One leaf with manuscript on both sides. On front, letter to Mr. John Anderson of Bristol regarding international slave trade, market prices of 'young & likely' negros, and clothing for slaves being shipped. Includes mention of Brig Alert and Ship...
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York; Antislavery movements--New York (State)--New York
Letter from Francis Jackson of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to Lewis Tappan, Samuel E. Cornish, and Simon S. Jocelyn [in New York City], listing approximately 85 members from Massachusetts who will attend the 4th anniversary of the...
Slaves--North Carolina--Davidson County; Slavery--North Carolina--Davidson County; Slaves--Virginia--Lincoln County; Slavery--Virginia--Lincoln County
Bill of sale for a slave named Bett from Adam Hampton of Davion [Davidson] County, North Carolina to Michael Humble of Lincoln County, Virginia. Signed by witnesses L. T. Moore and James Hinch.
Receipt for wages paid to Oliver Johnson "for services performed in the Office of the Liberator in 1839" from Francis Jackson. Also signed in pencil "M & W Johnson" and note on bottom left "(Genl. Fessenden's pledge)."
Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Petitions--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Undated petition signed by c.150 Boston citizens arguring against the removal of Judge [Edward Greely] Loring in 1850 from his appointment as judge for forcing Anthony Burns to return back to slavery in the South.
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892; Clark, Aaron, 1783 or 4-1861; Davis, Cornelius, Jr.; Harral, H. K.; Jones, W. F.; Penney, George W.; Rathbone, Joel; Rotch, W. J.; Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883; Shotwell, H. R.; Smith, Francis H....
Correspondence, drafts of essays and speeches, drawings, and autobiographical writings of Alexander Jackson Davis. Letters to Davis and some misc. papers, 1835-59, chiefly about building residences. The correspondents include Francis H. Smith of...
Printed circular by Elizur Wright, Jr., Secretary of the Anti-Texas Committee, asking Massachusetts citizens to collect signatures for petitions against the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state. On back, list of ca. 40 names of...
Letter from Clinton Mackenzie, Chairman, Committee on Advertising, The Beaux-Arts Ball, to Anna Freeman, Whitney Studio, dated January 10, 1930. Acknowledgment for payment received for publicity in the Souvenir Program of the Beaux-Arts Ball. See...
Crooke, Charles, Jr. -- Estate; Crooke, John, of Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Crooke, John, Jr., d. 1759; Crooke, William; Crooke, Rebecca Wickham, 1771-1846; Elmendorf, Peter Edmund, 1764-1835; Livingston, Henry, 1714-1794; Wilkins, Martin S; Bleecker,...
Twenty-four letters and financial accounts created by members of the Crooke family, originally of Ulster County, N.Y. Collection includes six documents pertaining to the disposal of the estate of Charles Crooke, Jr., dated 1753-1767; one autograph...
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
Two-page list of donors to the Liberator in 1839. Also includes donations made in January 1840 and "amounts loaned to Liberator committee." The list of donors includes William Rotch, Andrew Robeson, the Pawtucket Anti-Slavery Society, William...
Gray, Ebenezer, 1743-1795; Barker, Samuel Augustus, 1756-1819; Booth, Ashbel; Humphrys, David, Colonel; Gray, Charlotte, 1789-1873; Gray, Ebenezer, Jr., 1787-1844; Gray, Samuel, 1792-1834; Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790; Society of the Cincinnati;...
Letters, certificates, land grants and military orders pertaining to the life of Ebenezer Gray of Connecticut. Items include Grays commissions as major (dated 1777, signed by John Hancock) and lieutenant-colonel in the Sixth Connecticut Regiment...
