(CIVIL WAR) Group of three letters written in early 1861 on

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(CIVIL WAR.) Group of three letters written in early 1861 on the prospect of war. 3 Autograph Letters Signed to various parties; worn as described. Various places, January to June 1861

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"G.H.N." to David Wright of McComb, OH. 4 pages. A teacher in Missouri discusses the growing discord: "Here in Mo., the population is pretty equally divided between free state men and slave state men, and in the event of a dissolution of the Union I anticipate much excitement here. . . . You Republicans of the north I believe do not fear a dissolution, yet you may fear, for the foolhardy southern fire-eaters would sink themselves if they could thereby injure the north. . . . I should leave Missouri and return to Iowa, and then they may quarrel here as much as they please." With stamped and postmarked envelope. Miami, MO, 4 January 1861.

E. Reisly to Frank M. Metcalf of Westmoreland, NY. 7 pages, with the outer two leaves defective. "Madison [County] is doing her work to avenge the deep insult that has been offered to the Federal government. The seen of Monday last was spirited in the extreme at the village . . . never before, we think, have they witnessed such a seen as that of Monday when the Union Guard departed. . . . The sentiment of the people is Union. I expect the next sentiment will be down with slavery." With stamped envelope. Hamilton, NY, 12 May 1861.

W.R. Tuttle to unnamed cousin in Connecticut. 4 pages; separation at folds and crude tape repairs. A northerner weighs in early on the Confederate monument controversy: "Our country!! The verdict of comeing time will heap coals of fire, & curses upon the heads of those who have raised a hand to dispail it, or have uttered a treasonable word, and history will write the names of those arch traitors (the leaders of this rebellion) only to be scoffed at, and compaired and associated with that of an Arnold!, and their monuments should be the dust of their ashes, to be scattered to the four winds of Heaven. . . . You speak of this 'Negro-loving state &c.' I am proud to acknowledge myself one of her citizens." He compares the honorable record of Ohio's Salmon Chase to Connecticut's corrupt former cabinet secretary, the "villainous, blackhearted, traiterous, scoundrell" Isaac Toucey. He concludes by affixing clippings from patriotic stationery: a "Union Forever" and a "Jeff Davis" pirate flag. Burton, OH, 10 June 1861.