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Size | 3 letters on 1 sheet of stationery |
Abstract | Three letters recommending Republican F. D. Schlachter to be appointed as Superintendent of the National Cemetery in New Bern, N.C., replacing an unnamed Democrat. Two letters, dated 25 April 1876, are addressed to North Carolina’s first African American U.S. congressman, John Adams Hyman, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district. One of the letters is signed by Thomas Power, chairman of the Republican Executive Committee, and a dozen other local officials from Craven County, N.C. Another letter appears to be signed by John S. Manix, an active member of the Craven County Republican Party. In the third letter, dated 8 May 1876, Hyman writes that "Mr. Shlachter is strongly recommended by all the leading Republicans of New Berne for the position." The letters are written on the same sheet of congressional stationery. |
Creator | Hyman, John A. (John Adams), 1840-1891 |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Chaitra Powell and Dawne Howard Lucas, September 2021
Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, September 2021
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Born into enslavement near Warrenton, N.C., John Adams Hyman (1840-1891), was the first African American to represent North Carolina in the House of Representatives. Hyman was chosen as a delegate to the state equal rights convention in 1865, to the state Constitutional Convention in 1868, and served in the North Carolina Senate from 1868 to 1874 in the Reconstruction-era legislature. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman representing North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 1875 to 1877.
In 1876, leading members of the Republican Party in New Bern, N.C., recommended that F. D. Schlachter be appointed as the superintendent of the National Cemetery in New Bern, replacing a Democrat. Established in 1867, the cemetery contains the remains of the Union soldiers, including 300 African Americans. Schlachter served in the Union Army, participating in the Burnside Expedition that captured New Bern.
Back to TopThree letters recommending Republican F. D. Schlachter to be appointed as Superintendent of the National Cemetery in New Bern, N.C., replacing an unnamed Democrat. Two letters, dated 25 April 1876, are addressed to North Carolina’s first African American U.S. congressman, John Adams Hyman, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district. One of the letters is signed by Thomas Power, chairman of the Republican Executive Committee, and a dozen other local officials from Craven County, N.C. Another letter appears to be signed by John S. Manix, an active member of the Craven County Republican Party. In the third letter, dated 8 May 1876, Hyman writes that "Mr. Shlachter is strongly recommended by all the leading Republicans of New Berne for the position." The letters are written on the same sheet of congressional stationery.
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