S. Hastings Grant to James F. Robinson

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KYR-0001-027-0009

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863

Item Location

R2-11 to R2-12

Place of Creation

New York, New York County, New York

Date of Creation

20 August 1862

Dates Mentioned

1862-08-20

1862-04

1862-08

S. Hastings Grant to James F. Robinson, 20 August 1862, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863, R2-11 to R2-12, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-027-0009, (accessed April 2, 2025).

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Mercantile Library,
NEW YORK CITY,
Aug. 20, 1862.
DEAR SIR:

In view of the mighty influence of the present war on the future history of the human race, it would seem a duty we owe to posterity to leave them as perfect a record as possible of not only the actions but the motives and spirit of the times. In my capacity of librarian so many of the various publications on the subject have been brought before me, that the idea of collecting a more complete list of them for the aid of the coming historian has presented itself. With this purpose I have applied to various sources for assistance, and have met with encouraging success. An abstract of the results, thus far obtained, has appeared in the numbers of the Historical Magazine for the months of Aprildate> to August of the present year.

To you, as one of the leaders of opinion, I appeal for your kind aid in this undertaking by the contribution of a copy, or the title-page and scope, of any Sermon, Essay, or Discourse of your own, or another's, which has a bearing on any of the many phases of this pregnant crisis.

Respectfully Yours,
S. HASTINGS GRANT.

^*_*^* So soon as a degree of approximate completeness shall have been attained, it is the intention of the compileer to furnish those who have assisted him with a condensed statement of the information gathered.

S. H. Grant

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