Letter, 1862 October 31.

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Letter, 1862 October 31.

Holograph letter written near White's Ford, Virginia.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 cm.

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Birney, William, 1819-1907

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William Birney was born May 28, 1819 on his father's plantation near Huntsville, Alabama. He grew up there and in Danville, Kentucky. Birney was educated at Centre College and Yale University and he practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then lived for five years in Europe, primarily on the Continent and in England. For two years, he was a professor of English literature at the college in Bourges. He took an active part in the revolutionary movement in France in 1848. He later wrote numerous arti...

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