Tatum, Edward, 1821-1883 to Charles Albert Tatum

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GLC08967
GLC#
GLC08967
Type
Letters
Date
23 July 1863
Author/Creator
Tatum, Edward, 1821-1883
Title
to Charles Albert Tatum
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : envelope Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm

Discusses "fearfull times in N.Y." during the New York Draft Riots, which had just occured ten days earlier. Discusses an attempted robbery at a friend's house, but says the "most wicked & fearful part" of the riots "was the ill treatment of the poor colored people, several of whom were murdered by hanging & other means." Written to his son.

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