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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05029 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Neal Dow to C. C. Leigh regarding finding a servant girl and the Civil War |
| Date | 26 February 1865 |
| Author | Dow, Neal (1804-1897) |
| Recipient | Leigh, C.C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to Leigh in New York: "It occurs to me, that occasionally there may be colored servant girls- refugees- to be obtained, and that through the National Society, you may have something to do with finding places for them. I should like a good house servant very much- if such is to be had." Predicts that the Civil War will not last much longer. Hopes for peace, "but not for any peace that shall leave a particle of slavery in the Constitution." |
| Subjects | US Constitution Slavery Abolition African American History Civil War Military History Women's History Refugees Servant |
| People | Dow, Neal (1804-1897) Leigh, C. C. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Portland, Maine |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Dow, a leader in prohibition and temperance, was Mayor of Portland in 1851 and 1855, and served as a Union General in the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |