Reward letter to Mr. Gavitt

Item Information

• Description
  Reproduction of letter from Arch Dixon (U.S. senator from Kentucky) and A.J. Anderson to Mr. Gavitt of Evansville, Indiana, sheriff of Vanderburgh County. $500 reward was offered for testimony that would lead to the conviction of "Brown," charged with "stealing negroes." The circular letter notes that the testimony was secured and the accused was sent to prison for two years. Reproduction undated; original letter dated June 6, 1854, from Henderson, Kentucky.

• Item ID
  bdsky10484
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Kentucky
  Indiana
  Vanderburgh County (Ind.)
  Henderson County (Ky.)
  Evansville (Ind.)
  Henderson (Ky.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Reward letter to Mr. Gavitt
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1854-06-06
• Folder
  KY1
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  Slavery
  Crime
  African Americans--History

• Copyright & Usage
  None