Harriet Robinson Scott (American National Biography)
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Walter Ehrlich, "Scott, Dred," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00984.html.
On 6 April 1846 Dred and Harriet Scott sued Irene Emerson for freedom. Dred Scott v. Irene Emerson was filed in a Missouri state court under Missouri state law. (Two separate litigations were pursued.
Elgin, IL
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Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Politics in Kane County,” July 8, 1858
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Politics in Kane County
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“Politics in Kane County,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, July 8, 1858
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Politics in Kane County
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“Politics in Kane County,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, July 8, 1858, p. 2: 3.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
Cookstown, PA
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William E. Frazer to Abraham Lincoln, November 12, 1859
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John Day Easter, detail
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 19, 2009.
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Rev. John Day Easter DD
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J.L. Chamberlain, W.R. Thayer, et al., Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits .... (Boston: R. Herndon Company, 1898), 247.