Both by Sam Nesmith to "Brother Robert," the first, 4to (9 in.), 4pp., Charlestown, (MA or NH), May 29, 1860, contains a self-composed "campaign song" reading in part: "... Old honest Abe we will elect/ the rights of all he will respect / The North and South, the East and West / Till all will praise and call him best..., plus a second letter, 4to (9 in.), also "Charlestown," January 3, 1861, states, We are on the very verge of war, there is no mistaking the time - the rebels and disunionists have been taught to believe that the power of the government would not be used against them, but their eyes will soon be opened. The President (Buchanan) has at last got his back bone up...I hope the President will do his duty...but I don't want any fighting, it will only make the trouble ten times worse. There's no trade now between the north and the south and if there is war it will be a sorry day for all parties concerned...I think the 7th regiment of NY could march there and take the state of S.C alone and unaided..."

Light stains, else very good condition.