to Aaron V. Brown

Freeman, Watson, fl. 1827-1857 to Aaron V. Brown

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GLC#
GLC09028.07-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
25 May 1857
Author/Creator
Freeman, Watson, fl. 1827-1857
Title
to Aaron V. Brown
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Letter to the Postmaster General recommending Colonel Isaac H. Wright to the office of postmaster of Boston. Mentions that Wright upheld the Fugitive Slave law and was one of the first to offer assistance during the arrest of fugitive slave Anthony Burns in 1854. Writes "On the day of the rendition, the 2d of June, Col. Wright's cavalry corps constituted the head of the Brigade column, and by his judicious conduct and unremitted energy he did much to preserve the peace, and prevent the fanatical mob from breaking forth into acts of violence against the posse under my direction." Marked as a copy.

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