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Lot 1946    

(Abolitionist Movement) Amos A. Lawrence and the New England Emigrant Aid Company (treasurer and principle manager of the Emigrant Aid Association, which sent out parties of settlers from New England during the Kansas struggle) two items; signed 1839 folded letter from Boston to Allentown, N.J. with interesting content regarding the silk industry in the U.S., and an 1856 notice (with cover) of charter of the New England Emigrant Aid Company showing Lawrence as an incorporator and the treasurer, also includes a circular notice regarding the "crisis in Kanzas affairs", the cover addressed to Sherman, Conn. and franked with 1851, 1¢ blue, type II canceled by Boston cds, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Amos Lawrence financed the founding of the University of Kansas, in the town of Lawrence named after him.

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