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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00669 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Francis Elias Spinner to Moses Fowler Odell discussing the suicide of Preston King |
| Date | 16 November 1865 |
| Author | Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) |
| Recipient | Odell, Moses Fowler |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Spinner, United States Treasurer, responds to a telegraph and a letter from Odell, a former United States Representative from New York. Laments the suicide of Preston King, stating: "While his heart was overflowing with human kindness toward all men, he was rigidly just. No consideration of comfort or interest to himself or the warmest friendship for others, could for a moment sway him from the pursuit if what he believed to be right." Written on Treasury Department stationery. Docketed on the upper right corner of the last page. |
| Subjects | Death Suicide Congress |
| People | Odell, Moses Fowler (1818-1866) Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890) King, Preston (1806-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Preston King served as a United States Representative from New York 1843-1846 and 1849-1852, Senator 1857-1862, and customs collector of the Port of New York 1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |