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Letter to Smith Speed from Joshua Bullitt, John Bullitt, and Nicholas Hornsby concerning lynching, April 30th, 1835.

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A letter from Joshua Bullitt, John Bullitt, and Nicholas Hornsby to Smith Speed, dated April 30th, 1835. Joshua mentions that "Kelly the man who poisoned those negroes, two of whom belonged to Aunt (one was free) Martin is to be hanged."