relates the Democrats have raised money to start a newspaper in Sacramento to rival the existing one. "There never was a more propitious time for starting a truly democratic paper."

4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...

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