Letter from Charlotte Platt Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, October 13, 1863
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Letter from Charlotte Platt Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, October 13, 1863
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1863-10-13
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Letter from Charlotte Platt Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, October 13, 1863
action: sent
sender: Charlotte Underwood
Birth: 1817-08-07
Death: 1900-07-15
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: srr
revision: tap 2018-02-02
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Enclosed in a letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward on October 13, 1863My dear Mrs. Seward,
Eliza says she
was brought up in the District
of Columbia, & when her master
found out that the District was
to be free, he took all if his
slaves to Calvert Co . She was
not a Virginian, & was mistaken.
Her master's name was Belt
& he is not loyal – Her old
master
her I suppose –
Her children are in Baltimore
in the possession of this Capt –
Griffin
give them up till she pays
him the $100 – He has brought
them from Calvert Co. & has thence
secreted in Baltimore, but where,
she knows not – Of course, she is
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entirely at his mercy – & I do not
see how we can help her in
any way, except by assisting
her to the money – He professes
to be friendly to the blacks, but
evidently only cares to make
money out of them – & has
done for years –
Yours very truly,
C.P. Underwood
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Editorial Note
Eliza says she
was brought up in the District
of Columbia, & when her master
found out that the District was
to be free, he took all if his
slaves to Calvert Co . She was
not a Virginian, & was mistaken.
Her master's name was Belt
Birth: 1832 Death: 1918
– & he is not loyal – Her old
master
Birth: 1793-04-07 Death: 1858
is dead, & his son claims her I suppose –
Her children are in Baltimore
in the possession of this Capt –
Griffin
Birth: 1830 Death: 1885Certainty: Probable
, whose & he will not give them up till she pays
him the $100 – He has brought
them from Calvert Co. & has thence
secreted in Baltimore, but where,
she knows not – Of course, she is
entirely at his mercy – & I do not
see how we can help her in
any way, except by assisting
her to the money – He professes
to be friendly to the blacks, but
evidently only cares to make
money out of them – & has
done for years –
Yours very truly,
C.P. Underwood