N.Y. Young Men's Christian Asso'n : The citizens of New York ... are invited to assemble in mass meeting, on Tuesday evening, June 10, at 8 o'clock, at Cooper Institute to listen to the statement by Mr. Vincent Colyer ... about the loyal Freedmen and thei
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N.Y. Young Men's Christian Asso'n The citizens of New York ... are invited to assemble in mass meeting, on Tuesday evening, June 10, at 8 o'clock, at Cooper Institute to listen to the statement by Mr. Vincent Colyer ... about the loyal Freedmen and their treatment by our government
Description
Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 New York (2) 5786.F .13c
Freedmen's and Union Refugees' Department of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. Circular. : Saint Louis, Mo., March 17th, 1864. The war for the Union has shaken the prison of slavery to its foundations, and is to demolish it utterly. Many millions of s
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Freedmen's and Union Refugees' Department of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. Circular Saint Louis, Mo., March 17th, 1864. The war for the Union has shaken the prison of slavery to its foundations, and is to demolish it utterly. Many millions of slaves are liberated. The nation has accepted the able-bodied men among them as soldiers, and they are surpassing all expectations by their good conduct. The families of these accepted defenders of the republic are homeless; are unused to the responsibilities of freedom; are destitute of all things. ... There are also thousands of homeless whites, made so by the rebellion. ... N.B. This is believed to be the only fair which has such a department
Description
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair (1864 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Freedmen and Union Refugees' Dept, Freedmen and Union Refugees' Dept
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Miss Valley (2)5781.F.143a (McAllister)
Extracts from recent correspondence in relation to fugitives from slavery in America..
Title
Extracts from recent correspondence in relation to fugitives from slavery in America
Description
Docket title. (Appears on bottom half of p. 4; reads perpendicular to text of p. 4.), Caption title: Fugitives from slavery., Introductory paragraph "Signed on behalf of the Committee of the Coloured Refugee Fund, Joseph Crosfield."
Creator
London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends), Meeting for Sufferings, Committee of the Coloured Refugee Fund
Date
1864
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Lond Yea Meet 7285.F
An appeal to Friends and others on behalf of the destitute Freedmen of the South. Dear Friends ....
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An appeal to Friends and others on behalf of the destitute Freedmen of the South. Dear Friends
Description
Printed area measures 20.4 x 15.1 cm., Circular letter requesting donations to provide food and clothing for newly freed slaves. Signed: Samuel R. Shipley [and 22 others]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Omitted from first MARC record set sent to Readex. AAI 7879 already digitized and in the product.
Creator
Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Phi Fri App 10507.Q .9