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| Page Title | Letter to Margarethe Schurz, July, 25, 1860, regarding Abraham Lincoln |
| Author | Schurz, Carl |
| Source Creation Date | July 25, 1860 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin); |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2007 |
| Digital Identifier | TP428000 |
| Description | Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was a German immigrant who settled in Watertown, Wisconsin, and became a leading anti-slavery advocate and Republican politician. In 1860, he led the Wisconsin delegation to the Republican Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln, and in the summer and fall of that year campaigned enthusiastically for his candidate. On July 24, 1860, he gave a campaign speech in Springfield, Illinois, which Lincoln attended and the two spent much of the evening together. The next morning Schurz wrote the letter translated here, describing to his wife his meeting with Lincoln and Lincoln's gift of an inscribed copy of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates (the inscription is also linked below). |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Recommended Citation | Shurz, Carl. Autograph letter to Margarethe Schurz, July 25, 1860; Wis Mss GN; online facsimile at http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/tp,25917 |
| Document Number | TP428 |
| Size | 3 leaves |
| URL | http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/tp,25917 |
| Owner Collection | Archives |
| Owner Object ID | Mss GN; WIHV95-A74 |
| Genre | letter |
| County | Dodge County; Jefferson County; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Race and Ethnicity | German Americans; |
| Sub-Topic | Abolition and Other Reforms; Wisconsin and the Republican Party; |
| Event Date | 1860-07-25 |
| Event Years | 1860 |
| Event Month | July |
| Event Day | 25 |
| Occupations | Legislators; |
| Politics | Elections; Political campaigns; Political parties; |
| Social Relations | Antislavery movement; Slavery; |
| War | Civil War, 1861-1865; |
Description
| Page Title | Inscription |
| Author | Schurz, Carl |
| Source Creation Date | 1860 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2007 |
| Digital Identifier | TP428001 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Owner Collection | Wisconsin Historical Society Library Rare Book Collection |
| Owner Object ID | E457.4 L732a |
| Full Text | '¦4 uc-crU^ |
| Event Date | 1860 |
| Event Years | 1860 |