Letter, Joseph Smith Fowler in Washington, D.C. to W. G. Brownlow, 1867 August 5
ALS. Discusses the efforts of Spence, McElwee, and Rutter in regard to bank affairs in Memphis. Congratulates Brownlow on the 40,000 vote majority. Discusses recent illness. In reference to the North there is a need for another Southern Radical convention because the Northern people are as cold as icicles and are really afraid and ashamed of the poor white and negro party.
Discusses Northern newspapers and General Grant. With envelope.
Dates
- 1867 August 5
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository