State of New-York:
Washington county, ss.
Anne Northup, of the village of Glens Falls, in the county of Warren, in said State, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she signed the above memorial, and that the statements therein contained are true.
Subscribed and sworn before me this
19th November, 1852.
Charles Hughes, Justice Peace.
We recommend that the Governor appoint Henry B. Northup, of the village of Sandy Hill, Washington county, New-York, as one of the agents to procure the restoration and return of Solomon Northup, named in the foregoing memorial 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 said county, 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, since previous to the year 1816; that Mintus Northup then, and until the time of his death, cultivated a farm in the towns of Kingsbury and Port Edward, from the time deponent first knew him until he died; that said Mintus and his wife, the mother of said Solomon Northup,
