Autograph letter signed from George William Curtis, New York, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1875 February 7.

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Autograph letter signed from George William Curtis, New York, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1875 February 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694525264

Curtis responds to the recipient's note about the "bayonet picture," discussing the bayonet as a symbol "behind all constitution and law and government."

4 leaves ; 19 x 11 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Curtis, George William, 1824-1892

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George William Curtis (February 24, 1824 – August 31, 1892) was an American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of New Englander ancestry. A Republican, he spoke in favor of African-American equality and civil rights. Curtis, the son of George and Mary Elizabeth (Burrill) Curtis, was born in Providence on February 24, 1824. His mother died when he was two. At six he was sent with his elder brother to school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained for fi...