Copy of letter from William Darrah Kelley, Washington, [D. C.], to James Miller M'Kim, May 1st, '64
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript is a copy of the original letter, per the notation indicated on the letterhead.William D. Kelley writes James Miller M'Kim recounting a meeting he had with the President and Anna E. Dickinson concerning the "attention Louisiana affairs were attracting", and states that he requested of Lincoln that he "give us as much information upon the subject as his leisure would permit and the public interest justify". Kelley reports that President Lincoln was most accommodating in this respect, and provided them with letters documenting General Banks' overview of Congressional elections in Louisiana. Kelley asserts his faith in Lincoln's promises to ensure Louisiana's status as a free state, and expresses his belief that Lincoln is "the wisest radical of us all".
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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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- Abolitionists
- African Americans
- Antislavery Movements
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss 1816 1894
- Civil War
- Civil War, 1861 1865
- Correspondence
- Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth) 1842 1932
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Kelley, William D. (William Darrah) 1814 1890
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865
- Louisiana
- Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865 1877)
- Slaver
- Social Reformers
- Suffrage
- United States
- Women
- Women Abolitionists