Museum Collections
Luce Center
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Date:
ca. 1862
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 9 in., 25 ft (22.9 x 762.2 cm)
Description:
Undated petition, probably ca. 1862, to United States President Abraham Lincoln from citizens of New York requesting that the governor of New York be authorized to raise a number of regiments composed wholly or partly of African American troops, including the signatures and addresses of petitioners. In scroll form, appproximately 25 feet long.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
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