Transcript
December 5 [year not given] within a month past, there has been a great stir, advertising, telegraphing, and hunting property from Missouri. Oh, what a spectacle! Eleven pieces of property, walking in Indian file, armed and equipped facing the North Star! $3000.00 offered for their apprehension, after they were safe in Canada! The hunters say they must have gone from Mendon to Jacksonville on a new track.
Citation
Jireh Platt Diary, December 5, [1853], quoted in Henry Dutton Platt, “Some Facts about the Underground Railroad in Ill.,” Wilbur H. Siebert Underground Railroad Collection, Ohio History Connection.
Related Escape / Stampede
Location of Stampede
Missouri
PDF
1853-12-05 Jireh Platt Diary.pdf582.3 KB
Coverage Type
Original
Contains Stampede Term
No