Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter. Geo[rge] H. Richards, Hillsboro, Illinois, to Henry Richards, Boston, Massachusetts, 1840 February 11.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSN/EA 5023-11
Scope and Contents
Richards discusses his building trade in Montgomery County, especially a house for a Mr. Hayward, and the necessity of completing this job before visiting Boston. There is also a good deal on local and Presidential politics, with particular reference to the upcoming 1840 elections: ". . .[William Henry] Harrison is just humping it in this state all the Western states will go for Harrison with a whoop, this state always was Van Buren, & when the news of the Harrisburg Convention came on...
Dates:
1840 February 11.