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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1862., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To Mrs. . B. Shaw. (search)
To Mrs. . B. Shaw. Medford, 1860. You doubtless remember Thomas Sims, the fugitive slave, who was surrendered in Boston, in 1852. I saw a letter from him to his sister expressing an intense longing for his freedom, and I swore by the Eternal, as General Jackson used to say, that as Massachusetts had sent him into slavery, Massachusetts should bring him back. I resolved, also, that it should all be done with pro-slavery money. They told me that I had undertaken to hoe a very hard row. I laughed, and said, It shall be done: General Jackson never retracts. I expected to have to write at least a hundred letters, and to have to station myself on the steps of the State House this winter, to besiege people. Sims is a skilful mechanic and his master asks $1,800 for him. A large sum for an abolitionist to get out of pro-slavery purses! But I got it! I got it! I got it! Hurrah! I had written only eighteen letters, when one gentleman promised to pay the whole sum, provided I woul
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terry's Brigade, formerly John M. Jones's. (search)
E. A. Sharpe, J. H. Chiles, J. M. Razor, J. A. Dickson, Private R. W. Hadden, J. F. Latimer, D. M. Milford, Brig. Q. M. Department. Corporal T. S. Gordan, Private J. W. Brothers, Brig. Q. M. Department. T. C. Callaham, M. M. Carwile, J. M. Galloway, Private W. T. Ellis, mus'n in band. W. M. Trimble, mus'n in band. J. B. Lister, Brig. Q. M. Department. Co. H. Corporal Daniel Shaw, Private P. B. Bethea, W. L. Butler, B. Parker, J. R. Martin, R. C. Martin, B. Shaw, Private A. Goff, E. D. Hamilton, W. B. Lester, R. J. Fletcher, N. McCormac, R. R. Roberts. Co. K. Sergeant J. M. Dunlap, Private D. B. Dunlap, J. R. Hinton, Pioneer Corps. J. C. Harper, Joel M. Harper, G. F. Harper, J. M. Moore, Private J. V. Kay, mus'n in band. S. M. Massey, J. H. Woods, L. O. Williams, F. Bazwell, A. N. Cullins, Div. Q. M. Department. Co. L. Sergeant J. W. Dalrymple, Private Charles Bryant, P. C. Fant, mus'n in band. H. H. Gray, J.
The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Bloody Leaf in the history of this War--ten lives for one. (search)
s of Belle Jones and Josephine De Merritt, indicted for keeping disorderly and ill- governed houses, where lewd persons of both sexes congregated, being called, and defendants not appearing, their recognisable were forfeited, and capiases awarded to bring them into Court. This being done, De Merritt renewed her recognizance; but Jones, failing to find a friend, was constrained to renew her acquaintance with sundry of her boarders domiciled for several days past at the city jail. The case of Jordan, slave of John N. Thacker, charged with stealing a gold watch and cloth coat from Jas. White, a free negro, living on Brook Avenue, was called, and continued on account of the absence of witnesses until the next term. Capiases were awarded to bring in B. Shaw and T. Woodall, indicted for misdemeanor in receiving bribes to prevent the detection and punishment of parties guilty of violating the proclamation of martial law. The Court adjourned Saturday till the next in course.