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Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 364.

UPPER DARBY, p. t., Delaware co., Pa. Watered by Darby and Cobb’s creeks. Pop. 2,044.

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Kent County, Delaware (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 177.

KENT COUNTY, situated in the central part of Delaware, on Delaware bay. Area, 640 square miles. Face of the country generally level; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Dover, which is also the state capital. Pop. in 1810, 20,495; in 1820, 20,793; in 1830, 19,911; in 1840, 19,872; in 1850, 22,816.

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Milford, Delaware (Fanning's, 1853)

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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 222.

MILFORD, hundred, p. v., Kent co., Del., 21 ms. S. of Dover; from W. 129 ms. Watered by Mispillon creek.

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Litchfield, Connecticut (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 192.

LITCHFIELD, c. h., p. t., seat of justice of Litchfield co., Ct., 32 ms. W. of Hartford; from W. 326 ms. Watered by Naugatuck, Shepang, and Bantam rivers, and Bantam lake, or Great pond. Pop. in 1840, 4,038; in 1850, 3,953.

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Livermore, Maine (Fanning's, 1853)

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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 193.

LIVERMORE, p. t., Oxford co., Me., 30 ms. W. of Augusta; from W. 596 ms. Watered by Androscoggin river. Pop. 1,764.

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Brandon, Vermont (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 50.

BRANDON, p. t., Rutland co., Vt., 14 ms S. W. of Montpelier; from W. 472 ms. Watered by Otter creek and Mill river. Pop. 2,835.

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Easton, Maryland (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 113.

EASTON, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Talbot co., Md., 45 ms S. E. of Annapolis; from W. 85 ms. Watered by Tread Haven creek. Pop. 1,413.

Torrington, Connecticut (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 358.

TORRINGTON, p. t., Litchfield co., Ct., 28 ms W. of Hartford; from W. 335 ms. Watered by Naugatuck river and tributaries. Pop. 1,916.

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

North Elba, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 343.

NORTH ELBA, p. o., Essex co., N. Y.

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Levi Coffin to William Still, May 11, 1851 (Page 1)

Notes

Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, August 17, 2008.

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document

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Yes

Original caption

Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections

Source citation

William Still, The Underground Rail Road (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), 33.

Source note

Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.