Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 to C. E. Potts

GLC01595.02

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GLC#
GLC01595.02
Type
Letters
Date
January 7, 1891
Author/Creator
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Title
to C. E. Potts
Place Written
Bangor, Maine
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
Slavery & Anti-slavery

Hamlin replies to a letter from Potts in Troy, New York. He thanks Potts for a copy of the "Wide Awake Vocalist," an 1860 Presidential campaign song book for the Republican Party candidates (Abraham Lincoln and Hamlin). Reminisces about the campaign, and serving with Lincoln. Remarks, "we had to keep our territories free from the curse of slavery..." He clls Lincoln "a great and good man." He writes, "few remain who participated in those political conflicts or who realise, the determination and integrity required for that occasion. A majority of our population to day, were then unborn and can have no realising sense of those times- All honor, to Abraham Lincoln for the wonderful work he did Let his memory be faithfully cherished by all-"

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