Correspondence of John C. Underwood [manuscript] 1856-1862.

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Correspondence of John C. Underwood [manuscript] 1856-1862.

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Letters, 1856, 1858, 1860-62, Underwood, a member of the American Emigrant and Homestead Company, to William Henry Seward regarding emigration, the Republican Party, & Seward as a possible candidate. The correspondence also includes letters, 1857 & 1860, to Thurlow Weed, and a letter, 1861 February 18, Sherard A. Clemons to Underwood, regarding consequences to Southern Republicanism if Lincoln is the candidate.

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