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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05339.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Title | Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing a business partner who is possibly an abolitionist |
| Date | 14 June 1860 |
| Author | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requests that the recipient ship white and red top turnip seeds by steamer to New Orleans. Suspects a Mr. Brown of being "Abolitionist, or Black Republican (synonymous terms). If he be so- no more Bills must be made with him- on My account, & I will regret, I ever made a bill with him." |
| Subjects | Diet and Nutrition Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Steamboat Slavery Merchants and Trade Commerce Abolition Republican Party Politics African American History |
| People | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Stephen Duncan was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |