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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 to Mrs. Schoolcraft

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05743 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 April 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Fears that President Johnson "will not feel as much kindness toward the South." Also, plans to meet to debate slavery. The letter was written three days after President Lincoln's assassination.

Smith, Garrit, fl. 1855-1865
Schoolcraft, Mary Howard, 1820-1878
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Slavery
Confederate States of America
President
Abolition
Reform Movement
Reconstruction
Lincoln Assassination
Assassinations
African American History
The American Civil War

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