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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04128.01
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1848
Title	Emancipation of Hiram, a slave
Date	7 November 1848
Author	Russell, William Hepburn (1812-1872)
Additional authors	Morrison, William (fl. 1848); Sawyer, Samuel S. (fl. 1848); Bullard, James H. (fl. 1848); Graham, James H. (fl. 1848); Smallwood, Louis W. (fl. 1848)
Document Type	Legal document
Content Description	Samuel Sawyer, William Morrison, and William H. Russell sign, emancipating Hiram, a thirty-two year old slave. James H. Bullard and James H. Graham sign as witnesses. Louis W. Smallwood, circuit court clerk for Lafayette County, signs 27 December 1848, verifying the document. Accompanied by a check, related to William H. Russell (GLC04128.02).
Subjects	Slave Life Slavery Emancipation Manumission African American History
People	Sawyer, Samuel S. (fl. 1848) Morrison, William (fl. 1848) Russell, William Hepburn (1812-1872) Bullard, James H. (fl. 1848) Graham, James H. (fl. 1848) Smallwood, Louis W. (fl. 1848)
Place written	Lafayette County, Missouri
Theme	Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	William Hepburn Russell was one founder of the Pony Express. Waddell, Russell, & Co. started as a shipping company in 1854. Through a War Department contract, the firm soon gained a monopoly in the shipping business in western Missouri. In 1860, the firm established the Pony Express to provide weekly mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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