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Oversize letter from Zachariah Mead to Nancy Binney Hull Hickman, 1838 August 24

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Zachariah Mead (husband of Anna Maria Otis Mead Chalmers) writes a letter to his mother-in-law Nancy Binney "Anne" Hickman dated August 24, 1838 in which he describes to her the legislation required for bringing enslaved persons to another state. The family wants to move from Newton, Massachusetts to Richmond, Virginia and take Othello "Tillo" Freeman with them.

Dates: 1838 August 24