John Dipper searching for his brother Daniel Merr
Title
John Dipper searching for his brother Daniel Merr
Subject
Information Wanted Ad
Description
Merr left Williamsburg, Virginia, about 40 years earlier [ca 1792]. Last heard of in Boston, Massachusetts. Dipper is searching for him or Cesar Lafayette, who knew his brother Daniel Merr well. An antebellum ad.
Source
Liberator (Boston, MA)
Date
April 28, 1832
Coverage
New York, NY
Boston, MA
Williamsburgh, VA [Williamsburg, VA]
Williamsburgh, VA [Williamsburg, VA]
Contributor
Jesse Nasta
Transcription
INFORMATION WANTED.
John Dipper of Williamsburgh, Va. is anx-
ious to obtain information of his brother, Dan-
iel Merr, who left Williamsburgh about 40 years
ago, and was heard of as living in Boston within the
last 17 years. A person by the name of Cesar La-
fayette, of Boston, was well acquainted with Merr.
If either of the above named persons, or any other
able to give such information, would lodge it at the
Liberator office, they would confer a favor on John
Dipper who is now in New York, anxious to hear
from his brother.
New York, April 21, 1832.
John Dipper of Williamsburgh, Va. is anx-
ious to obtain information of his brother, Dan-
iel Merr, who left Williamsburgh about 40 years
ago, and was heard of as living in Boston within the
last 17 years. A person by the name of Cesar La-
fayette, of Boston, was well acquainted with Merr.
If either of the above named persons, or any other
able to give such information, would lodge it at the
Liberator office, they would confer a favor on John
Dipper who is now in New York, anxious to hear
from his brother.
New York, April 21, 1832.
State
New York
Massachusetts
Virginia
Collection
Citation
“John Dipper searching for his brother Daniel Merr,” Information Wanted Ad, Liberator (Boston, MA), April 28, 1832, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed May 8, 2021, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/3302.
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