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    Charlotte Underwood (Platt)

    Birth: 8-7-1817

    Death: 7-15-1900

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Biography

Wife of George Underwood. Referred to as "Mrs George Underwood" in 18630628FMS_WHS1.

Also seems to have written a letter to FMS (18630000CPUnderwood_FMS) in which she describes a slave and her children, and their plight in Maryland. 
Also appears in 18631013FMS_AWS - FMS recounts and encloses Mrs. Underwood's letter. 

Married to George Underwood and attorney in Auburn according to a landmark document put out by Cayuga County "The Underwoods were one of those families allied with William Henry Seward, as a law associate, professional, or Whig-Republican politician who became abolitionists and Underground Railroad supporters."
Seeing as Mr. and Mrs. Underwood both took part in Underground Railroad/abolition movements it makes sense that Mrs. Underwood would write a letter about a slave to FMS. 

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Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
Wife of George Underwood. Referred to as "Mrs George Underwood" in 18630628FMS_WHS1. Also seems to have written a letter to FMS (18630000CPUnderwood_FMS) in which she describes a slave and her children, and their plight in Maryland. Also appears in 18631013FMS_AWS - FMS recounts and encloses Mrs. Underwood's letter. Married to George Underwood and attorney in Auburn according to a landmark document put out by Cayuga County "The Underwoods were one of those families allied with William Henry Seward, as a law associate, professional, or Whig-Republican politician who became abolitionists and Underground Railroad supporters." Seeing as Mr. and Mrs. Underwood both took part in Underground Railroad/abolition movements it makes sense that Mrs. Underwood would write a letter about a slave to FMS.
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Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/history/ugrr/report/PDF/5f.pdf
Title of Webpage: 
Sites and Stories: Auburn -- North
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 13:00
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Underwood&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=1983&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=42519225&df=all&
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Underwood&GSfn=George&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScnty=1983&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=42519225&df=all&