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Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901 [Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freedpeople]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01545.11 Author/Creator: Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Broadside Date: 6 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

The Western Sanitary Commission informs President Lincoln that many freed enslaved people in the Mississippi Valley have no provisions, clothing, or bedding, and little cooking supplies or knowledge as to using such. States that "To meet the present emergency and to prevent or lessen the sufferings of the coming winter and spring, we offer our humble but active services, asking no reward of any kind, but the opportunity and encouragement to work." Reports that the Commission's efforts would be a work of philanthropy and patriotism, "for it would remove an increasing reproach against the Union cause, and by lessening the difficulties of emancipation, would materially aid in crushing the rebellion."

Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887
Greeley, Carlos, ?-1898
Johnson, John B., fl. 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Partridge, George, fl. 1863
Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901

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