Wishes that every 'darkish' man be free especially so that each one could fight for the Union. States that Missouri is a key slave state and freedom there would be a great victory for the Union. Adds that $60,000 has been raised to help Black recruiting. Title: Letter signed Forbes, Boston, to Eliot [William G. Eliot], October 26, 1863 . 26 October 1863. Forbes, J. M.

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