Four-page letter from Francis Jackson, Charles T. Hildreth, Thomas B. Sewall, and Ellis Gray Loring of Boston [Massachusetts] to Abbott Lawrence inquiring about his political position on slavery in the United States Congress.
Two-page response letter from Abott Lawrence to Francis Jackson, Charles T. Hildreth, Thomas B. Sewall, and Ellis Gray Loring of Boston [Massachusetts] regarding his political position on slavery in the United States Congress.
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 to the Mayor [Samuel Atkins Eliot] and Aldermen of Boston [Massachusetts] from Francis Jackson and 11 other committee members [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] arguing a recent denial for permission to use Faneuil Hall for a...
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...
Bradstreet, Martha, b. 1780--Trials, litigation, etc.; Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774--Estate; Livius, Elizabeth, d. ca. 1794--Estate; Schuyler, Peter; Morgan, Charles, fl. 1795; Bradstreet family; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Utica...
Papers, 1774-1868, mainly consisting of correspondence and legal documents relating to Martha Bradsteets attempts to regain title to land in Utica (N.Y.), which was originally part of the property of General John Bradstreet, the stepfather of...
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Acton, Thomas C.; Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891; Brewer, J. Hart (John Hart), 1844-1900; Carroll, Thomas B.; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852; Cofey, Henry C.; Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881; Conkling, Roscoe,...
Letters, notes, a printed circular, and one receipt pertaining to the life and activites of Horace Greeley, dated from 1840 to 1872. Nearly all letters are written by Greeley; recipents include Thurlow Weed, Henry Clay, Roscoe Conkling, Andrew...
Fessenden, William Pitt,1806-1869; Adams, John C.; Allen, Charles, 1827-1913; Allen, James; Appleton, John; Bradbury, J. W.; Burbank, David; Chamberlain, J. E.; Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889; Cobb, Sylvanus, 1823-1887; Coe, George...
Correspondence of William Pitt Fesssenden, and his sons Francis Fessenden and James Deering Fessenden. The majority of letters are addressed to William Pitt Fessenden on financial and political matters, but a few are private; several letters are...
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...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
