Partial letter from Jonathan Baldwin Turner to unknown, undated
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Title | Partial letter from Jonathan Baldwin Turner to unknown, undated |
Creator | Turner, Jonathan Baldwin |
Description | The postscript of a letter from Jonathan Baldwin Turner to an unknown recipient. Turner states that the strongest political defenders of the scheme to start a university were Abraham Lincoln, Senator Douglas, and General Grant. He writes of Douglas' sudden passing and the first time he saw Grant. |
Extent | 1 sheet (2 pages) |
Dimensions | 24.9 cm |
Language | eng |
Genre Subject | Correspondence |
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 333: Correspondence: Outgoing; Box 1, Folder: 1834-1893 |
Collection Title | Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Acquisition information | Donated by Mary Turner Carriel in 1913 or by her son Reverend Charles A. Carriel in 1939. |
Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
Type | |
Identifier | 0333_003_005_29 |
Collection | Jonathan Baldwin Turner Papers (Digitized Content) |
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