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Pomeroy, Lemuel Strong, 1812-1879 to N. R. Chapman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06593.02 Author/Creator: Pomeroy, Lemuel Strong, 1812-1879 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 June 1845 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Pomeroy recently walked from Manlius, New York, to visit Chapman but was disappointed in finding Chapman absent. Writes, "We are doing what we can at Cortland to act on the good work of Emancipation." Mentions his brother Theodore Pomeroy.

Pomeroy, Lemuel Strong, 1812-1879
Chapman, N. R., fl. 1843-1845
Pomeroy, Theodore, 1817-1897

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