Authors

John Bright

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Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated January 30, 1865, is written from John Bright in Rochdale, England to Gideon Welles in Washington, D. C. concerning the request on behalf of Bright's neighbor who's son was killed in service of the United States Navy. The neighbor, Mrs. Hawkins, requires assistance receiving the money owed to her upon the passing of her son. The letter was found tipped into pages 258-259 of volume eight, in pages 258-259 of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1-30-1865

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

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Navy

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 2 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V8_1869-01-30_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 8

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, John Bright to Gideon Welles, January 30, 1865

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