Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) to Page M. Baker
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04027 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1875 Pagination: 2 p. ; 22.3 x 13.7 cm. Order a Copy
Thanks Barker for his "vigorous defense of myself in your paper in answer to abuses of the Chicago Tribune." Also states that he is aware "that my letter to Governor Porter was not polite, but the charges of Mr. Sherman had to be met." Baker was editor of the New Orleans Bulletin.
Office New Orleans and Carrolton R.R. Co. New Orleans, May 4, 1875
Mr. Page Baker
Editor of the New Orleans Bulletin
Dear Sir;
Allow me to thank you for your able and vigorous defense of myself in your paper of today in
answer to abuses of the Chicago Tribune.
I am aware that my letter to Governor Porter was not polite, but the charges of Mr. Sherman had to be met, sooner or later, and I prefer doing so at once, taking at the same time the offensive. I am confident that most Southerners will approve the news expressed by me in that letter. I remain,
Yours very truly, G.T. Beauregard
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