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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05244 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Henry C. Knowlton to Harlow Higinbotham discussing mutual acquaintances and personal matters |
| Date | 26 September 1862 |
| Author | Knowlton, Henry C. (1838-1926) |
| Recipient | Higinbotham, Harlow |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Civil War Union Forces President Confederate States of America Guerrilla Warfare Military History Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Presidential Speeches and Proclamations African American History Democratic Party American Statesmen |
| People | Knowlton, Henry C. (1838-1926) Higinbotham, Harlow (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Joliet, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Stephen Arnold Douglas was an Illinois politician and the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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