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[08] James Harlan, Letter, Agriculture, And War, James Harlan
[08] James Harlan, Letter, Agriculture, And War, James Harlan
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A letter of inquiry to Charles Sumner about the production of flax-cotton in place of regular cotton and selling it to Massachusetts and New England mills.
[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes
[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
This is a letter from Elizabeth Grimes, wife of James Grimes, she’s sending it in response to recently learning about the death of another friend. In this letter, she is saying kind words about her virtuous late friend, religion, and sheds light on the process of mourning in the Victorian era of America. Additionally, there is some information about the state of the government at the time as the letter is written just 15 days before the secession of South Carolina from the Union and 4 months before the beginning of the civil war.