Z.A. Leach to James McGuire regarding a runaway slave - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00434.02
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1860s
Title	Z.A. Leach to James McGuire regarding a runaway slave
Date	11 March 1865
Author	Leach, Z. A. (fl. 1865)
Recipient	McGuire, James
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Written in pencil. Informs McGuire that he encountered one of McGuire's slaves who declared that he was running away. Suggests where McGuire might look for the slave, and asks that he "[s]ay nothing that I told you."
Subjects	African American History Global History and Civics Confederate States of America Civil War African American History Slavery Runaway Slave
People	Leach, Z. A. (fl. 1865) McGuire James (fl. 1865)
Place written	s.l.
Theme	African Americans; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide [draft] March the 11 1865 Dr Jas Mc guire I Saw your Boy [gona] Saturday and he told me he was run away I think if you want to find him you can by coming [out hear]. Yours truley Z. A. Leach Say nothing that I told you.