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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) MARYLAND.
“$100 REWARD. Ran away
from the subscriber, residing in Pleasant Valley, MD on Saturday night 14th int.
a MULATTO BOY named MEHLON HOPEWELL, about 22 years of age.”
Letterpress, runaway slave broadside, 11
1
/
4
x 13
1
/
2
inches; creases where folded; some offset
from the printing press; two holograph notations added to the address and the owner’s
name.
Chambersburg, PA: T.J. Wright, circa 1850’s
[3,500/5,000]
An exceptionally descriptive runaway slave broadside. From the language regarding the runaway’s
description, he is definitely someone the subscriber must have liked. Given this and the fact that he is
a “mulatto” it is possible that he is the owner’s son. He is well-dressed, and is even wearing a pair of
new boots. The fact that he took a horse and then set it free indicates that he did not want the crime of
stealing a horse added to his problems if caught. The owner, Thomas Boteler of Pleasant Valley
appears in the 1840 census as having several slaves.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) NEW YORK STATE.
Three concurrent res-
olutions regarding slavery.
Three narrow, letterpress folio documents, 12 x 6
1
/
2
inches;
the first printed on one side only, the second and third, printed on both sides; very lightly
toned, in remarkably good condition.
Albany, NY, 7 to 23 January 1850
[500/750]
Three resolutions passed in the
New York State Assembly address-
ing the issue of slavery in the
territories acquired from Mexico
following the war of 1848.
Aside from Texas, New Mexico,
California et al, these Resolutions
addressed the issue of slavery in
the District of Columbia as well.