Receipt S. Penn for advertising Hope, a man escaping enslavement from William C. Bullitt, 1822.
Item
Title
Receipt S. Penn for advertising Hope, a man escaping enslavement from William C. Bullitt, 1822.
Description
A receipt of funds transferred to S. Penn from William Christian Bullitt, dated 1822. S. Penn put newspaper advertisements out for Hope, an enslaved man who ran away from Bullitt, in the Republican of Madison (Indiana) and the Spy of Cincinnati.
Creator
Source
Manuscript Collection, Bullitt Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society
Publisher
The Filson Historical Society, Special Collections
Date
Contributor
Johansen, Emma
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Identifier
Mss_A_B937c-0375_001
Collection
Citation
William Christian Bullitt, “Receipt S. Penn for advertising Hope, a man escaping enslavement from William C. Bullitt, 1822.,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed November 17, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/4560.
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