Excerpt from the Records of the Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia, 1839.
"Record Of Cases Attended To For The Vigilent [sic] Committee Of Phila by the Agent"
No. 25. Oct 15th [1839] Man, dark complexion from Bal [timore], sent to N.Y. for Trinidad. Note to Wm. B. Johnson. Expence $2.62
No. 26. Oct. 17th [1839] Man, light complexion from Vir.[ginia] Sent to N.Y.C.V. for Can. Note Williams, Junior. Ex. $2.45
No. 27-28. [Oct.] 18th [1839] Two cases, man & woman from Myd sent to Quakertown [Pa], to J. Leas –n. ex. Two week board 3 carriage, 3 toll in[cidental] $7.09
No. 29-30. [Oct.] 27th [1839] Two boys from Ken [MD] sent to Byberry [Pa], one 16, the other 10, by E. Coates. Ex. carriage toll $3.75
Credit: Joseph A. Borome, "The Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 92 (January 1968), 334.
