Knowlton, Henry C., 1828-1926 to [Harlow Higinbotham]

GLC05244

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GLC#
GLC05244
Type
Letters
Date
September 26, 1862
Author/Creator
Knowlton, Henry C., 1828-1926
Title
to [Harlow Higinbotham]
Place Written
Joliet, Illinois
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Addressed only to "Dear Friend." Discusses mutual acquaintances and personal matters. His friend is in Clarksburg, West Virginia and he asks him "What sort of a place is Clarksburg?...Have you seen any guerillas yet!" Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, "What do you think of Lincoln's 'emancipation proclamation?' To use Artemas Ward's elegant phraseology I think that it is 'hunky' every way." Mentions Stephen Douglas and states "I wish Douglas had lived, but he would rather be dead, than living, to see the degeneracy of some of his professed disciples." On letterhead of the Michigan Central Rail Road Company. Recipient's name is from an earlier description.

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