Record Data
Source citation
Alexander Kelly McClure, Harrisburg, to Eli Slifer, Carlisle, 13 October 1859, MC 2003.4, Eli Slifer Papers Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
Recipient (to)
Slifer, Eli
Type
Letter
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Sayo Ayodele
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
I will try & spend a night with you in a few days
Dear Col-
I now care for but one thing - that is your re-election. In that command me in any way & to any extent.
I have written both our members, and asked it of them to go with me for you. They both owe their election to me, and know it. I fear nothing in that quarter. I will write [Dularos?] also. He ought to pay some respect to my [wishes?] in the matter. It was my $300 judiciously expended in that county [saved?] him.
Chambersburg. Oct 13th
Dear Col-
I now care for but one thing - that is your re-election. In that command me in any way & to any extent.
I have written both our members, and asked it of them to go with me for you. They both owe their election to me, and know it. I fear nothing in that quarter. I will write [Dularos?] also. He ought to pay some respect to my [wishes?] in the matter. It was my $300 judiciously expended in that county [saved?] him.
Yours truly
A K McClure