1 pg. + stampless address leaf. To John Clapp, Post Master, Norwick (Norwich), New York Ann (Smith) Masters was the sister in-law of Charles Adams and Abigail Adams Smith, siblings of John Quincy Adams. Her letter of concern for an ex-slave was written when Adams, had just left office as the 6th President and was a Congressman increasingly critical of southern slavery. “Will you do me the favor to ascertain whether there is a colour’d man by the name of Peter Johnson confined in Norwick Jail under what circumstances, the amount against him and if he has a comfortable subsistence daily. I have to offer as an apology for troubling you my being in too feeble a state of health to attend to it myself. Peter formerly belonged to me, ever behaving himself well at Utica and was in good employ…”
1 pg. + stampless address leaf. To John Clapp, Post Master, Norwick (Norwich), New York Ann (Smith) Masters was the sister in-law of Charles Adams and Abigail Adams Smith, siblings of John Quincy Adams. Her letter of concern for an ex-slave was written when Adams, had just left office as the 6th President and was a Congressman increasingly critical of southern slavery. “Will you do me the favor to ascertain whether there is a colour’d man by the name of Peter Johnson confined in Norwick Jail under what circumstances, the amount against him and if he has a comfortable subsistence daily. I have to offer as an apology for troubling you my being in too feeble a state of health to attend to it myself. Peter formerly belonged to me, ever behaving himself well at Utica and was in good employ…”
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