DescriptionMemo book kept by Peter Still (and written in by others) that: records sums of from 20 dollars to 1,055 dollars collected, in approximately 20 locations in New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, toward the purchase of Still's enslaved wife and children; notes Still’s visit to Toronto (“for the pleasure of treading upon the ‘free Soil of this part of her Majesty’s Dominions’ of which he had heard so much; and to see how his brethren (the fugitives from Slavery) prospered”; lists the names and addresses of various people for Still to look up or whom he met; notes his limited expenses; and records three receipts for money that Still left on deposit with different persons. The memo book is stitched (bound without covers), with entries recorded from one end and, when flipped over, from the other end as well.
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives.
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections
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