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I
am
indebted
to
Mr.
Henry
B.
Northup
and
others
for
many
of
the
particulars
contained
in
this
chapter
.
The
letter
written
by
Bass
,
directed
to
Parker
and
Perry
,
and
which
was
deposited
in
the
post-office
in
Marksville
on
the
15th
day
of
August
,
1852
,
arrived
at
Saratoga
in
the
early
part
of
September
.
Some
time
previous
to
this
,
Anne
had
removed
to
Glens
Falls
,
Warren
county
,
where
she
had
charge
of
the
kitchen
in
Carpenter
's
Hotel
.
She
kept
house
,
however
,
lodging
with
our
children
,
and
was
only
absent
from
them
during
such
time
as
the
discharge
of
her
duties
in
the
hotel
required
.
Messrs.
Parker
and
Perry
,
on
receipt
of
the
letter
,
forwarded
it
immediately
to
Anne
.
On
reading
it
the
children
were
all
excitement
,
and
without
delay
hastened
to
the
neighboring
village
of
Sandy
Hill
,
to
consult
Henry
B.
Northup
,
and
obtain
his
advice
and
assistance
in
the
matter
.
Upon
examination
,
that
gentleman
found
among
the
statutes
of
the
State
an
act
providing
for
the
recovery
of
free
citizens
from
slavery
.
It
was
passed
May
14
,
1840
,
and
is
entitled
"
An
act
more
effectually
to
protect
the
free
citizens
of
this
State
from
being
kidnapped
or
reduced
to
slavery
.
"
It
provides
that
it
shall
be
the
duty
of
the
Governor
,
upon
the
receipt
of
satisfactory
information
that
any
free
citizen
or
inhabitant
of
this
State
,
is
wrongfully
held
in
another
State
or
Territory
of
the
United
States
,
upon
the
allegation
or
pretence
that
such
person
is
a
slave
,
or
by
color
of
any
usage
or
rule
of
law
is
deemed
or
taken
to
be
a
slave
,
to
take
such
measures
to
procure
the
restoration
of
such
person
to
liberty
,
as
he
shall
deem
necessary
.
And
to
that
end
,
he
is
authorized
to
appoint
and
employ
an
agent
,
and
directed
to
furnish
him
with
such
credentials
and
instructions
as
will
be
likely
to
accomplish
the
object
of
his
appointment
.
It
requires
the
agent
so
appointed
to
proceed
to
collect
the
proper
proof
to
establish
the
right
of
such
person
to
his
freedom
;
to
perform
such
journeys
,
take
such
measures
,
institute
such
legal
proceedings
,
&
c.
,
as
may
be
necessary
to
return
such
person
to
this
State
,
and
charges
all
expenses
incurred
in
carrying
the
act
into
effect
,
upon
moneys
not
otherwise
appropriated
in
the
treasury
.
It
was
necessary
to
establish
two
facts
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
Governor
:
First
,
that
I
was
a
free
citizen
of
New-York
;
and
secondly
,
that
I
was
wrongfully
held
in
bondage
.
As
to
the
first
point
,
there
was
no
difficulty
,
all
the
older
inhabitants
in
the
vicinity
being
ready
to
testify
to
it
.
The
second
point
rested
entirely
upon
the
letter
to
Parker
and
Perry
,
written
in
an
unknown
hand
,
and
upon
the
letter
penned
on
board
the
brig
Orleans
,
which
,
unfortunately
,
had
been
mislaid
or
lost
.
A
memorial
was
prepared
,
directed
to
his
excellency
,
Governor
Hunt
,
setting
forth
her
marriage
,
my
departure
to
Washington
city
;
the
receipt
of
the
letters
;
that
I
was
a
free
citizen
,
and
such
other
facts
as
were
deemed
important
,
and
was
signed
and
verified
by
Anne
.
Accompanying
this
memorial
were
several
affidavits
of
prominent
citizens
of
Sandy
Hill
and
Fort
Edward
,
corroborating
fully
the
statements
it
contained
,
and
also
a
request
of
several
well
known
gentlemen
to
the
Governor
,
that
Henry
B.
Northup
be
appointed
agent
under
the
legislative
act
.
On
reading
the
memorial
and
affidavits
,
his
excellency
took
a
lively
interest
in
the
matter
,
and
on
the
23d
day
of
November
,
1852
,
under
the
seal
of
the
State
,
"
constituted
,
appointed
and
employed
Henry
B.
Northup
,
Esq.
,
an
agent
,
with
full
power
to
effect
"
my
restoration
,
and
to
take
such
measures
as
would
be
most
likely
to
accomplish
it
,
and
instructing
him
to
proceed
to
Louisiana
with
all
convenient
dispatch
.
The
pressing
nature
of
Mr.
Northup
's
professional
and
political
engagements
delayed
his
departure
until
December
.
On
the
fourteenth
day
of
that
month
he
left
Sandy
Hill
,
and
proceeded
to
Washington
.
The
Hon.
Pierre
Soule
,
Senator
in
Congress
from
Louisiana
,
Hon.
Mr.
Conrad
,
Secretary
of
War
,
and
Judge
Nelson
,
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
,
upon
hearing
a
statement
of
the
facts
,
and
examining
his
commission
,
and
certified
copies
of
the
memorial
and
affidavits
,
furnished
him
with
open
letters
to
gentlemen
in
Louisiana
,
strongly
urging
their
assistance
in
accomplishing
the
object
of
his
appointment
.
Senator
Soule
especially
interested
himself
in
the
matter
,
insisting
,
in
forcible
language
,
that
it
was
the
duty
and
interest
of
every
planter
in
his
State
to
aid
in
restoring
me
to
freedom
,
and
trusted
the
sentiments
of
honor
and
justice
in
the
bosom
of
every
citizen
of
the
commonwealth
would
enlist
him
at
once
in
my
behalf
.
Having
obtained
these
valuable
letters
,
Mr.
Northup
returned
to
Baltimore
,
and
proceeded
from
thence
to
Pittsburgh
.
It
was
his
original
intention
,
under
advice
of
friends
at
Washington
,
to
go
directly
to
New
Orleans
,
and
consult
the
authorities
of
that
city
.
Providentially
,
however
,
on
arriving
at
the
mouth
of
Red
River
,
he
changed
his
mind
.
Had
he
continued
on
,
he
would
not
have
met
with
Bass
,
in
which
case
the
search
for
me
would
probably
have
been
fruitless
.
