[Letter from Antislavery Office, Phila.]

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Creator / Contributor: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Gunn, Lewis C. (Lewis Carstairs), 1813-1892
Parrish, Isaac
Jones, Benjamin Smith, 1812-1862
Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898
Title: [Letter from Antislavery Office, Phila.]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1836-11-05
Description: Two-page letter from the Antislavery Office, Philadelphia, giving notification for an Antislavery convention to be held in Harrisburg [Pennsylvania] on December 19, 1837, with the intent of organizing a State Antislavery Society. Signed by committee members of the Friends of Immediate Emancipation in Pennsylvania. Letterhead features engraving 'A Colored Young Man of the City of New York, 1835' by P. Reason.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-05_f-09_l-m09
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Slaves--Emancipation--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania
Material type or medium of original: Letters
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