Letter, 1861 May 11 Henry Stevens, Jr., London, England to Governor Erastus Fairbanks, Montpelier, Vermont.

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Letter, 1861 May 11 Henry Stevens, Jr., London, England to Governor Erastus Fairbanks, Montpelier, Vermont.

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Photographic reproduction of a letter dated May 11, 1861, from Henry Stevens to Governor Erastus Fairbanks telling Fairbanks how proud he is of Vermont's stance on the upcoming conflict. He also indicates he had thought of returning to America to lend his support, but he decided to follow Benjamin Franklin's example and support the good cause from Europe.

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Vermont. Governor (1860-1861 : Fairbanks)

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Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886

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Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...

Fairbanks, E. (Erastus), 1792-1864

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