Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to Richard Davis Webb, 1865 March 27th

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Title:
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to Richard Davis Webb, 1865 March 27th
Description:
James Miller M'Kim writes to R.D. Webb asking if a letter he sent him through "Mr. A. Albright of Birmingham" and containing photographs, ever reached Webb. He also discusses past plans for him to travel to England that he regularly declined as he felt his "duty lay nearer home". M'Kim then outlines the goals of the "Freedmen's Movement ... as the American Freedmen's Aid Union understands it" calling it "a movement established & conducted in the interests of civilization." He describes the organization to Webb, including its leading members, plans for meetings and a weekly newspaper, which he calls "the natural heir to the [National Anti-Slavery] Standard." Before ending the letter, M'Kim tells Webb that the "letter is for your own private eye. I do not want to be quoted."
Author:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
March 27, 1865
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Ireland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Social reformers--United States
American Freedmen's Aid Union
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Places:
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xd201
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Place of origin:
Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white, gridded paper, enclosed in mylar. Under the salutation, the number "58" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
5060754
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.36A
Barcode:
39999085440426