Ewing, Hugh B. (1826-1905) to Thomas Ewing
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03601.11 Author/Creator: Ewing, Hugh B. (1826-1905) Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 July 1856 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Says he has been in Chicago on business and will leave soon. Describes Chicago as "dull," and the houses in the city as being, " ... the merest shells - which the north west wind, would blow into the Prairie, ... But the people, who are 'sand blind,' think them magnificent structures." Criticizes a client he was in Chicago to do business with.
Sherman was adopted by Thomas Ewing, an Ohio Senator and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, after Sherman's father died in 1829. Philemon, Charles, Thomas, and Hugh Ewing were Thomas Ewing's sons and grew up as Sherman's adoptive brothers. Hugh was a General in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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