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Anderson, William Marshall, Circleville, Ohio, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1865 January 18

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Identifier: CMMA I-1-m

Scope and Contents

Anderson thanks McMaster for his letter and asks him to prepare the letters. Anderson hopes to call for them in about three weeks, and will endeavor to do the rest after he has been presented to such gentlemen. He has seen enough of politics. The deliberate surrender of a noble constitutional principle to a miserable pecuniary policy made the hope of his heart sicken and despair. It is time for him to seek another home. The Union is gone forever. So long as Puritan meaners and Yankee love of rule endures, so long will continue the struggle between North and the South. If he remains he would remain without liberty and in this Union, there is no liberty. Ask Stone, Jacobs and Wolford. He is going where God and Liberty rule the land. His poor friend Col. Maderia said to him that if he were twenty years younger, he might stay and fight it out. His resolution is fixed, and nothing but death or imprisonment can prevent or change it. He should enter the new country in high hopes. Those noble Christians and charming gentlemen, Archbishop of Baltimore and the Bishop of Cleveland, could not have written more flattering to and of him, but had he been greatest and best in land, he said. He asks God to bless them. ` P.S. He wants to know if McMaster has any knowledge of value of land in best part of Mexico? He says he should be able to raise about $17,000 or $18,000 in gold, perhaps more. He had an enquiry on his best tract of land on the Ohio today, and asks if he should sell now or wait until his tour of observation. His wife would not be willing to go until he has seen with his own eyes. He ought to have this knowledge before he starts. Another postscript of a different handwriting puts the question: "What is the price of it my river bottom farm $400 yearly or one half cash, the balance in 1, 2, and 3 years?" The answer of a still different hand: "Now, if for the purpose of getting a gold payment and all dust, I made a sacrifice of much value. Can I outside of France place my funds in safety until invested? Please advise what to do. I have been offered $80 for 256 greenbacks. I ask $50 in gold. The payments I fear will divide us." :: I-1-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1865 January 18

Language of Materials

English.

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