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Title: Letter Written to Lawther
Type: Letter
Date: 1861
Source: Minnesota Historical Society
Description: This letter was sent to Lawther to inform him that he had been elected mayor of Red Wing.
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Activities:
- Lawther was elected mayor of Red Wing in 1861. What important event in United States history also occurred in that year?
- What might it mean that Lawther was elected in a special election?
- Why would Lawther need to take an oath to hold the office of mayor?
- What do you think the title, "Esq." means at the beginning of this letter?
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