(LOGUEN JERMAIN WESLEY) May Samuel Autograph Letter Signed

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SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON ONLY 5 DAYS AFTER TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE (LOGUEN, JERMAIN WESLEY.) May, Samuel. Autograph Letter Signed, to Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, petitioning for permission for Loguen to return to Tennessee to find family members; additionally Signed by C. B. Sedgwick, Sherman B. Canfield, Rev. George Whipple, and Lewis Tappan. 2 pages, 4to; with integral blank leaf; partially but cleanly torn along folds; with a form of docketing on the verso of the integral leaf and a 11-line autograph acceptance of the petition signed by president andrew johnson 5 days after the death of abraham lincoln. Syracuse, 31 March 1865

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Historically important letter regarding Loguen (1813-1872), ex-slave, and well-known Underground Railroad conductor and author of memoirs chronicling his fascinating life. He fled from Kentucky to Canada in 1834, then crossed back into central New York where he formed a ministry. From there he aided an estimated 1500 slaves escape over a period of nearly 2 decades.