Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05339.08 Author/Creator: Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) Place Written: Natchez, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 May 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.9 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
Comments on the lack of comfort and rest he has recently received. Informs the recipient he may travel to New York at the end of May. Discusses Dickinson (possibly Daniel S. Dickinson), John Slidell, and the corruption of New York politicians. Referring to the election of 1860, writes "I would not be at all surprised, if the 'national union party' would be the successful party. I wish it may be so."
Stephen Duncan was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. Dickinson, a United States Senator from New York 1843-1850, was a potential Presidential candidate in 1860. Slidell was a United States Representative from Louisiana 1843-1846 and Senator 1853-1860.
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