Autograph Letter Signed, from James Speed [to Joshua Fry Bell], January 23, 1839

Langue : anglais

Edité par Louisville, KY, 1839

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One sheet. One and a half pages of handwritten text, then folded for mailing. Not stated but context of letter indicates Kentucky politician and Speed's cousin, Joshua Fry Bell, as recipient. Some general wear but no loss of text. Handwritten and signed by future Abraham Lincoln Attorney-General James Speed, who was also Lincoln's personal friend and brother of Joshua Speed, Lincoln's closest friend in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln later visited the Speeds at Farmington, near Louisville, Kentucky in 1841 and spent several weeks recuperating from his broken engagement with Mary Todd. He frequently traveled into Louisville and stopped at the law office of James Speed, whom he named his Attorney-General in 1864, due in part to Speed's staunch opposition to slavery and his willingness to fight for the 13th Amendment. Speed was present at the deathbed of Lincoln after he was shot at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. This letter from 1839 deals with family finances between the Speed and Bell families, who were cousins. Joshua Fry Bell eventually served as a U.S. congressman, Kentucky Secretary of State and as Kentucky's representative to the Peace Conference of 1861, trying to avert the Civil War.…

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Titre
Autograph Letter Signed, from James Speed [to Joshua Fry Bell], January 23, 1839
Auteur
James Speed, Future Attorney-General for Abraham Lincoln
Éditeur
Louisville, KY
Année de publication
1839
État de l'article
Good
Signé
Signed by Author(s)
Reliure
No Binding
Langue
anglais
Édition
Original Document

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