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Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate

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A handwritten letter offering the condolences of abolitionist James F. Legate to the parents of David Starr Hoyt after Hoyt's murder by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.A letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death. The letter is written in brown ink on a single sheet of white paper, folded to make four pages. The correspondence begins on the first page with [Leominster Sept 13/56 / Dear Sir] and concludes on the third page with [Ever wishing to be remem- / bered kindly as his friend most sincerely / I am Yours / James F. Legate].Transcribed by digital volunteers
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Ink On Paper
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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