Pugh, George Ellis (1822-1876) to Alfred Edmund Burr
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.16 Author/Creator: Pugh, George Ellis (1822-1876) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.6 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I fervently hope that our Democratic friends in Connecticut may be so earnest, and zealous, and withal so fortunate as to break the back of Abolitionism at the approaching election. Their victory (if victory it shall be) will decide the Presidential contest ...It is a source of regret to me that I cannot wear the harness in a battle so glorious, and full of such weighty consequences." Pugh served as a U.S. senator from Ohio from 1855-1860.
Pugh served as United States Senator from Ohio 1855-1860. Burr founded The Hartford Times, a Connecticut newspaper.
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