Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ONE OF THE CHIEF CONDUCTORS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROADSTILL, WILLIAM. Autograph Note Signed, to Dr. E. Harvey, stating that, "Mr. Bigelow of Washington is here and would like to see you - he will leave town tomorrow morning - when will you be in?" 2 pages on a single small 8vo sheet; sliced in half but with no loss of text; with the mailing envelope franked with Still's signature. [Philadelphia], 26 May 1856

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Still, author of The Underground Railroad, was one of its chief conductors. The language of this note hints that "Mr. Bigelow" is a runaway being moved from Washington through Philadelphia to points north, a well used route for runaways.<