I think I have read about this somewhere at sometime in the distant past but I don't recall the source. There should be some newspaper articles published during that campaign. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Ellis" <[email protected]> To: "Carter" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:47 AM Subject: [TNCARTER] Robert Love Taylor and Dan Ellis > Robert Love Taylor, in his 1878 campaign for Congress against Major > Augustus > Herman Pettibone, hired Daniel Ellis as a bodyguard. > > Has anyone ever seen contemporary news accounts of Bob, Dan, and the Major > as they traveled the campaign circuit? > > Thanks, > > Allen > > Allen W. Ellis > Professor of Library Services > W. Frank Steely Library > Northern Kentucky University > Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101 > 859-572-5527 > Fax: 859-572-5390 > E-mail: [email protected] > Captain Daniel Ellis Web Site > http://www.nku.edu/~ellisa/danielellis > <http://www.nku.edu/~ellisa/danielellis> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 > >