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Various [Collection related to U.S. Marshal Watson Freeman] [Decimalized .01-.36]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09028 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1803-1857 Pagination: 7 letters, 29 receipts Order a Copy

Freeman was responsible for the arrest of fugitive slave Anthony Burns in Boston 1854. With 29 receipts and related documents.

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