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Manuscript/Mixed Material William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, Private John Smith to his father, 75th New York, New Orleans, La., "We do not go much on Niggers and we curse the day when our Gov made Soldiers of an inferior race," Jan. 1864

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Title

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, Private John Smith to his father, 75th New York, New Orleans, La., "We do not go much on Niggers and we curse the day when our Gov made Soldiers of an inferior race," Jan. 1864

Names

  • Gladstone, William A., collector

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American
  • -  United States. Colored Troops
  • -  United States. Continental Army--African American troops
  • -  United States. Corps d'Afrique
  • -  Slavery
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American
  • -  Collectors
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • mss83434, box 4; item 396

Source Collection

  • William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • online text
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Chicago citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, Private John Smith to his father, 75th New York, New Orleans, La., "We do not go much on Niggers and we curse the day when our Gov made Soldiers of an inferior race," Jan. 1864. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434396/.

APA citation style:

Gladstone, W. A. (1864) William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, Private John Smith to his father, 75th New York, New Orleans, La., "We do not go much on Niggers and we curse the day when our Gov made Soldiers of an inferior race," Jan. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss83434396/.

MLA citation style:

Gladstone, William A., Collector. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter, Private John Smith to his father, 75th New York, New Orleans, La., "We do not go much on Niggers and we curse the day when our Gov made Soldiers of an inferior race," Jan. 1864. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss83434396/>.