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D. C. Phillips Reconstruction Letter,
95SC38 D. C. Phillips Reconstruction Letter, 1865 Staff Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Kentucky Historical Society n.d. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services,, March 2000. ENG D. C. Phillips Reconstruction Letter, 1865 Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Thomas Enneking Copyright 1999 Kentucky Historical Society. All rights reserved. D. C. Phillips Reconstruction Letter, 1865 95SC38 Phillips, D.C. 1 item (4 p.); 30 cm. Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], D. C. Phillips Reconstruction Letter, 1865, 95SC38,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. Letter from D. C. Phillips to W. K. White. This letter was written shortly after the end of the Civil War. It describes local politics, a political assassination, interracial violence and a killing, and the attitudes of white Kentuckians toward the freedmen. The letter concerns the political factions in the state over the Thirteenth Amendment, and gives opinions about the outcome of certain elections. The Conklin referred to in the letter went on to beat Anderson Gray in the discussed election. Arrangement: Chronological. Reconstruction--Kentucky Kentucky--Politics and government--1865-1950 Freedmen--Kentucky Assassination--Kentucky-Hardin County Kentucky--History--Sources White, W. K. Gray, Anderson