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Wood, Fernando (1812-1881) to Alfred Edmund Burr

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.24 Author/Creator: Wood, Fernando (1812-1881) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 March 1860 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. Order a Copy

Wood, Mayor of New York City, informs Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, that he will be able to speak at a political convention preceding the 1860 Presidential election. Written on New York Mayor's Office stationery. Labeled "private." Wood also served as a U.S. congressman from New York (1841-1842, 1863-1864, and 1867-1882). He was an outspoken Peace Democrat during the Civil War. Burr was the founder of the Hartford Times, a Connecticut newspaper. He served as a Connecticut Delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention.

Wood served as a United States Representative from New York 1841-1842, 1863-1864, and 1867-1882. Burr founded The Hartford Times, a Connecticut newspaper.

Burr, Alfred Edmund, 1815-1900
Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
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