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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.014 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | William G. Maitland to James M. Maitland discussing the need to be merciful towards slave owners |
| Date | 20 October 1855 |
| Author | Maitland, William G. (b. 1846) |
| Recipient | Maitland, James M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs his brother that his nine year old daughter recently died, and many friends as well. Discusses the high price of corn. Also speaks of political matters, writing "I can feel as much for suffering humanity as any abolitionist at least, but I think we should be just before we are mercifull and ought not to degrade twenty five milion white men for the purpose of elevating three million blacks, God the creator has for some wise purpose placed unmistakeable marks of distinction between the two races, and we have not right to try to alter what he has done, again Bretheren who hold slaves (for I acknoledg no geographical lines) call them property, if we want them free, let us pay full price for them, I send them from among us it is as much harm to steal slave as fre negroes." Possibly written in Wallace, Pennsylvania. |
| Subjects | Death Children and Family Finance Abolition African American History Slavery Politics Emancipation Democratic Party Religion Morality and Ethics Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Maitland, James M. (1815-1864) Maitland, William Grier (b. 1846) |
| Place written | Wallace |
| Theme | Children & Family; Agriculture; Slavery & Abolition; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Brother |