S. Hastings Grant to James F. Robinson
1862-08-20
- Date of Creation
- August 20, 1862
- Place of Creation
- New York, New York County, New York
- 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
- Box / Folder
- R2-11 to R2-12
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-027-0009
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211120
- Places
- New York City, New York
- Organizations
- Mercantile Library
Citation
S. Hastings Grant to James F. Robinson, 1862-08-20, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-027-0009 (November 12, 2026).
Mercantile Library,
NEW YORK CITY,
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
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