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TitleStill, W[illia]m, letter, 31 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, August 7, 1850, to [James O? Cousins, Cincinnati, Ohio]

Date Created1850-08-07

DescriptionWilliam Still relates the story of Peter Freedman [Peter Still] coming to William Still's office in Philadelphia to learn how to locate relatives; notes the writer's realization and amazement that...

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TitleHoyt, Henry, letter, Boston, January 17, 1854, to Mr. J.P. Williston

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DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still written by Henry Hoyt, which states in part that: “The bearer Peter Sill [sic] is one of God[’]s own poor from the land of bondage who having bought his own...

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TitleWebster, Fletcher, note, Boston, January 31, 1853

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DescriptionFletcher Webster (the son of Daniel Webster) endorses Peter Still and his purpose and agrees to contribute to his cause both monetarily and through his testimony.

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TitlePickard, Kate E.R., letter, Camillus, Onondaga Co., N.Y., November 19 [or 17] 1852, to Mr. [Samuel J.] May, [Syracuse, N.Y.]

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DescriptionKate Pickard expresses her delight at seeing Peter Still and at his freedom from slavery; relates her knowledge of Still (his circumstances, character and abilities) when she taught in Alabama at the...

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TitleBoudinot, E.E., letter, Burlington, [N.J.], November 6, 1852

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DescriptionLetter of recommendation for Peter Still written by E.E. Boudinot, who reports that he has known Still for two years and has employed him for “some months past,” together with an added...

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TitleParrish, Joseph, letter, Burlington, N.J., October 5, 1852, to "Cousin John" [John P. Robinson?]

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DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still written by Joseph Parrish. This item includes an annotation by John P. Robinson, Boston, January 3, 1853, identifying Parrish as “a distinguished physician of...

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TitleKing, T[homas] S[tarr], letter, Boston, March 28, 1853

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DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still written by the Rev. Thomas Starr King.

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TitleChase, Stephen A., letter, Salem, [Mass.?], January 12, 1854, to Robert I? Murray, [New York]

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DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still written by Stephen A. Chase, which notes, in part, that Still’s tale “unfolds a phase in the history of slavery strongly illustrative of its evils, its...

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TitleSimpson, John, letter, Florence, Ala., March 27, 1854, to Morris L. Hallowell, Esq.

Date Created1854

DescriptionJohn Simpson reports that Mr. McKeirnan [sic] told him that he would not part with the slaves in question--Peter Still’s family members--for less than 6,000 dollars (as the two boys alone allegedly...

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TitleGreeley, Horace, letter, Eve. Journal office, New York, May 10, 1854, to George Dawson [?], Esq., Albany, [N.Y.]

Date Created1854

DescriptionLetter of introduction for Peter Still, written by Horace Greeley, which notes, of the sum required to free Still’s family members, that: “It is robbery to pay it, but inhumanity to refuse.”