A letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to her sister Elizabeth Gilchrist in Germantown, Pennsylvania discussing personal matters, religion and the Denmark Vesey trial. Details include the approaching execution on "the gallows" including for someone named "Billy."
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Mary Lamboll Thomas Beach Papers, 1822-1890✖[remove]1
Slavery, Death, Plantations, Hanging, Gallows, Trials, Nineteenth century, Letter writing, Religious life and customs, Enslaved persons, Slave rebellions✖[remove]1