Correspondence of Wiliam Still, 1865-1899.

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Correspondence of Wiliam Still, 1865-1899.

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This is a personal correspondence involving the Underground railroad conductor William Still, his daughter Caroline and her husband, Edward Wiley. Also,among the principal correspondents are William Still's wife Letita Still, son William Wilberforce and daughter Frances Ellen. It mostly consists of family matters. The Underground railroad is not mentioned in these letters. Some of these letters are incomplete, faded, illegible and damaged.

ca. 140 items in 48 folders.

Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection

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Temple University. Libraries. Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.

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Still, William, 1821-1902

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Abolitionist, writer, and businessman William Still was born near Medford, in Burlington County, N.J. in 1821. He moved to Philadelphia in 1841 and married Letitia George, who became the mother of his four children. In 1847 William Still became a clerk in the office of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. Between 1851 and 1861 he was chairman and corresponding secretary of the Philadelphia branch of the Underground railroad. His accounts of its activities, The Underground railr...

Wiley, Edward A.

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Still, Letitia

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Still, William Wilberforce

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Anderson, Caroline Still, 1848-1919

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