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In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's nomination, May 16, 1860, as the Republican presidential nominee, Deitzler writes from Lawrence that Mark W. Delahay had gone to Springfield, Illinois, on behalf of "our Gen'l J. H. Lane," and the latter was going East soon, "to howl frightfully against Democracy & in favor of 'Old Abe' & so secure, if possible, the confidence of that good man." Deitzler is worried about the new administration, if it is to be controlled by the likes of Lane and Delahay. On another subject, in behalf of a friend, Deitzler asks about the new territorial divorce law and Wood's availability to handle such a case "in a quiet way."
Creator: Deitzler, George Washington, 1826-1884
Date: August 18, 1860
Item Number: 90542
Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Coll. #548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90542
Collections - Manuscript - Wood, Samuel N.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Deitzler, George W.
People - Notable Kansans - Delahay, Mark William, 1818-1879
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
People - Notable People - Lincoln, Abraham
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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