{"id":252,"date":"2010-02-07T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chloeneill.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2010-02-07T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T05:03:00","slug":"in-which-our-heroine-finds-a-telegram-that-brings-her-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chloeneill.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"In Which Our Heroine Finds A Telegram That Brings Her To Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for a brief bit of history . . . <\/p>\n

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In researching old photographs of Chicago for the writing of Hexbound, I posted over at Write What You See<\/a> a few minutes ago about the photograph collections available from the Library of Congress’s online American Memory<\/a> project. <\/div>\n
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I also thought I’d see if the collection housed any images of Chicago’s Kimball mansion (the model for Cadogan House). A word search for “Kimball” pulled up a pretty lengthy list. As I was scanning it, I came across the following entry:<\/div>\n
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Nathan Kimball to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 11, 1864 (Telegram reporting on affairs in Arkansas<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

As some of you may know, I’m originally from Arkansas. So out of curiosity, I clicked on the link. The following image popped up:<\/div>\n
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It’s a bit hard to read, but after a few passes, here’s my translation:<\/div>\n
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Office U. S. Military Telegraph, War Department<\/div>\n
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The following Telegram received at Washington, 4:35 p.m., April 25 1864 from Little Rock, AR, Dated April 11, 1864<\/div>\n
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President of U.S.<\/div>\n
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The inauguration of the governor of Arkansas today was preceded by a grand civil & military procession participated in by upward of ten thousand (10,000) people including citizens [unreadable] and freed people, the procession was three (3) miles in length & is acknowledged to be the greatest civil & military demonstration that was ever received in Arkansas. God has granted us a magnificent triumph & Arkansas is once more an organized state with national union free from slavery.<\/div>\n
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Nathan Kimball<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Of all the random things to happen upon–the memorialization of a victory over oppression. I think that’s very cool. <\/div>\n
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[Ed. Note – Because I’m ever curious, I did a little more research on the letter. It appears to refer to the inauguration of Arkansas governor Isaac Murphy, who has quite a <\/i><\/span>sordid history<\/i><\/span><\/a>.]<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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