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Mary Ellen Pleasant

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Mary Ellen Pleasant

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Auction Date:2013 Nov 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Entrepreneur (1814–1904) who was a busy figure in the Underground Railroad and helped many slaves make their way to freedom in the north. The Abolitionist used an inheritance from her husband to fund the cause of black freedom and to amass a $30 million fortune in stocks and real estate. Bank check, 8 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Pleasant, “M. E. Pleasant,” payable to S. Van Vliet for $435.00, February 17, 1876. In very good condition, with several vertical creases, one through a single letter of signature, cancellation cut to body, stamps to reverse, and some scattered toning and soiling.