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This poster for the draft for the Civil War asks for all men that are able, to come to the Wooster Courthouse for a draft for the Union army. The poster describes how many men are needed overall, and then breaks it down by county in an area of Ohio…

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This letter written by Albert McFadden, one of the first abolitionists in Wayne County and a close informant of the head of the Underground Railroad in Wayne County, to Wilbur Siebert, an Underground Railroad historian based in Columbus, Ohio,…

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This interview of Thomas L. Smith, a man who moved about Ohio and Pennsylvania quite a bit during the mid-nineteenth century, taken by Wilbur Siebert, an Underground Railroad historian residing in Columbus, Ohio, discuss Smith’s knowledge and…

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This letter written by Jessie E Pocock, a resident of Lodi, Ohio during the mid-1900s and granddaughter of a prominent abolitionist and Underground Railroad helper in Wayne County, wrote this letter to Wilbur Siebert, an Underground Railroad…

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This article taken from the November 7th, 1913 edition of the Wayne County Democrat describes an incident between trains that would lead to the death of an engineer. The engineer was killed in a crash after, two trains collided, showing the…

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This letter written by Robert D Davis, a rifleman and interpreter during World War II who would end his career in Wooster, Ohio depicts what Davis saw as he went to one of the concentration camps shortly following its liberation. Disturbed by the way…

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This letter written by Robert D Davis, a rifleman and interpreter during World War II who would end his career in Wooster, Ohio, discusses the some of the conditions that Davis is living in while he is overseas during World War II. Davis discusses…

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This letter written by Robert D Davis, a rifleman and interpreter during World War II who would end his career in Wooster, Ohio, depicts his post war plans. Davis explains that he plans on staying in Germany following the end of the War and when…

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This letter, written by Harold Freedlander of Wooster, Ohio during the four years in which he was enlisted in the Army during World War II, discusses the outcome of the 1944 election, with Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to his fourth term as…

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This letter, written by Harold Freedlander of Wooster, Ohio during the four years in which he was enlisted in the Army during World War II, discusses his knowledge of what is happening back in home. Freedlander discussing the takeover of the…
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