Holograph, signed.

In this letter, Joseph Ricketson describes an attempt to recapture a fugitive slave. He tells of an argument with a man on the general subject of returning a fugitive slave to his master.

There is also a transcription of this letter in a different handwriting.

Included, is a fragment written by Joseph Ricketson. He writes: "Mary has just returned from the meeting and says, they have appointed a committee to call on our city officers after Twelve o'clock for a writ to arrest the slaveholder George W. Wim & the constable or sheriff Huys by six o'clock in the morning, for violating our laws."

Includes an envelope written by Joseph Ricketson, with the delivery address: Miss Weston, Messrs. Green & Co., Paris, France.