Autograph letter signed : London, to Professor Knight, 1864 Nov. 22.

Returning a document (no longer with the letter); writing that he has just received from the United States a newspaper summary of "Andrew Johnson's speech at Nashville to 3,000 coloured people legally & ostensibly slaves"; quoting from it at length: "He says that President Lincoln for his own reasons had excepted Tennessee from freedom, but Andrew Johnson now takes on himself to proclaim freedom to them all from that day [...] He proceeds to say that the vast estates of the great rebels must be parcelled out to free, honest, industrious farmers; that he speaks as one who feels the world his country, & all who love equal rights his friends; yet also as a citizen of Tennessee; and he will fight this great battle of truth & justice to a triumphant end, until loyal men, whether white or black, alone control the destinies of Tennessee"; commenting "That the candidate for Vice President should so speak on October 26th is a delightful omen: & now that he is actually Vice President Elect, it gives every hope that President Lincoln's [course] is about to be bold for perfect equality of races"; celebrating the fact that Reuben Fenton had replaced Horatio Seymour as Governor of New York.