Historical Letter: William Beverly Nash Letter to Myles L.M. Myers, February 10, 1870
Subject
William Beverly Nash
Title
Historical Letter: William Beverly Nash Letter to Myles L.M. Myers, February 10, 1870
Date
02/10/1870
Type
Historical Letter
Description
The New York Historical Society features a 1870 letter, written by William Beverly Nash to Myles L.M. Myers, celebrating Iowa's ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment on February 3, 1870. Nash was a formerly enslaved man who became a Congressman (R-SC) during the Reconstruction Era.
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New York Historical Society Museum & Library
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“Historical Letter: William Beverly Nash Letter to Myles L.M. Myers, February 10, 1870,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 15, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/145.