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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02448.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Lewis Tappan to Henry Wilson regarding emancipation |
| Date | 4 April 1862 |
| Author | Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873) |
| Recipient | Wilson, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Tappan, an anti-slavery activist, writes to Wilson, a United States Senator from Massachusetts. Notes that the last time he saw Wilson, Wilson was walking down Broadway (in New York City) at the head of his regiment. Remarks, "But since, you have been performing still nobler acts in the Senate. For your late speech & vote on the subject of Emancipation I shall ever hold you in grateful esteem. I congratulate you on your success in getting the Bill through the Senate, & hope it will soon become a law. In 1814 I saw a coffle of slaves chained, and driven down Penn. Avenue by two miscreants on horse back who were snapping their whips while the U.S. flag was flying over the Capitol." Transmits three copies of a print entitled "Emancipation" (not present), originally published in England. Instructs Wilson to transmit one copy to the Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin, one copy to Galusha Aaron Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to keep one copy for himself. In a post script, thanks Wilson for befriending his wife's brother, Stephen Jackson. |
| Subjects | American Anti-Slavery Society Member Civil War Military History Congress Government and Civics Emancipation Abolition Slavery Reform Movement African American History Law American Flag Washington, D.C. Printing Vice President Children and Family |
| People | Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873) Wilson, Henry (1812-1875) Grow, Galusha A. (Galusha Aaron) (1823-1907) Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) Jackson, Stephen (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |