Cutts, Madison (fl. 1863) to Stephen Arnold Douglas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05621.04 Author/Creator: Cutts, Madison (fl. 1863) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Letter signed Date: 14 April 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18.5 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy
Cutts transmits copies of correspondence (not included) written by Douglas, a Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, regarding the political proceedings at the beginning of the Civil War. Cutts (possibly responsible for publishing the correspondence in a newspaper) transmits a newspaper extract (not included) with the letters.
Douglas served as United States Representative from Illinois 1843-1846, and as Senator 1847-1862.
Washington April 14
1863.
My dear Sir
I send you at once the copies of your letters without the ommission of line or word or even a dot - The newspaper extract adhered so firmly to the letter on which you pasted it that I could only remove it and therefore copied making quotation marks before each line to distinguish from the rest of the letters - I was fortunate in being able to send them to you so soon as I had to look over an immense mass of correspondence
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