Two manuscripts on the Latimer case

Item Information

Title:
Two manuscripts on the Latimer case
Description:
In the first item, a group of “subscribers” pledges to raise 200 dollars, half of which is to be given to “the free paper of Latimer,” and the other half to be spend on freeing George Latimer. The second item is a “supposed auction notice” with the name of James B. Gray at the bottom. It states that a public auction of George Latimer will be held in Faneuil Hall on Tuesday 22 [November 1842].
Author:
Gray, James B.
Date:
[1842]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Financial statements
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States
Gray, James B.
Latimer, George
Extent:
2 leaves (3 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w925c35f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston (Mass.)]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holographs, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The second item, written on a piece of paper torn in half, may or may not be an actual letter from James B. Gray. On verso of this letter, the partially visible name of the recipient appears to be William Lloyd Garrison.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4510062
Call #:
MS Am.1821 (1-2)
Barcode:
39999089661647