ANS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carrollton,” one page, 8 x 2.75, August 24, 1828. A note to "Doctor Richardson," in full: "My servant Harry tells me he cannot retain his urine & that you can cure his complaint. I wish you to effect his cure." In fine condition, with unobtrusive repairs on the reverse to several vertical folds. Carroll was a wealthy planter and, like many of his time, a slaveholder. Although he supported the gradual abolition of slavery, he did not free his own slaves. In 1828—the year of this note—he served as president of the Auxiliary State Colonization Society of Maryland, the Maryland branch of the American Colonization Society, an organization dedicated to returning black Americans to lead free lives in African states such as Liberia. At the time of his death in 1832, Carroll owned over 200 slaves.
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