Letter to a Committee of Colored Citizens at Savannah, July 8, 1865.
Savannah, June 15, 1865.
Hon. Charles Sumner:—
Sir,—We, the undersigned, Committee of the Union League of Savannah, Ga., have the honor to present to you these our petitions to his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, signed personally by the hands of some three hundred and fifty loyal citizens. We respectfully ask that you will present them to his Excellency the President, and we beg that your Honor will use all of your influence in our behalf, and oblige,
Very respectfully, your humble servants,
- Jos. C. Jackson, Chairman,
- George R. J. Dolly, Cor. Sec.,
- Benj. W. Roberts,
- Peter Duncan,
- Joseph S. Tison.
Boston, 8th July, 1865.
GENTLEMEN,—Your petition asking for the right to vote has been forwarded to me here, with the request that I would present it to the President. I regret much that my absence from Washington has prevented me from doing this in person; but I have lost no time in forwarding the petition to the President, with my most earnest recommendation.