Box: 1 Fold: 1 Letter from Clement S. Lancaster to Joseph P. Orme
Box: 1 Fold: 2 Letter from James F. McLaughlin to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 3 Letter from William J. Blakely to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 4 Letter from Wiliam B. Carr to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 5 Letter from James A. Wise to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 6 Letter from William B. Carr to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 7 Letter from William J. Blakely to Joseph P. Orme Box: 1 Fold: 8 Letter from William M. Boyce to Joseph P. Orme
August 4, 1856
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 8/4/1856 from Clement S. Lancaster to Joseph P. Orme discussing politics with references to Henry Clay,James Buchanan, John Quincy Adams, and John Charles Fremont.
July 31, 1858
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 7/31/1858 from James Fairfax McLaughlin to Joseph P. Orme regarding mutual friends and classmates.
October 2, 1858
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 10/2/1858 from William J. Blakely to Joseph P. Orme.
August 19,1859
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 8/19/1859 from William B. Carr to Joseph P. Orme.
August 20, 1859
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 8/20/1859 from James A. Wise to Joseph P. Orme with reference to a fire in the government workshops that were on the north of the capital.
March 23, 1860
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 3/23/1860 from William B. Carr to Joseph P. Orme regarding Carr's election to a position.
September 22, 1860
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 9/22/1860 from William J. Blakely to Joseph P. Orme discussing the upcoming election with reference to the "Old Keystone," Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, and John W. Forney.
December 17, 1860
DESCRIPTION: 1 Autograph Letter Signed dated 12/17/1860 from William M. Boyce to Joseph P. Orme describing a "camp hunt" he had just returned from and commenting on the state of the nation with reference to Stephen A. Douglas. He writes "I am for unity and peace but the issue has been made, not by the South, but by the North, and we must meet it bravely. My interests are with the South and I will stand by her in this her hour of misfortune and danger."
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