Thomas Garrett letters from the Thomas P. Cope Family papers

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Thomas Garrett (1789-1871) was a Quaker abolitionist who established an iron and hardware business in Wilmington, Delaware. These letters from 1854-1857 discuss how he assisted individuals fleeing slavery as a Station Master on the last stop of the Underground Railroad in Delaware.

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Wilmington 12 mo. 27, 1856
Booklet Containing "Extract from Annual Report of Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society 1854" and Copies of 3 Letters of Thomas Garrett
Wilmington 10 mo. 27, 1856
Wilmington 8 mo. 11, 1857
Wilmington Delaware 3rd mo. 24, 1857