2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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An authentic and original issue of The Daily National Intelligencer, Washington DC, May 29, 1854, 4pp, split a t the spine. From pg. 3, runnning over a full column under headline “Riotous Proceedings in Boston” is the report of the fugitive Slave Anthony Burns. In 1854, Burns escaped slavery and traveled to Boston, where he wrote a letter back to one of his brothers. Intercepted by Suttle, the letter revealed Burns’s whereabouts, and Suttle and Brent themselves traveled to Boston and claimed Burns under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. In very small part, “Anthony Burns was arrested at Boston by the United States Marshal .... On Friday the Abolitionists called a meeting ... a writ was issued for recovery of $10,000 .. for said Suttle and Brent ... well knowing the said Burns to be a free citizen of Massachusetts ... There was a general rush towards .. during the struggle James Batchelder .. was shot dead. ....
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