James H. Campbell papers, 1861-1866.

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James H. Campbell papers, 1861-1866.

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This collection holds a series of letters written by Pennsylvania Congressman James Hepburn Campbell from April to August of 1861, in which he described the political and social climate of Washington D.C. during the outbreak of the Civil War. Also present is a series of ten letters written in 1862 and 1863 to Campbell's wife relating interviews with President Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, and letters documenting his post as Minister to Sweden in 1866.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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