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Notes of interest will raise a small fortune
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TRY spending this lot in the Home Counties. One of the finest
collections of Scottish banknotes ever assembled goes under the
hammer next month when it is expected to fetch over 200,000 pound.
The Pringle collection is made up of 724 notes stretching as far
back as 1723, and features long-forgotten financial institutions such
as the Arbroath Banking Company.
It is being sold by the family of the late Dr Robert Pringle and
will almost certainly be broken up as dozens of collectors bid to get
their hands on some of the rarest notes in the world.
The most expensive lot at the auction, to take ...
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House was 'Grand Central' of the Underground Railroad Levi Coffin helped thousands of slaves from his Indiana home, now a top historical site.
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News
; ...from Longtown. While Coffin manned the "free labor...in Fountain City, the Coffins helped more than 2...Today, visitors tour the Coffin house, often called...runaways could be hidden. Levi Coffin, despite breaking the...spring-fed well let the Coffins supply lots of water...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad As Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review
; ...the Underground Railroad As Told by Levi Coffin and William Still Edited by George...colossal collections, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880) and William Still...into a single compact volume. Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was a Quaker...
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LEVI COFFIN HOUSE ASSOCIATION TO HOST SPECIAL EVENT AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...that have pieces relating to the Coffin House. At 6:30, a short program...then enjoy candlelight tours of the Levi Coffin House, located on U.S. 27 just...free and open to the public. The Levi Coffin House State Historic Site...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History
; ...the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still. Edited by George...the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still commemorates...present historically useful narratives. Levi Coffin, a Quaker, and William Still...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History
; ...the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still. Edited by George...the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still commemorates...present historically useful narratives. Levi Coffin, a Quaker, and William Still...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Approximately 2,000 fugitive slaves were sheltered at Levi Coffin's home in Fountain City between 1827 and 1847.
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ROOTS OF BLACK HISTORY RUN DEEP IN INDIANA
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...3 (COLOR) RIGHT AND ABOVE: The Levi Coffin House in Fountain City, complete...National Register of Historic Places: * Levi Coffin House - More than 2,000 slaves...the efforts of Quaker abolitionist Levi Coffin and his wife, Catherine...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review
; ...the Underground Railroad As Told by Levi Coffin and William Still Edited by George...colossal collections, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880) and William Still...into a single compact volume. Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was a Quaker...
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State's role as route to freedom observed during Juneteenth holiday
Newspaper article from: Indianapolis Recorder
; ...Railroad history Wednesday at the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City...Indiana Freedom Trails. The Levi Coffin House, in rural Wayne...farmhouse was purchased by Levi and Catherine Coffin in 1827 and became a crossing...routes. During the 20 years the Coffins lived on the ...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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ENSLAVED WOMAN'S PLIGHT INSPIRES ART, BOOK, FILM.(Kentucky Life: History)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
; ...interest and sympathy than the case of Margaret Garner, the slave mother," wrote Cincinnati abolitionist Levi Coffin in Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, his 1876 memoir. A painting of the Garners escaping over the ice-covered river to Cincinnati is...
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