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Albert E. Plattenburg letter
Collection — Box: 67
Identifier: MS-SC1186
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a letter to his mother discusses recent elections in Fulton County, the defeat of the Democrats there and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Dates:
Created: November 13, 1866
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Richard J. Oglesby papers
Collection — Box: 64
Identifier: MS-SC1120
Scope and Contents
Letters, documents and journal. Letters discuss opposition to the power of the railroad companies, Abraham Lincoln's character and his friendship with him, Illinois and National politics, family affairs, his first meeting with General Ulysses Grant at Cairo, Ill. in 1861, letter of recommendation to President Johnson for Brigadier General A.A. Smith of Illinois, and a letter acknowledging an invitation to Army of the Cumberland Reunion in Decatur, 1870. Letters to Jackson Grimshaw, General...
Dates:
Created: 1856 - 1924
Found in:
Manuscript Collection