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Henry Alexander Wise to Charles D. Meigs regarding unity between North and South, 18 December 1859
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Henry Alexander Wise to Charles D. Meigs regarding unity between North and South, 18 December 1859.
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Wise was a U.S. Representative from Virginia 1833-1844 and Governor of Virginia 1856-1860.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Governor Wise responds to a letter from Meigs, a professor of obstetrics and diseases of women at the Jefferson Medical College (in Philadelphia). Arguing for unity between North and South, writes, I eagerly grasp your hand, as Thomas Jefferson did Benjamin Franklin's at Carpenter's Hall on the 4th of July 1776. Claims Northerners meddle with what is not their business. Writes, I am a Union man- have been so ever. Mean to be so, forever. But if my honor is pricked in any Union I will burst its bonds... I mean to fight for the Union- never against it- but fight I will if it is further assailed by Fanaticism and wicked folly. Assures Meigs that nothing will come between their friendship.
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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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English
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March 18, 2024
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American history module 1
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