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Curd, John, 1799-1876. To (Ezra) Cornell. Lexington, Jan. 26, 1861. 2 pp. A.L.S.

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Mss. C C

Content

In reply to enquiries about the political situation in Kentucky; thinks Kentucky will never leave the Union; may attempt to form a middle confederacy out of the border states; prefers standing alone as Kentuckians rather than going off with "that reckless Southern Confederacy"; comments on the opposition to Crittenden's resolutions the Bell party and the Douglas Democrats oppose call of a convention by the Kentucky Legislature. In : Misc. Papers.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865