Item #55341 Letter from Hon. Lemuel H. Arnold, in reply to the letter of John Whipple, Esq. Lemuel H. Arnold.

Letter from Hon. Lemuel H. Arnold, in reply to the letter of John Whipple, Esq

[Providence? publisher not identified, 1845.]. Folio broadside (approx. 20½" x 12½"), text in quadruple column under the running head; some creasing but generally near fine. Dated South Kingston, May 1, 1845 at the end. Letter to the editor of the Providence Journal responding to an article defending Arnold's vote for Charles Jackson over Governor Fenner, and the liberation of Thomas Wilson Dorr. For his part, Whipple actively opposed the liberation ticket, and any pardon for Dorr and his supporters. Dorr was released from prison the following month. Brown and Harvard in OCLC. DeSimone & Schofield 84; American Imprints 284 (Harvard only); not in Bartlett; Sabin 2075. Item #55341

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