Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 to Lady Belper of Derby, England

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GLC#
GLC00463
Type
Letters
Date
June 22, 1863
Author/Creator
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Title
to Lady Belper of Derby, England
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Edward Everett thanks her for "sending me your likeness" and remembers a visit from twenty years ago fondly. Discusses his son, who went abroad for four years, and his happiness that he has returned. Closes his letter with a long comment on the Civil War: "The terrible war...is becoming every day more & more distinctly a war between Freedom and Slavery; & we hope that is better understood in Europe, the ambitious men who, in our Southern states, are waging this cruel contest for the sake of breaking up the Union & establishing a new gov't. on the corner stone of Slavery, will forfeit that sympathy and aid from abroad, which has hitherto upheld them."

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