ALS, 1860 [December 25] : Seminary, to General G.M. Graham, Alexandria, [Virginia].

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ALS, 1860 [December 25] : Seminary, to General G.M. Graham, Alexandria, [Virginia].

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Sherman, as superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, in the midst of the secession crisis in the lower South, writes to Graham, a member of the board of supervisors. He comments bluntly on the political events, vowing to serve Louisiana as long as she remains in the Union. "We are in the midst of sad times ... It is not slavery. It is a tendency to anarchy everywhere. I have seen it all over America, and our only hope is in Uncle Sam."

4 p. ; 25.4 x 19.6 cm.

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