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Prime Congo accused of stealing, 1854

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Ocean Emblem 9 Mar 1854

Obituary of Venus Coggins, 1843

from the New Jersey Mirror 12 Jan 1843 In Pottsville Borough, on Thursday last, January 5, 1843, "Old" Venus Coggins, a black woman, aged one hundred and three years. Venus retained her faculties both mental and physical, to a most extraordinary degree, and was able to walk about town until within four or five days of her death.