Lot 3018
Abolition Societies, 1837 folded letter from Samuel Webb, chairman of the Eastern District of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society talking of the upcoming convention, written on the second leaf of a printed appeal for donations to the Society in order to continue publishing the anti-slavery newspaper, the National Enquirer. Address leaf postmarked blue Philada. c.d.s. with red manuscript "18¾" rate; toning and two leaves separated and rejoined but text is very readable.
Estimate $100 - 150
The National Enquirer was founded by Benjamin Lundy in 1835. Lundy sold it in 1839 to fellow Quaker and abolitionist, John Greenleaf Whittier.
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