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- GLC#
- GLC07202.03
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa 1866
- Author/Creator
- K.L.K., fl. 1866
- Title
- to Charles Sumner
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
A vitriolic death threat signed with initials: "Your infamous equal rights bill if passed will secure your death inside of 8 months. The spirit of 76 is not dead yet & the Land which my & our forefathers fought for shall never be compelled to submit to the motion of a petifoger, or the filthy arm of an alien Black ignoramous nor shall her [2] sons & daughters be made to bow their heads, & grovel in the earth at the command of an Alien. So beware I sware & I never sware falsely your life shall be the penalty." Signs the letter, "Yours with extreme disgust." Writes a post script stating: "Perhaps you are working for a negro son in Law we will all award you one."
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