Samuel Shepard Conner Manuscript Essay, 1807-01-25

Item — Box: SC1800-1849.002, item: 001

Scope and Contents

Thirty-four pages of a manuscript essay dated January 25, 1807, attributed to Samuel Shepard Conner. There is a note in a later hand on the first page that states “Leaves found in an old blank book belonging to Samuel S. Conner dated January 26th, 1807.” The two-part essay discusses United States political affairs especially concerned with the military and conflict with France and other European Nations. The author discusses potential revolts of enslaved people in the southern United States and Carribean Islands that the French could instigate. The essay is signed “Horatius”.

Dates

1807-01-25

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