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Collection Reference Number GLC08483.01
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 
Title W. Delarue to C. M. Sloan about Mrs. Sloane's travels, life insurance and "her negroes"
Date 22 October 1862
Author Delarue, W. (fl. 1862)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Expresses relief at Mrs. Sloan's safe arrival in St. Louis, Missouri, stating "It is no small 'Job' to travel such long distances with a large family of small children & having no father to protect them." Inquires regarding a life insurance policy Sloan owed him following the death of Mr. Sloan. States "Your negroes have taken Mr. Lincoln's advice, they are independent for the present & will be for the future if the emancipation is not stayed." Discusses mutual acquaintances. States "You are correctly informed of my having gone into business again. Idleness was nearly killing me, and I thought it folly to let the Yankees make all the money ... " Addresses the envelope "care of E. C. Sloan."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Emancipation  Slavery  Travel  Children and Family  Women's History  Death  African American History  
People Delarue, W. (fl. 1862)  Sloan, C. M. (fl. 1862)  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Sloan, E. C. (fl. 1862)  
Place written New Orleans, Louisiana
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans; 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
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