TY - GEN AU - Yates,Richard TI - Richard Yates correspondence, KW - Colfax, Schuyler, KW - Herndon, William Henry, KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - McLean, Nathaniel, KW - Republican National Convention KW - Emancipation Proclamation KW - Elections KW - United States KW - 1860 KW - Slavery KW - Slaves KW - Emancipation KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government KW - 1857-1861 KW - 1861-1865 KW - Governors KW - Illinois KW - itoamc KW - Representatives, U.S. Congress KW - Senators, U.S. Congress N1 - Open to research N2 - Correspondence of Yates relating to Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Republican National Convention and presidential election, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other political affairs. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, William Henry Herndon, and Nathaniel McLean. Includes typewritten transcripts of the correspondence ER -