In the Committee’s opinion no individual can substantiate the events of his life by testimony more conclusive and harmonious than is now before them in confirmation of Mr. Bibb.  The main facts of his narrative, and many of the minor ones are corroborated beyond all question.  No inconsistency has been disclosed nor anything revealed to create suspicion.  The Committee have no hesitation in declaring their conviction that Mr. Bibb is amply sustained, and is entitled to public confidence and high esteem.

The bulk of testimony precludes its publication, but it is
in the Committee’s hands for the inspection of any
applicant.

A.L.  Porter,
C.H.  Stewart,
Silas M. Holmes. 

                  Committee.

Detroit, April 22, 1845.

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From the bulk of testimony obtained, a part only is here introduced.  The remainder fully corroborates and strengthens that.

[No. 1.  An Extract] Dawn Mills, Feb. 19th, 1845.

     Charles H. Stewart, Esq. 
     My dear brother: 

Your kind communication of the 13th came to hand yesterday.  I have made inquiries respecting Henry Bibb which may be of service to you.  Mr. Wm. Harrison, to whom you alluded in your letter, is here.  He is a respectable and worthy man—­a man of piety.  I have just had an interview with him this evening.  He testifies, that he was well acquainted with Henry Bibb in Trimble County, Ky., and that he sent a letter to him by Thomas Henson, and got one in return from him.  He says that Bibb came out to Canada some three years ago, and went back to get his wife up, but was betrayed at Cincinnati by a colored man—­that he was taken to Louisville but got away—­was taken again and lodged in jail, and sold off to New Orleans, or he, (Harrison,) understood that he was taken to New Orleans.  He testifies that Bibb is a Methodist man, and says that two persons who came on with him last Summer, knew Bibb.  One of these, Simpson Young, is now at Malden. * * *

Very respectfully, thy friend,
Hiram Wilson.

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[No. 2.] Bedford, Trimble Co., Kentucky.
March 4, 1845.

Sir:—­Your letter under date of the 13th ult., is now before me, making some inquiry about a person supposed to be a fugitive from the South, “who is lecturing to your religious community on Slavery and the South.”

I am pleased to inform you that I have it in my power to give you the information you