Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Essex County, MA
Date Type
Electric fire alarm is patented in Boston Science/Technology
Massachusetts court orders six men to trial for the August tarring and feathering of a Haverhill editor Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Date Title
New York Herald, “The Suspected Slavers,” December 18, 1858
New York Times, “The Slave Trade,” August 10, 1859
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The Slave Trade at the North,” August 11, 1859
New York Herald, "The Underground Railroad," August 14, 1859
Alexander J. Sessions to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861
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