The Negroes at Port Royal. Report of E. L. Pierce, Government Agent, to the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury.
Boston: R. F. Wallcut, 1862. 1st published edition. Paperback. 36p. Tied softcover. No separate wrapper present. 20cm. Minor soil. Short tear where stitched. Minor chipping in lower right corner. Pierce, a Harvard Law graduate and a Massachusetts delegate to the Republican Convention in 1860 which had nominated Lincoln, enlisted as briefly as a Private in the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War and was sent a few months later to Fort Monroe, which remained under Union Control throughout the Civil War, in Hampton, Virginia, to collect and organize African Americans to work on military entrenchments. Pierce was next sent to Port Royal in South Carolina in late 1861 to report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the condition of the African Americans living on the Sea Islands. This was his initial report. Very Good. Item #87895
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