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Commemorative Stamp Petition Campaign
Online Commemorative Stamp Petition


PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW PHILADELPHIA ILLINOIS U.S. POSTAL STAMP
We the undersigned request that a commemorative stamp be issued in honor of the founding of New Philadelphia, Illinois, the first town to be founded by an African-American placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Help us celebrate this historic event.

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  Reprinted With Permission from Dr. Juliet E.K. Walker; ©Copyright Juliet E.K. Walker, Free Frank: A Black Pioneer on the Antebellum Frontier (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983, 1995). Reproduction in Whole or In Part is Prohibited without Written Permission.