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Deerfield "Underground Railroad" Activities; The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin

Photocopy of section of the book The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin by James Dorsey related to escaped slaves who may have passed through the Deerfield area.

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Fax Cover Sheet (Original)

Fax Cover Sheet from Cindy Wargo in the Reference Departement of the Deerfield Public Library to the Research and Access Department of the Chicago Historical Society asking for sources to be checked for information about Lyman Wilmot.

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Fax Cover Sheet (Copy)

Copy of a Fax Cover Sheet from Cindy Wargo in the Reference Department of the Deerfield Public Library to the Research and Access Department of the Chicago Historical Society asking for sources to be checked for information about Lyman Wilmot.

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Handwritten notes about why this research is being done -- to prove that the Wilmot house was a stop on the Underground Railroad

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Deerfield "Underground Railroad" Activities; The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin

Fax Cover Sheet (Original)

Fax Cover Sheet (Copy)

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