Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 13 / [18]65

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Title:
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 13 / [18]65
Description:
James Miller M'Kim writes to William Lloyd Garrison with an account of President Johnson's "speech to the colored man who walked upon him the other day", and opines that one of the "sadder blunders" of Lincoln's presidential career was "made in an interview with a delegation of colored men". M'Kim asserts that President Johnson's repetition of this blunder is "beyond understanding and "utterly without excuse", and that he will compose a "proper rebuke" to Johnson for publication in the next edition of the Liberator. M'Kim declares that it is his expectation and demand that President Johnson "shall express his wish" that African-Americans be possessed of the "equal citizenship" with Caucausian-Americans, and states his concurrence with the resolution passed by the American Freedmen's Aid Union asserting that the best aid possible that could be given to freedmen is "the right to present himself by the ballot".
Author:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 13, 1865]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century
Equality before the law--United States--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Suffrage--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
African Americans--Suffrage
Equality before the law--United States
Freed persons--United States
Suffrage--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
American Freedmen's Aid Union
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.3 x 20.4 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing the typeset letterhead of the "Penn'a. Freemen's Relief Association, No. 424 Walnut Street, Philada."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4665076
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.49B
Barcode:
39999063807257