Old citation for objective "you and I"

[Charles Wells]

In "Nothing Like it In The World", by stephen Ambrose (Simon And Schuster,
2000), Collis P. Huntington is quoted as replying to a letter from Mark
Hopkins written on July 21, 1866, this way:  "If it has not been for you
and I, my opinion is that the Central Pacific would have gone to the Devil
before this."

If this is in fact earlier than other known citations of objective "you and
I" I expect Stephen Ambrose could provide the exact date of the letter from
Huntington.




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