Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phila[delphia], [Penn.], to Miss Weston, March 10th, [1863?]

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Title:
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phila[delphia], [Penn.], to Miss Weston, March 10th, [1863?]
Author:
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Addressee:
Weston, Miss
Date:
[March 10, 1863?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Miss
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vg45d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Phila[delphia], [Penn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Mr. (John A.?) Bingham proposed that James Miller M'Kim should be "one of the commission," but he refused, insisting that the committee should be "above suspicion of partizanship." Mr. Stanton's choice was for "his friend Bishop [Matthew] Simpson (a good man), Horace Binney aetat 88 and Prof. [Louis] Agassiz!! ...I was sure that Mr. Binney would not accept & feared that Agassiz would." Mr. Sumner chose Dr. [Samuel Gridley] Howe, and thought that Frank Sanborn would be right for secretary. J. Miller M'Kim fixed on Mr. (Richard Albert?) Tilghman. All declined, and Mr. Sumner wrote that "with the declination of Mr. Tilghman the thing had broken down." Mr. [George Luther] Stearns and Mr. [Francis William] Bird came through Philadelphia full of the "bureau" idea, but the J. Miller M'Kim has heard nothing further from them or from Mr. Sumner.
Identifier:
3133800
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.49
Barcode:
39999066780576
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