Papers related to the George Latimer case, 1842-1888.

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Papers related to the George Latimer case, 1842-1888.

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Two vols. of papers compiled by Henry I. Bowditch relating to the case of George Latimer, the first fugitive slave seized in Boston in Oct. 1842. Bowditch, along with William F. Channing and Frederick S. Cabot, published a newspaper, The Latimer Journal and North Star, to protest Latimer's seizure and to enlist support against the imprisonment of slaves in Mass. The first volume contains Bowditch's manuscript preface and other notes by him about the case, the newspaper, and a few notes on the Boston Anti-Man Hunting League. The second and larger vol. is a scrapbook compiled by Bowditch containing a full run of the newspaper, the original signed petition, posters, Congressional resolves and reports, newspaper clippings from 1842-45, and other misc. printed materials.

2 v. in an oversize box.

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Cabot, Frederick Pickering, 1868-1932

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Judge Frederick Pickering Cabot was the picture of perfect Boston Brahmin. Born in 1868, he was descended from one of New England’s wealthiest families. He would become president of the Harvard Union, President of the Boston Symphony, a regular at the Union Club, no doors were closed to him. But he was probably most remembered and most beloved by generations of poor Boston children for his tireless work advocating for them in his role as judge at the Juvenile Court in the early 1900s....

Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League.

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Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of Nathaniel Bowditch and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, was a physician, author and abolitionist from Salem, Massachusetts. From the description of Life in the woods for a fortnight : or a trip to Katahdin & Moosehead Lake in the summer of 1856. 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 704274320 U.S. specialist in diseases of the chest. From the description of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch letter, 1882, Apr. 7, Boston, to Dr. S. McMurtry. ...

Latimer, George, 1935-

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Lawyer and judge. 1946, elected judge of Utah State Supreme Court. 1951, judge on the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Represented William Laws Calley as a result of My Lai, Vietnam, event. From the description of [Papers] / George Latimer. 1968-1976. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 10155108 San Juan, Puerto Rico resident. From the description of Letters, 1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635482 ...

Channing, William F. (William Francis), 1820-1901

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