File:Circular letter of the Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionCircular letter of the Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863.jpg |
English: Explains that the condition of the freed negroes in the Mississippi Valley is worsening daily and that if it does not improve the freed slaves might want to "return to slavery, to avoid the hardships of freedom;" requests permission and authority to extend their work to the suffering freed people, explaining that it would be an act of philanthropy and of patriotism because it would lessen the difficulties of emancipation and aid in the crushing of the rebellion. Title: Circular letter of the Western Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863 |
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Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/EF2D7DCD-CA75-0F77-04E7-08BD891F462D/original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/168199 |
Author | Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901 |
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Identifier InfoField | D03894 |
Part of InfoField | William Greenleaf Eliot Papers- Box 2. Papers |
Subjects InfoField | Civil War, 1861-1865 Slaves Charity Slavery, abolition, and emancipation African Americans Slavery |
Resource InfoField | 168199 |
GUID InfoField | EF2D7DCD-CA75-0F77-04E7-08BD891F462D |
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JPEG file comment | Letter from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln, November 6, 1863, explaining that the condition of the freed negroes in the Mississippi Valley is worsening daily and that if it does not improve the freed slaves might want to "return to slavery, to avoid the hardships of freedom," requesting permission and authority to extend their work to the suffering freed people, explaining that it would be an act of philanthropy and of patriotism because it would lessen the difficulties of emancipation and aid in the crushing of the rebellion, page one, 1863-11-06. Eliot, William Greenleaf Papers, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
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Date and time of digitizing | 06:15, 9 June 2010 |
File change date and time | 07:21, 10 June 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 07:21, 10 June 2010 |