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Book/Printed Material A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America

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Title

  • A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1854, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America

Other Title

  • Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America

Names

  • Hasted, Frederick, 1793-
  • Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
  • Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Buffalo? 1862]

Contents

  • [Part 1]: Letter to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America, dated: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1854.--P.S. to Letter to Franklin Pierce, dated: Cohoes, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1859.--Written on these words: the second edition of a pamphlet; dated: Sept. 19, 1859.--[Part 2}: Letter to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America, dated: Buffalo, State of N.Y., Dec. 21, 1860.--Letter to the Hon. Horace Greeley; dated: Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1861.--Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, State of Alabama; dated: Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 23, 1861.--Letter to Hon. Horace Greeley; editor in chief of the New York Tribune, dated: Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1861.--To the reader; dated: Mar. 14, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States

Genre

  • Letters--Indiana--Indianapolis--1854
  • Letters--New York--Buffalo--1860
  • Letters--New York--Buffalo--1861

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  A series of letters by Frederick Hasted.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 8, 8 p. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E453 .H35
  • E185 .A254 container H, no. 126 Another copy. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 14056. Source unknown.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20004675

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hasted, Frederick, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, Jefferson Davis, and African American Pamphlet Collection. A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America. [Buffalo?, 1862] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/20004675/.

APA citation style:

Hasted, F., Pierce, F., Lincoln, A., Greeley, H., Davis, J. & African American Pamphlet Collection. (1862) A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America. [Buffalo?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/20004675/.

MLA citation style:

Hasted, Frederick, et al. A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America. [Buffalo?, 1862] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/20004675/>.