Letters of General Joseph R. Hawley to Charles Dudley Warner, The Hartford Daily Times, November 27, 1929. Warner was making his plans to enter the University of Pennsylvania law school in the fall of 1855, and Hawley was regretting that he could not have spent the intervening time in Hartford reading law. He also was bursting with news he wished to tell his friend. He and Miss Foote were betrothed and Hawley was anxious to convince his friend of her splendid qualities. The know-nothing political movement was advancing. It had a foothold in Connecticut, in a measure diverting attention from the slavery issue, which was a viral concern with Hawley.

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