Letter from Elizabeth L. Comstock to unidentified recipient

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Title:
Letter from Elizabeth L. Comstock to unidentified recipient
Description:
Have recently toured the colored schools in Portsmouth. Meeting with Edwin M. Stanton: "I was something to this effect, that I stood in the presence of the Secy of War as an Ambassador of the Prince of Peace. I referred to the heavy burden he had resting upon him & the arduous labors, & wearyness, reminding him of the gracious tender language of imitation 'come unto me all ye that labor & are heavy laden &c.'"
Creator:
Comstock, Elizabeth L.
Date:
November 15, 1864
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Quaker History Collection
Subjects:
United States--History--1861--1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Places:
United States
Extent:
4 p.
Link to Item:
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Place of origin:
Baltimore (Md.)
Identifier:
mums926-f08-i001