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Collection of three letters and documents about the transportation of slaves belonging to J. A. Snider's wife, a native of Maryland, to Mississippi. Two letters are by her brother, John S. Staplefoot, about shipping these slaves by steamer through New Orleans, or by land. A third document is a two-page legal opinion, by a Maryland law firm from Baltimore, about the legality of shipping these slaves from Maryland to Mississippi, February 13, 1856-October 11, 1858

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