Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 to William Pitt Fessenden

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GLC#
GLC02490.03
Type
Letters
Date
1 August 1860
Author/Creator
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Title
to William Pitt Fessenden
Place Written
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Cameron, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, informs Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine, that Pennsylvania is as likely as Maine or Massachusetts to elect Abraham Lincoln as President and Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President in the 1860 election. Written from Lochiel, Cameron's Harrisburg residence. Fessenden served as a U.S. congressman (1841-1842) and senator (1854-1864; 1865-1869), and as Secretary of the Treasury (1864-1865). Docketed by Fessenden on verso.

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