Transcribe Text (Collaborative) Anti-Slavery Letters & Documents: Long Subjects II page

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date
"September 1, 1850"
notes
"Holograph, signed. In this letter, Joseph Ricketson describes an attempt to recapture a fugitive slave. He tells of an argument with a man on the general subject of returning a fugitive slave to his master. There is also a transcription of this letter in a different handwriting. Included, is a fragment written by Joseph Ricketson. He writes: \"Mary has just returned from the meeting and says, they have appointed a committee to call on our city officers after Twelve o'clock for a writ to arrest the slaveholder George W. Wim & the constable or sheriff Huys by six o'clock in the morning, for violating our laws.\" Includes an envelope written by Joseph Ricketson, with the delivery address: Miss Weston, Messrs. Green & Co., Paris, France."
title
"Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 9th month 1st [day] 1850 [Part 4 of 4]"
image1
"08_07_011971.jpg"
image2
"08_07_011970.jpg"
image3
"08_07_011972.jpg"
image4
"08_07_011973.jpg"
image5
"08_07_011973a.jpg"
creators
"Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876 (Author); Weston, Deborah, b. 1814 (Addressee)"
language
"English"
#group_id
"85769"
publisher
""
#internal_id
"commonwealth:qz20v0561"
original_url
"https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v0561"
#id_local_call
"Ms.A.9.2 v.1, p.14-15"
#repository_id
"commonwealth:qz20v0561"
#id_local_other
"3133925"
#id_local_barcode
"39999066779727; mq8509139"
#id_local_accession
""
physical_description
"1 leaf (11 p.) ; 10 x 7 1/2 in. and 1 fragment ; 3 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. + 1 envelope (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)"