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Nathan Lapham Home Underground RR Site

Peru, New York
Historical Marker Database · Michael Basedow
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Nathan Lapham, a New York senator from 1860 to 1861, lived here and fed and sheltered fugitive slaves escaping to Canada.
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Peru, New York · United States

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