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Vickers, George (1801-1879) to Thomas Holliday Hicks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00451.07 Author/Creator: Vickers, George (1801-1879) Place Written: Kent County, Maryland Type: Letter signed Date: December 1861 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Also signed by Jesse K. Hines, William T. Smyth, S. [R.?] Spencer, and Edward Wilkins. A committee transmits an inscribed silver pitcher, waiter, and goblets to Thomas Holliday Hicks at the end of his term as Maryland Governor. According to the committee's statement, the inscription reads: "To his excellency, Thomas Hollyday Hicks, Governor of the State of Maryland. From the Union men of Kent, for his unswerving devotion to the Constitution, and the Union."

George Vickers served as United States Senator from Maryland 1867-1872.

Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865
Hines, Jesse K., fl. 1861
Smyth, William T., fl. 1861
Spencer, S. [R.], fl. 1861
Vickers, George, 1801-1879
Wilkins, Edward, fl. 1861

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