Letter from James Miller M'Kim, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 12th [1865]

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Title:
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 12th [1865]
Description:
James Miller M'Kim announces to William Lloyd Garrison the formation of the American Freedmen's Aid Commission, formed after "much correspondence & repeated conferences" between the freedmen's aid associations of Boston, Philadelphia, and others, and recounts some of its internal operations. M'Kim confides to Garrison that he is weary of "labor at organization", and asserts that his true mission is to "influence minds".
Author:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[September 12, 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
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
American Freedmen's Aid Commission
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (8 p.) ; 13 x 20.9 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q4583
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New York, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript addressed from "69 Stapan St New York".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4665116
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.80A
Barcode:
39999063807265