Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-19-1859
Abstract
Dec.19, 1859 - Cephas Brainerd, New York, to Hon. C.M. Clay, dated Dec. 19, 1859. ALS, 3 pp. (I pc.)
Brainerd expresses his support for placing Clay on the 1860 ticket, and writes that he doesn't consider ·"Gordon" strong for him. Mentions that "John Brown and his few friends made fools of themselves" an~ that he knew one of the "chaps."
Recommended Citation
Preferred Citation: “Cephas Brainerd to Hon. C.M. Clay”, 1859, Cassius Marcellus Clay Papers. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.
