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Hopkins pamphlet raises a storm in Vermont, and Chase (?) had to suppress it. Happy McIlvaine published his article in "Western Episcopalian"
Date
2-21-1863
Keywords
letter, Williams, McIlvaine
Recommended Citation
Williams, J. W., "Letter to Charles Petit McIlvaine" (1863). Charles Pettit McIlvaine Letters. 264.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/mcilvaine_letters/264
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[?] Feb 21, 1863
My dear Bishop,
I [?] you the remarkable letter from Maryland. This, certainly, a comfort to read such good words.
Our [?], Hopkins [?], like a good many other things of his - was [neither] exactly one thing nor another. It was published, and then - so Chase says - it [?] such a storm in Vermont, that he had to suppress it, and his & the stars & stripes on his House, to save a mobbing. Still, some copies got out, and, I fancy, more at the South than any where else. The thing came to the somewhat [?] result of “suicide committed by somebody else.”
What [?] [?] - about which you kindly enquire - warmly a [?] astride intended to show my over people what a mess of stuff the book was. The Wartime Episcopalian did me the honor to copy it. [?] you [?] little astride to the same [?]. I want to keep my people on the guard, for all around us the book will soak. i don’t think it will do much among us.
Have you seen the article on Legislation in the Observer?
Very Sincerely,
Your friend also,
J.W. Williams