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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STEVENS, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter Signed as governor of Maryland, to an unknown recipient.
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STEVENS, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter Signed as governor of Maryland, to an unknown recipient. Folio leaf, folded to form four 4to pages; paper toned, creases where folded, a couple of short closed tears at the folds. Dividing Creek, 6 April, 1826
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Notes: A complex letter from Stevens (1778-1860) discussing the sale of a Negro man named Joseph, and suggesting that he might "bring more from a Negro purchaser," a possible pardon for another man who seems to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time; and a touching note to Ninian Pinkney (1776-1826) regarding a delay in the execution of a Negro woman: "PS When I signed the death warrant for the Negro woman in Baltimore, we thought it might be possible, an application might be made for pardon--or change of sentence . . ."
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