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States, "...I am off for the war, have been given a commission and have organized a regiment. You will meet me no more in the court room until the power of the Federal Government is restored in the seceded states and until, as I believe, Freedom has been secured to every creature." Also includes print of an engraving of Fletcher.



Transcription: De Soto Mo.

17th May 1861.


My Dear Smith


Please attend to our land cases.

I am off for the war have been given a commission and have organized a Regiment. You will meet me no more in the Court Room until the power of the Federal Government is restored in the seceded states and until as I believe, Freedom has been secured to every creature.


Truly yours

Tho C. Fletcher[Thomas C. Fletcher]


Irwin Z. Smith Esq.

St. Louis


Title: Letter signed Thomas C. Fletcher, De Soto, Mo., to Irwin Z. Smith, May 17, 1861
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Source Missouri History Museum
URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/294855E0-F489-AF57-BCBA-FD43542C694A/original.jpg
Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/170148
Author Fletcher, Thomas C. (Thomas Clement), 1827-1899
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B189- Letter of Thomas C. Fletcher (1827-1899), Desoto, Mo., to Irwin Z. Smith, St. Louis, May 17, 1861
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Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
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