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Autograph letter signed : Cincinnati, Ohio, to Joseph Heaton, 1846 Mar. 14.

BIB_ID
296688
Accession number
MA 1305.25
Creator
Pullan, R. B., 19th cent.
Display Date
1846 Mar. 14.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Jacob Heaton Esq / Salem / Columbiana Co. / O."
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Summary
Explaining the attempt of the State Liberty Committee to publish a campaign pamphlet to further the abolitionist cause. With an autograph note signed by the antislavery leader and later chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Salmon P. Chase, and an additional autograph note signed RBP.