Letter from a Belgian citizen soldier to Abraham Lincoln, September 20, 1861

Title

Letter from a Belgian citizen soldier to Abraham Lincoln, September 20, 1861

Contributor

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Date

1861-09-20

Description

In this letter, a Belgian citizen soldier writes against conscription, recommending that Lincoln announce the abolishment of slavery.

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Antislavery movements

Type

Text

Language

French

Format

electronic

Place of Issue

Brussels (Belgium)

Genre

Correspondence

Notes

Proposed "Scheme for the Military Organization of a Free People" included. Written in French, with English translation.

[The letter is followed by a Project of Military Organization of a Free People, which proposes a national guard, mobile and stationary. To the mobile all citizens between the ages of 21 and 31 belong. To the stationary belong those between the ages of 32 - 50. Their varying duties. Colleges of Artillery and Engineering. ..]

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

A.S51

Media type

image/jpeg

Number of pages

12

Tags

Lincoln

Collection

A.S51 William Henry Seward Papers

Citation

“Letter from a Belgian citizen soldier to Abraham Lincoln, September 20, 1861,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/6398.

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