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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00463 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Edward Everett to Lady Belper of Derby, England discussing general news and the Civil War |
| Date | 22 June 1863 |
| Author | Everett, Edward (1794-1865) |
| Recipient | Belper, Lady |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks her for "sending me your likeness" and remembers a visit from twenty years ago fondly. Discusses his son, who went abroad for four years, and his happiness that he has returned. Closes his letter with a long comment on the Civil War: "The terrible war...is becoming every day more & more distinctly a war between Freedom and Slavery; & we hope that is better understood in Europe, the ambitious men who, in our Southern states, are waging this cruel contest for the sake of breaking up the Union & establishing a new gov't. on the corner stone of Slavery, will forfeit that sympathy and aid from abroad, which has hitherto upheld them." |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Battle of Gettysburg Women's History Civil War Confederate States of America Military History Global History and Civics |
| People | Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Belper, Lady (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |