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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08588 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery. |
| Date | 6 March 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | House Executive Document no. 69 (37th Congress, 2d session). Lincoln recommends the adoption of a joint resolution: "That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconvenience, public and private, produced by such change of system." Slightly frayed on right side and torn along creases. |
| Subjects | Presidential Speeches and Proclamations President Government and Civics Abolition African American History Slavery |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| 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 |