Letter to the parents of David Hoyt from James F. Legate
date: label: Date
content: September 11, 1856
name: label: Created by
content: James F. Legate, American, 1829 - 1902
label: Subject of
content: David Hoyt, American, 1821 - 1856
notes: label: Caption
content: A handwritten letter offering the condolences of abolitionist James F. Legate to the parents of David Starr Hoyt after Hoyt's murder by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1856.
label: Description
content: A letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death. The letter is written in brown ink on a single sheet of white paper, folded to make four pages. The correspondence begins on the first page with [Leominster Sept 13/56 / Dear Sir] and concludes on the third page with [Ever wishing to be remem- / bered kindly as his friend most sincerely / I am Yours / James F. Legate].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.23.2
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)