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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05603.01.25 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members |
| Title | Henry Raymond Jarvis to unknown agreeing to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter |
| Date | 7 August 1855 |
| Author | Raymond, Henry Jarvis (1820-1869) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Directed to ”Gentlemen.” Agrees to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter, noting, ”I shall fail to say anything possessing either novelty or merit upon a topic which has been more profoundly and carefully discussed in Boston than in any other part of the Country.” Will speak December 20. Includes an incomplete newspaper clipping attached to verso. The clipping contains Horace Greeley’s praise of Raymond (Raymond initially served as Greeley’s assistant, before starting the Times). |
| Subjects | Journalism African American History Slavery Reform Movement Abolition |
| People | Raymond, Henry Jarvis (1820-1869) Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Raymond was editor and chief proprietor of the New York Times from 1851 until his death. He was active in the formation of the Republican Party. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |