Letter : Lynchburg, Va., to John Letcher, 1851 September 7.

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Letter : Lynchburg, Va., to John Letcher, 1851 September 7.

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Woodson writes about the upcoming gubernatorial election, the Staunton convention, the chances of Letcher and John Buchanan Floyd for the nomination, East-West factionalism caused by both the Southwestern railroad fight, and the fight over the population base for representation in the General Assembly, William Ritchie and the Richmond Enquirer, and the precarious finances of being a newspaper editor.

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University of Virginia. Library

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