Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 103

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.) DEVYR [DEVERE], CE The Underground Railroad. Thoughts Suggested upon hearing a Lecture delivered by Edwin H. Coates, at Mt. Lebanon, N.Y. Broadside, 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, printed in double columns, with ruled border with floral corners. Handsomely matted and framed. Np [New York State, circa 1870's]

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Cecelia Devyr or Devere (1836-1912) was part of the Shaker Community at Mount Lebanon, New York. OCLC locates only two copies of this touching piece. Hamilton College and Pennsylvania Historical Society.