Charles Anderson Wickliffe : miscellaneous papers, 1826-1863 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Papers include a 17 Aug. 1840 letter to Governor James T. Morehead seeking his opinion of when Robert P. Letcher should be sworn in as governor; a 25 July 1842 letter of introduction to J.L. Grayham for three commissioners of the French government studying American postal regulations and making arrangements for steamboat service between the U.S. and France; a 13 Nov. 1860 letter to Lewis E. Harvie suggesting a grand mass convention of all Kentuckians opposed to the disunion movement and hoping that Kentucky will proclaim it will stand by the Union or perish with it; a 22 Sept. 1861 letter to General Robert Anderson recommending Joseph Brown for the position of quartermaster at New Haven; a 3 May 1862 letter to H.S. Randall discussing the growth of wool; and a 29 Jan. 1863 subscription list for copies of Wickliffe's speech in opposition to the bill to raise black regiments