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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01549 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Ralph Waldo Emerson to Mr. Laighton about a memorial service |
| Date | 20 August 1861 |
| Author | Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Regrets that he is unable to attend a meeting held at Allston Hall the following Friday, in remembrance of Theodore Parker. Emerson claims, "I do not know that I could add any facts of interest to the recollections of the occasion. Yet Theodore Parkers mind was so lavishly given to the public welfare, that I can easily see how all the new startling events in our politics may associate themselves with his memory. In dark days & amidst sinking men we miss his strength the more, and yet we cannot doubt his relief & joy in the present pronounced state of the Republic, over the so-called 'integrity of the Republic,' six months ago." |
| Subjects | African American History Reform Movement Abolition Slavery Literature and Language Arts Politics Civil War Transcendentalism Transcendentalism |
| People | Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) |
| Place written | Concord, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Theodore Parker, a friend of Emerson and fellow Transcendentalist, was a noted reformer active in abolition and women's rights, among other causes. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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