Letter : Cincinnati, Ohio, to Joseph H. Barrett, [Washington, D.C.], 1862 Mar. 21.

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Letter : Cincinnati, Ohio, to Joseph H. Barrett, [Washington, D.C.], 1862 Mar. 21.

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Autograph letter signed. Comments on war-related decisions made by Lincoln, General McClellan, the government of the Confederate States, a new tax and its effect on newspapers, and Benjamin Wade. He also asks Barrett whether he ever considers returning to the newspaper business.

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