Letter from Leonidas Lent Hamline to James B. Finley

Authors

L.L. Hamline

Files

Description

Bishop Hamline has read Finley's article in the September 17, 1856 Western Christian Advocate, telling of his journey to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Finley apparently crossed paths with proslavery ruffians on their way to fight antislavery folks in Kansas. Hamline praises Finley on the article. He is very glad to know that Finley is supporting the Republican candidate for president (1856), John C. Fremont, instead of American party candidate, Millard Fillmore. Hamline mentions having converted Samuel Stowe of Troy Conference (old Father Stowe) to Fremont's candidacy. Hamline reports that he is in failing health. Abstract Number - 833

Abstract Number

833

Publication Date

9-25-1856

City

Schenectady

Keywords

Slavery Letters; U.S. History; Bleeding Kansas; Politics

Recommended Citation

Hamline, L.L., "Letter from Leonidas Lent Hamline to James B. Finley" (1856). Finley Letters. 320.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/320