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SPEED, JAMES

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SPEED, JAMES
(1812 - 1887) Brother of Lincoln's boyhood friend and the President's second Attorney General. War-date A.L.S. ""James Speed"", 2pp. 4to., Louisville, Apr. 13, 1861 concerning the surrender of Fort Sumter, in full: ""By telegram we learn that Sumter has been surrendered. The effort to supply or reinforce being a failure. This is a heavy blow to Union strength here. I see that it will be hard to fight against percentage of success that for a time...to wait on every movement of seceders. I think it must be temporary. Time alone will tell. The feelings of hatred for the North and the powers that be is fast growing into one of contemptàTroubles, O what Trouble is in for usà"". On verso in another hand is an erroneous biography about Speed. Minor ink bleed through affects content somewhat, else very good.