Esther Ann Jacobs letter to Graceanna Lewis

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Date created 1896-03-28
Creator Jacobs, Esther Ann Fussell, 1818-1901
Description

Esther Ann Jacobs was Graceanna Lewis' cousin. She encloses an article (no longer attached) written by Joseph B. Lewis about a mob that attacked several abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, in 1843 in Pendleton, Indiana. Jacobs also shares some of her own recollections about the event. She thanks Lewis for sending her the beautiful leaves.

Size 4 pages
Type Text
Subjects Abolitionists | Mobs | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
Language English
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Local identifier A00180267
Collection

Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-087 (explore contents)

Contributing institution Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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