Letter from James Miller M'Kim, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], [1863 October 1]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], [1863 October 1]
Description:
In this fragment of a letter to unknown, James Miller M'Kim first mentions the article "Great Auction sale of slaves (by Pierce Butler)" and then says that the "canvass has been conducted to the most thorough anti-slavery principles". After the signature, there is a postscript on verso, where M'Kim says he is sending "an electioneering placard" that "will show that the politicians here, as well as with you, have stolen our peculiar thunder." He also discusses John Brodhead, the president of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad.
Author:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Date:
[October 1, 1863]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xn45b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the date of publication of this manuscript as "1 Oct. 1863."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. The first pages of the letter seem to be missing and the first page here begins with the writing climbing vertically, facing the right side of the page. In the head- spine corner "J.M. McKim Phila. Pa Oct. 1863" is written in a different handwriting and a different shade of black ink above the number "96" written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5081564
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.52A
Barcode:
39999085425468