1842-04-27, Unnamed, Female, Mention
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1842-04-27, Unnamed, Female, Mention
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An enslaved female became involved in a student's plot to give an item to a female at the Female Academy.
Partial Transcript: "It was rumored that he had handed to a servant of Mr. Hunt's a number of obscene & lascivious plates to be exhibited to the young ladies of the Female academy - Harper said he knew to whom Gray had lent them, but was unwilling to name him, for if he did the person could only clear himself by getting into a difficulty equally bad, viz. that of having given them to a servant girl for the purpose of showing them to her young mistress."
Partial Transcript: "It was rumored that he had handed to a servant of Mr. Hunt's a number of obscene & lascivious plates to be exhibited to the young ladies of the Female academy - Harper said he knew to whom Gray had lent them, but was unwilling to name him, for if he did the person could only clear himself by getting into a difficulty equally bad, viz. that of having given them to a servant girl for the purpose of showing them to her young mistress."
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April 27, 1842
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| 1842-04-27, Unnamed, Female, Violence (Punishment) | Event |
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| 1842-04-27, Unnamed, Female, Violence (Punishment) | Event |