![Legal papers relating to the Roorback Forgery.]. Samuel Blatchford](/pictures/thumb/5894_1.jpg?v=1589064243)
A compelling lot of legal papers relating to the 1844 libel case of Thurlow Weed vs. James G. Bennett, which concerned the widely-printed allegation—known as the Roorback forgery or hoax—that then-presidential-hopeful James K. Polk had branded his slaves and sold them to slave traders. In the lead-up to the 1844.....
An engaging group of letters between the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Maine historical novelist and a former marine Captain stationed in Haiti turned author, concerning research for the former’s novel, Lydia Bailey. Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1885–1957) of Kennebunk, Maine, was a renowned journalist and author of American historical fiction. His Lydia.....
![A letter to the Governor of Pennsylvania in pursuit of a runaway slave.]. Thomas Contee Worthington](/pictures/thumb/5142_1.jpg?v=1560464239)
A brief letter written by a former U. S. Representative from Maryland to the Governor of Pennsylvania on behalf of a slave-owner whose slave has gone missing. Attorney Thomas Contee Worthington (1782–1847) here writes to sitting Governor of Pennsylvania George Wolf (1777–1840) on behalf of one Mr. McGill, a farmer.....