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Pro - Slavery Letters to House Member S.S. Cox

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Pro - Slavery Letters to House Member S.S. Cox
<B>Pro-Slavery Letters to Congressman S.S. Cox of Ohio.</B></I> Two letters to this member of the House of Representatives from Ohio and fellow Anti-Abolitionist. The first item: ALS, two pages, 8" x 10" in pencil, n.p. Feb. 1, 1864. A well written outpouring from John Smith defining Lincoln's secretary of state as the destroyer of the southern people and the "<I>devil</B></I>". It goes on to suggest that his "<I>crusade</B></I>" is a personal vendetta against southern people and that he intentionally derailed peace between the North and South because "<I>...he wanted to see their blood spilt.</B></I>" The second item, dated Sept. 16, 1863, is an outstanding two page piece of prose entitled <I>The Contrast Treason and Patriotism Q outlining the "<I>...schemes of Lincoln and the Devil</B></I>" and "<I>the despot and the traitor</B></I>"; signed by its author John S. Trimble.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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