Charles Adair

This letter was written on February 20, 1861 by Charles Adair in Hudson, Ohio, to his father Samuel Lyle Adair. Charles says that he plans to stop attending school the following week before joining his mother, Florella Brown Adair, in Grafton, Ohio to travel south. He states that his school’s schedule was briefly disrupted by Lincoln’s recent visit to Hudson.

February 20, 1861

Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri

Charles Adair
Abraham Lincoln

Miami County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3

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