[Letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay]

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Creator / Contributor: M’Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816
Title: [Letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1849-03-26
Description: Four-page letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay detailing the escape of slave [Henry 'Box' Brown] from Richmond [Virginia] to Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] via overland express in a box. M'Kim requests that Gay refrain from publishing the story, and to 'send him on' to Francis Jackson.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-05_f-09_l-m23
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Slaves--Emancipation--United States
Slavery--Virginia
Slaves--Virginia
Material type or medium of original: Letters
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