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SMEDLEY, R.C. History of the Underground Railroad in Cheste...
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SMEDLEY, R.C. History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, PA: [John A. Hiestand], 1883.

Small 8vo. Numerous wood-engraved portraits including a frontispiece of the author. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine gently sunned, some wear at ends).

FIRST EDITION of Smedley’s account of Underground Railroad operations in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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