John Henry Hopkins letter, 1863.

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John Henry Hopkins letter, 1863.

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The collection consists of a 7-page letter written 16 October 1863 from John Henry Hopkins in Burlington, VT, to Nahum Capen, a Boston publisher, in which Hopkins defends the right of the southern states to secede from the union. Hopkins was devoted to the union but pessimistic about the possibility of reunion with the estranged states. A typed transcription of the letter is available with the collection.

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Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library

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Norwich University, Kreitzberg Library

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Capen, Nahum, 1804-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd10pp (person)

Capen, born in Canton, Mass., began to study medicine at age 18; however, ill health prevented completion of his apprenticeship and in 1825 he entered into partnership in the publishing firm of Marsh, Capen, and Lyon. He wrote papers, articles, and books on history and politics, and was an advocate of free trade, federal copyright laws, popular education, and various social welfare reforms. He was postmaster of Boston from 1857 to 1861, and is credited with working out the free delivery system. ...

Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868

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Episcopal bishop of Vermont. From the description of Letter, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155474749 John Henry Hopkins was born in 1792 in Ireland. He became the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Vermont. Hopkins published over fifty books, pamphlets and sermons. His published lecture, Slavery: Its Religious Sanction, Its Political Dangers, and the Best Mode of Doing it Away (1851) averred that slavery was not a sin but that its abolition was crucial and should be...