[MANSFIELD, OHIO, October
14, 1868.]
The October election
is now over, but I do not yet know precise results. I write, supposing that the
Republicans have carried Ohio and Pennsylvania and perhaps Indiana. Grant is
much stronger than our State or Congress ticket, and will get thousands of
floating and Democratic votes. I regard his election as a foregone conclusion.
This canvass has been very severe upon me and I shall now take a rest. If you
would like to join me, we can go to the Lake1 and have some fine
sport hunting and fishing. This relaxation will do us both good.
_______________
1 Lake Erie.
SOURCE: Rachel
Sherman Thorndike, Editor, The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between
General and Senator Sherman from 1837 to 1891, p. 322-3
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