Manuscripts

George S. Boutwell letter to Ebenezer R. Hoar

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Description: In his letter addressed abolitionist Ebenezer Hoar, Boutwell writes that he is leaving for Maryland "to advocate emancipation ... I fear that slavery would survive if its fate depended upon the Executive and even upon Congress."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1864, April 1.
Call number: mssHM 81607
Creator: Boutwell, George S (1818-1905)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: He also informs Hoar that the John Gould Stephenson, the Librarian of Congress, "informed me that your father received all the volumes to which he was entitled by the act or resolution of Congress."
Provenance: Purchased from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., December 9, 2014.
Dimensions: 21 cm
Associated people: Hoar, E. R. (1816-1895,)
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