Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-14-1860
Abstract
July 14, 1860 - Jno. D. Defrees, Washington, D.C., to Hon. C.M. Clay, Evansville, Ind., dated July 14, 1860. ALS, 3 pp. (1 folio pc.)
Defrees writes of his return from the Chicago Convention, stating the election of Lincoln being looked upon as a "fixed fact," and mentions his "hobby" of making Clay Secretary of War.
Recommended Citation
Preferred Citation: “Jno. D. Defrees to Hon. C.M. Clay”, 1860, Cassius Marcellus Clay Papers. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.
