BIB_ID
131805
Accession number
MA 767.2
Creator
Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
Display Date
1862 October 13.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (24 pages) ; 32.6 x 19.9 cm
Notes
Signed "R."
Written from the Foreign Office.
Russell writes in a column on the right side of the page only.
A note on page 23 identifies this as the "Original draft of Memorandum respecting interposition in American contest. October 13, 1862" and adds "Printed Copies sent to Cabinet: Oct 13."
Written from the Foreign Office.
Russell writes in a column on the right side of the page only.
A note on page 23 identifies this as the "Original draft of Memorandum respecting interposition in American contest. October 13, 1862" and adds "Printed Copies sent to Cabinet: Oct 13."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson, August 1911.
Summary
Discussing interposition in the American Civil War; summarizing and considering the military, political and social aspects of the war as of the date of writing; discussing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and its implications and possible consequences. With a contemporary clipping of Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation pasted on the final sheet.
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