Letter, 1839 December 29, Plymouth Hollow, Conn., to Stephen Sheldon, New York Mills, N.Y.; this letter is preceeded by a two page letter from Amy Kitchel to her sister Lemira written on December 7, 1839.

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Letter, 1839 December 29, Plymouth Hollow, Conn., to Stephen Sheldon, New York Mills, N.Y.; this letter is preceeded by a two page letter from Amy Kitchel to her sister Lemira written on December 7, 1839.

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Reports that the night before a county antislavery meeting was to convene in Wolcott, Conn., the meeting house was blown up and burned to ashes. The meeting was held over the still smoldering ruins.

1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Sheldon, Stephen H.

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Stephen Sheldon was born in Ohio in 1885. After attending Ohio State University's school of engineering, he went to work on the S.S. Northwestern. He made seven trips to Nome aboard the Northwestern then moved permanently to Alaska and went to work with Michael J. Heney, building the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. Between seasons, he worked as a storekeeper in a remote supply station. After the railroad was completed, he moved to Haines where he later became Deputy U.S. Marshall. He mar...

Kitchel, H. D. (Harvey Denison), 1812-1895

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