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Contains 216 Results:

Wright, Adaline T. to Carpenter, Esther, New York, 1838 6mo 29

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Letterhead with image of an enslaved woman in chains, engraved by P. Reason, “A Colored Young Man of the City of New York” in 1835.

Dates: 1838 6mo 29

Gibbons, Abbey to Carpenter,Esther, New York, 1838 9mo 28

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Letterhead with image of standing white woman representing liberty and crouching African American man, annotated “Lovejoy. The first martyr to American Liberty murdered for asserting the freedom of the press at Alton Nov. 7 1837.”

Dates: 1838 9mo 28