Title: 1835-03-12 ADRIAN M T---CDS AND MS 25---ANTI-SLAVERY--BLACK HISTORY LETTER--ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER FAMILY LETTERS---TO JANE HOWELL AT PHILADELPHIA FROM HER SISTER B. EVANS AT ADRIAN---DATELINE HAZELBANK---MENTIONS ANN, WILLIAM L. GARRITSON, WILLIAM CHANDLER, DARIUS COMSTOCK AND HIS NEPHEW, THOMAS, B. LUNDY, ELIJAH BROWNER, EMILY AND EMILY'S MOTHER. LYDIA GIBBONS, THOMAS, AND AMELIA---"A PERSON IN NEW YORK CITY LATELY DECEASED, AND LEFT A ESTATE AMOUNTING TO HALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS, CHIEFLY AMONG COLOURED PEOPLE FORMERLY HIS SLAVES, HE HAS MADE THEM ALL INDEPENDENT, AND SOME OF THEM VERY WEALTHY"---INCLUDES A POEM BY ELIJAH BROWNER ABOUT ELIZABETH MARGARET CHANDLER----FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N More..
Year: 1835
Date: 1835-03-12
County: Lenawee
City: Adrian
Category: Black History , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned
Associated Pages: 5