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John Pendleton Kennedy letter to the National Intelligencer newspaper
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0716
Abstract
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a politician (elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1838) and writer with strong ties to the South. This collection includes a public letter which elucidates Kennedy's dialogue as an apologist for slavery on the one hand, and the views of famed anti-slavery activist, Lewis Tappan, on the other. The correspondence was written on March 5, 1850.
Dates:
1850 March 5
Found in:
Special Collections