Letters from Rev. Josiah Selby of Ohio to His Brother William Remarking on The Know-Nothings, Rail Maulers, Wide Awakes, and the Civil War: “The Blood of the Puritan and his Western Children has Stained the Soil in Dixies Land,” Written to his Brother in California.
Seneca County, Ohio, and Iowa City, Iowa: 1856–1864. Five letters. Offered here are five letters, dating between 1856 and 1864, from Josiah Selby (1822–1888) to his younger brother William Selby (1826–1918) in El Dorado County, California. The letters mainly consist of fairly droll commentary on politics and current events. In.....