On View
Slavery and Freedom Gallery
Exhibition
Slavery and Freedom
Created by
Legate, James F., American, 1829 - 1902
Subject of
Hoyt, David, American, 1821 - 1856
Date
September 11, 1856
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)
Caption
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.
Description
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].
Transcription Center Status
Transcription Available
Place depicted
Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Manuscripts
Movement
Anti-slavery movements
Type
letters (correspondence)
Topic
American West
Antislavery
Correspondence
Slavery
U.S. History, 1815-1861
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.23.2
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55529fc2b-0c24-46eb-a217-16fdf7138a2a

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