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Autographs/J: Union General Denver Attacks President Johnson

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Autographs/J: Union General Denver Attacks President Johnson
(ANDREW JOHNSON), JAMES WILLIAM DENVER, Union General; Governor of Kansas Territory. Autograph Letter Signed "Will" to his wife, 4 pages, on the letterhead of Denver's law firm, November 4, 1866, Washington, D.C., 9.785" x 7.5", Choice Very Fine. The letter also contains a poem Denver wrote to a friend, signed "Denver." Among the contents of the letter: Denver informs his wife that he plans to go to "a meeting of the 'Army of the Tennessee' [which Denver had commanded] at Cincinnati on the 14th...."; he also refers to "great excitement about affairs at Baltimore," (Union leaders had just met to form the National Labor Union, in response to growing dangers in mills, mines, etc.), which he thinks will "blow over" after the election. He then rips into President Johnson: "The President has shown himself utterly incapable of managing the helm of state. His inertness and imbecility is more apparent to every one, and is fast losing him the friends that flocked around him some months ago. He will do nothing or next to nothing, and the little he does do is seldom done right. Defied and scorned by his office-holders he is fast losing the respect of those who would have stood by him. Failing to support his own policy others will not do it for him." In excellent condition, except for easily-repaired fold splits. Accompanied by transmittal envelope and a cover postmarked Denver, Col (Territorial). (3 items)