第83章 Chapter XXII.(5)

　　Northup， of the village of Sandy Hill， Washington county，New-York， as one of the agents to procure the restorationand return of Solomon Northup， named in the foregoingmemorial of Anne Northup.

　　Dated at Sandy Hill， Washington Co.， N. Y.，

　　November 20， 1852. （Signed，）

　　PETER HOLBROOK， DANIEL SWEET，

　　B. F. HOAG， ALMON CLARK，

　　CHARLES HUGHES， BENJAMIN FERRIS，

　　E. D. BAKER， JOSIAH H. BROWN

　　ORVILLE CLARK.

　　STATE OF NEW-YORK：

　　Washington County， ss：

　　Josiah Hand， of the village of Sandy Hill， in saidcounty， being duly sworn， says， he is fifty-seven years old，and was born in said village， and has always resided there；that he has known Mintus Northup and his son Solomon，named in the annexed memorial of Anne Northup， sinceprevious to the year 1816； that Mintus Northup then， anduntil the time of his death， cultivated a farm in the townsof Kingsbury and Fort Edward， from the time deponentfirst knew him until he died； that said Mintus and his wife， the mother of said Solomon Northup， were reportedto be free citizens of New-York， and deponent believesthey were so free； that said Solomon Northup was bornin said county of Washington， as deponent believes， andwas married Dec. 25th， 1828， in Fort Edward aforesaid，and his said wife and three children—two daughters andone son— are now living in Glens Falls， Warren county，New-York， and that the said Solomon Northup alwaysresided in said county of Washington， and its immediatevicinity， until about 1841， since which time deponent hasnot seen him， but deponent has been credibly informed，and as he verily believes truly， the said Solomon is nowwrongfully held as a slave in the State of Louisiana. Anddeponent further says that Anne Northup， named in thesaid memorial， is entitled to credit， and deponent believesthe statements contained in her said memorial are true.

　　（Signed，） JOSIAH HAND.

　　Subscribed and sworn before me this

　　19th day of November， 1852，

　　CHARLES HUGHES， Justice Peace.

　　STATE OF NEW-YORK：

　　Washington county， ss：

　　Timothy Eddy， of Fort Edward， in said county， beingduly sworn， says he is now over—years old， and has beena resident of said town more than—years last past， andthat he was well acquainted with Solomon Northup，310

　　named in the annexed memorial of Anne Northup， andwith his father， Mintus Northup， who was a negro，—thewife of said Mintus was a mulatto woman； that saidMintus Northup and his said wife and family， two sons，Joseph and Solomon， resided in said town of Fort Edwardfor several years before the year 1828， and said Mintusdied in said town A. D. 1829， as deponent believes. Anddeponent further says that he was a Justice of the Peacein said town in the year 1828， and as such Justice of thePeace， he， on the 25th day of Dec’r， 1828， joined the saidSolomon Northup in marriage with Anne Hampton，who is the same person who has subscribed the annexedmemorial. And deponent expressly says， that saidSolomon was a free citizen of the State of New-York， andalways lived in said State， until about the year A. D. 1840，since which time deponent has not seen him， but hasrecently been informed， and as deponent believes truly，that said Solomon Northup is wrongfully held in slaveryin or near Marksville， in the parish of Avoyelles， in theState of Louisiana. And deponent further says， that saidMintus Northup was nearly sixty years old at the time ofhis death， and was， for more than thirty years next priorto his death， a free citizen of the State of New-York.

　　And this deponent further says， that Anne Northup，the wife of said Solomon Northup， is of good characterand reputation， and her statements， as contained in thememorial hereto annexed， are entitled to full credit.

　　（Signed，） TIMOTHY EDDY.

　　Subscribed and sworn before me this

　　19th day of November， 1852，

　　TIM’Y STOUGHTON， Justice.

　　STATE OF New-York：

　　Washington County， ss：

　　Henry B. Northup， of the village of Sandy Hill， insaid county， being duly sworn， says， that he is fortysevenyears old， and has always lived in said county；that he knew Mintus Northup， named in the annexedmemorial， from deponent’s earliest recollection untilthe time of his death， which occurred at Fort Edward， insaid county， in 1829； that deponent knew the childrenof said Mintus， viz， Solomon and Joseph； that they wereboth born in the county of Washington aforesaid， asdeponent believes； that deponent was well acquaintedwith said Solomon， who is the same person named in theannexed memorial of Anne Northup， from his childhood；and that said Solomon always resided in said countyof Washington and the adjoining counties until aboutthe year 1841； that said Solomon could read and write；that said Solomon and his mother and father were freecitizens of the State of New-York； that sometime aboutthe year 1841 this deponent received a letter from saidSolomon， post-marked New-Orleans， stating that whileon business at Washington city， he had been kidnapped，and his free papers taken from him， and he was thenon board a vessel， in irons， and was claimed as a slave， and that he did not know his destination， which thedeponent believes to be true， and he urged this deponentto assist in procuring his restoration to freedom； thatdeponent has lost or mislaid said letter， and cannot findit； that deponent has since endeavored to find where saidSolomon was， but could get no farther trace of him untilSept. last， when this deponent ascertained by a letterpurporting to have been written by the direction of saidSolomon， that said Solomon was held and claimed as aslave in or near Marksville， in the parish of Avoyelles，Louisiana， and that this deponent verily believes thatsuch information is true， and that said Solomon is nowwrongfully held in slavery at Marksville aforesaid.