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Elyria Pioneer Seymour Baldwin and the Oberlin Rescue Tale
The article recounts the Oberlin Wellington Rescue Case ending with kidnappers seeking bail via Probate Judge Doolittle, a staged plan to obtain U S habeas corpus jurisdiction, and the eventual demise of the Fugitive Slave Law enforcement attempt. It also notes the Doolittle and Searles families’ lasting civic impact and references Seymour Baldwin, a Connecticut Yankee who settled Elyria in 1835, shaping the town’s commercial and historical narrative.
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Oberlin- Wellington
Oberlin
Wellington
Carpenter
Common Pleas Bench
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain County
Kentucky
Doolittle
Lin
United States Court
Judge Doo- Uttle
Brink
West Second Street
Chronicle-Telegam
Jude
Dooittle
Boynton
Burr
Harr
United States
Painsville
Sheriff's Office
Cleveland
Wilson
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Fort Sumpter
William ST. Searles
Searles
Himesiend
Congregational Church
Flynna
Mr. Searleg
William S. Searles
Weiter
Wisconsin
Locrer
Wiliam St. Searless
Wiliam H. Searles
Old Ladies Home
Home For
Doolittte and Searles
Fifth Street
Seymour W. Baldwin
Milford
Connecticut
England
Plymouth
Hartford
Seymour W. Saldwinos
Great West
H. K. Kendall
Broad Street