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Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated October 1, 1843, is written from Nathaniel P. Banks, a Union general during the Civil War to James Redpath, an American journalist and anti-slavery activist. The letter is a response to Redpath's request for Banks to go to Brunswick, New York on December 16 and updates Redpath on Banks' current travel plans. The back of the letter has Banks' name, location, and the date. This letter was found tipped into volume four, between pages 326-327 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

10-1-1843

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Banks, Nathaniel P., 1816 –1894; Redpath, James, 1833-1891

Geographic Location

Waltham, (Mass.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V4_1843-10-01_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Letter, Nathaniel P. Banks to James Redpath, October 1, 1873

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