Callis, Caius Marcellus, 1804-1863 (SC 3364)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-27-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3364. Letter, 8 July 1849, of C. M. Callis, Hopkinsville, Kentucky to his brother-in-law Thomas Garland, Charlottesville, Virginia. He refers to the affection of his young son for his late mother’s family, and expresses concern over the financial consequences of Virginia’s establishment of free schools. He also reports on the anticipated discussion of slavery at Kentucky’s upcoming constitutional convention and to Senator Henry Clay’s proposal for gradual emancipation, which is favored by a “respectable minority.” He expects the convention merely to prohibit the importation of slaves, but believes that a plan for the abolition of slavery must be adopted in the next ten years.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Callis, Caius Marcellus, 1804-1863 (SC 3364)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4615.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4615