Gawin Kirkham was one of the most influential open-air preachers of the late 19th century in England
the good news is that this is a wonderful clear autograph of William Wilberforce neatly situated in the remains of a letter that was entirely in his hand
in the 1760's were spent under the ministry of two graduates of William Tennent's "Log College
Sent to Smith by the American publisher upon their issue in the United States
probably late 19th century
1861 CIVIL WAR LETTER. I'm in this War only to Save the Jackass Necks in Washington! Baptist Gawin Kirkham was one ofA really wonderful piece of early Civil War ephemera on wonderfully quirky soldier stationary. Largely chatty, if pessimistic material. But the last line is the keeper, "This war is nothing but a humbug. I thought that I went to war to save the country, but [now] I believe that I went to war to save some of the jackass necks which are at Washington." Addressed from Camp Griffin in Virginia, December 29th, 1861, the author was Abraham N. Wolf, Jr.