Nelson Hart searching for his sister Harriet Shipley

The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)

July 30, 1863

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INFORMATION WANTED--Of Harriett Shipley,
(colored) a light mulatto. She left St.
Louis about five weeks since, and went up
the Mississippi river with a number of other
contrabands, and is supposed to be now in
Minnesota. She is about twenty-one years of
age, a light mulatto, and has been brought up
to house work. Any information concerning
her, will be thankfully received by her brother
Nelson Hart, by addressing P. O. box 1,874,
Chicago. Minnesota papers please copy.

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Nelson Hart, Chicago, Illinois, searching for his sister, Harriett Shipley. She went up Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO, with a number of other "contrabands." Supposed to be in Minnesota.

Date
July 30, 1863
Contributor

Jesse Nasta

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"Nelson Hart searching for his sister Harriet Shipley," The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL), July 30, 1863, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 26, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1983

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