Folder 1: Congressional, 1856/1863
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 1
- Scope and content:
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Two letters written to South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks who wounded Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in May 1856 over derogatory comments made by Sumner about the South and Brook's uncle. Within the same month, two men wrote to Preston Brooks commending his actions. One was W.F Flobines of Maybington, South Carolina and the other by John Swanson of Georgia both encouraging the behavior and wished more people would have proactively dealt with abolitionists in the same manner.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry LibraryOld Dominion University4427 Hampton BlvdNorfolk, VA 23529
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Jessica RitchieEmail: jhritchi@odu.eduPhone: (757) 683-4483Fax: (757) 683-5954
- Parent restrictions:
- Open to researchers without restrictions.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Congressional, 1856-1863, Harold S. Wilson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.