Unsigned editorial by Abraham Lincoln on Rights of Foreigners to Vote

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The editors of the Collected Works are convinced that Lincoln wrote this unsigned editorial because the editor of the Galena Northwestern Gazette, H.H. Houghton, made a notation on a copy of the piece indicating that Lincoln was the author.
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Gorsuch posse breaks apart over fears about Vigilance Committee spying

The Gorsuch slave-catching posse, on the heels of Edward Gorsuch of Maryland's runaway slaves in Pennsylvania, loses some of its members as concerns about Samuel Williams, the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee agent who had trailed the group begin to grow.  Two policeman refuse to continue the hunt over fears that their plans had been exposed. (By Matthew Pinsker)
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Vigilance agent follows Gorsuch posse

Samuel Williams, a black man who ran the Bolivar House Tavern in Philadelphia and who worked with the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, overhears the plans to recapture Edward Gorsuch's runaway slaves and follows the posse to Lancaster County in order to provide advance warning to the fugitives. (By Matthew Pinsker)
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Commissioner Ingraham grants warrants for Gorsuch slaves and appoints Kline to head posse

In Philadelphia, Commissioner Edward Ingraham grants warrants to slaveholder Edward Gorsuch to retrieve his runaway slaves under the new Fugitive Slave Act.  Ingraham directs U.S. Deputy Marshal Henry H. Kline to lead the slave-catching posse. (By Matthew Pinsker)
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Gap Gang in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, kidnaps older black resident

About this date, kidnappers from the Gap Gang in Lancaster County enter the home of an elderly black couple in the middle of the night, beat the wife, seize the "old coloured man" and send him to slavery without any legal proceedings. (By Matt Pinsker)
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Spy informs Edward Gorsuch about location of his runaway slaves

A local spy named William Padgett sends a note to Maryland slaveholder Edward Gorsuch informing him that his four slaves who had run away in November 1849 are living near Christiana, Pennsylvania.  Padgett (who signs the letter "William M.P.") warns Gorsuch to come "as a hunter, disguised" and advises him to get U.S. Deputy Marshal John Nagle to assist. (By Matthew Pinsker)
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Four slaves run away from Edward Gorsuch's plantation in Maryland

Four male slaves escaped from the Edward Gorsuch plantation in Baltimore County, Maryland. Gorsuch later lost his life in an attempt to recapture these fugitives in September 1851. The runaways used different names at different times but they were known to Gorsuch as: Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, George Hammond, and Joshua Hammond. (By Matthew Pinsker)
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