[Letter to] Gentlemen
Contributors: M'Kim, J.Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874 recipient; American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Published: 1863
Place of publication: New York, [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: American Anti-Slavery Society; United States; Abolitionists; African American troops; History; Correspondence; Antislavery movements; Congresses; United States. Army; Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; African American soldiers
Other titles: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879) 
Description: John Jay writes to the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society with his regrets that he will be unable to attend the 30th anniversary celebration in Philadelphia. Jay offers a lengthy analysis of the history and present state of popular perception of the American abolitionist movement, and of the use of African-American soldiers in the Union Army. Jay notes that his views depart from the typical popular interpretation of American abolitionists as "disunionish".
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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