Letter describing defeat of slave catchers in a battle with ten fugitives
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Him and five others went and caught them . . . all unarmed except Mr. Armstrong, and was taking hold of them, and they refused and commenced fighting, and Mr. Armstrong shot three times (as I stated), and they had him down, and would have killed him, only he called (to his negro) and said 'Dave, are you going to let them kill me!' and then Dave took them off. They did not get one of the negroes, but they got the horses. This happened 9 miles below Morgantown. Mr. Armstrong was taken to Morgantown and got his wounds dressed (he was very badly cut and bruised up). I do not know whether he is considered beond reach of recovery or not.\""}, {"label": "Description", "content": "The original stamped hand-cancelled wove paper envelope (c) is addressed on recto to a Mr. James E. Hall of Westerville, Ohio. In the top right corner of the is a red three cents George Washington postage stamp with a black 'X' over it. 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