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George R. Mapp Letter, Accession #10728, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
The letter was purchased by the Library from Halvor Americana of Clarendon, Illinois, on August 27, 1987.
Thomas Scott (1838-?), a native of Northampton County, attended the Law School of the University of Virginia, 1859-1861.
George R. Mapp, Johnsontown, Virginia, March 11, 1861, with envelope, to Thomas Michael Scott, University of Virginia, three pages. Mapp writes about the political climate in Northampton County, Va., mentioning a speech on behalf of Southern rights, a turn out of the Northampton County Volunteers and local reaction to Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, noting that some Whigs have commented favorably; his own opinion is that Lincoln will not be as good a president as Buchanan. The letter also conveys personal news.