Letter to the "President of the United States" with a poem "To the promoters of disunion," 1860, Dec 10-17.

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Letter to the "President of the United States" with a poem "To the promoters of disunion," 1860, Dec 10-17.

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In this letter to the "President of the United States With the Compliments of His very Humble and Obdt. Servant J. Goldsborough Bruff," is a 28-line poem entitled "To the Promoters of Disunion. E. Pluribus Unum. One and inseparable; United we stand, but divided we fall." There is also a 16-line "Invocation" and a sketch by Bruff of a man with a cannon. It is written on a pictorial lettersheet with an image of Washington, D.C. entitled "View of Washington City." The poem is dated 1860, December 10 while a note about the sketch is dated 1860, December 17.

1 letter, 28 cm. 2 pages.

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Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889

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J.G. Bruff came to California during the 1849 gold rush. His papers and drawings are held chiefly by The Huntington Library and Yale University. From the description of Feeder (mill-race) and sluice-gate and dam, Rock-Creek, above the upper mill [graphic] / [drawn by] J.G. Bruff. 1859. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48150865 Engineer, of Washington, D.C. From the description of J. Goldsborough Bruff papers, 1827-1889. (Historical Societ...