Papers. 1868 March 16.

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Papers. 1868 March 16.

Letter, March 16, 1868, from Clement L. Vallandigham, Dayton, Ohio, to [James Walter] Wall, setting forth what he believes should be their collective strategy against the War Democrats in the party. Letter is written on the reverse of a printed letter, which notes that Vallandigham has taken over the editorship of the Dayton "Ledger," but in the manuscript portion of the letter he notes he will not edit it but control its editorial policy.

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Vallandigham, Clement Laird, 1820-1871

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Clement Laird Vallandigham was born July 29, 1820, in New Lisbon, Ohio (now Lisbon, Ohio), to Clement and Rebecca Laird Vallandigham. His father, a Presbyterian minister, educated his son at home. In 1841, Vallandigham had a dispute with the college president at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was honorably dismissed, but he never received a degree. Edwin M. Stanton, the future Secretary of War under President Lincoln, was Vallandigham's close friend before the Civil War....

Democratic Party (Ohio)

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