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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05692 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Cassius Marcellus Clay to Frank W. Ballard discussing the possibility of New Mexico entering the Union as a free or slave state, and the Compromise of 1850 |
| Date | 5 February 1861 |
| Author | Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903) |
| Recipient | Ballard, Frank W. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Clay, an abolitionist, informs his friend Ballard that he was misrepresented by the New York Tribune. Discusses the possibility of New Mexico entering the Union as a free or slave state, and the Compromise of 1850. Defends himself from Horace Greeley's criticism (Greeley was editor of the Tribune). Concludes by stating, "Things look awfully gloomy-- I feel a split on the slave [line]! God save the Republic." |
| Subjects | Journalism African American History Slavery Abolition American West Statehood Westward Expansion Civil War Reform Movement |
| People | Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903) Ballard, Frank W. (fl. 1861) Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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