Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Phebe, born November 17, 1813, to a 'black woman named Trese [i.e. Trace?] a slave' belonging to Manhattan teacher Thos. [Thomas] H. Finlay.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born 'on or about' April 24, 1813, to 'a Negro Woman Slave name[d] Nancy' belonging to Mary De Butts, widow of Elias De Butts of New York City.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of George, born June 7, 1812, to a 'molato [mulatto] woman slave named Venus' belonging to New York City livery stable keeper William Sandford.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Patty Hyatt, born October 14, 1812, to a 'Black Wooman [Woman] known by the name of Else' belonging to New York City inn keeper Benjamin Titus.
Envelope and eight-page manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith Peterboro [New York] to John Cochrane dated July 20, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page printed form letter dated February 27, 1856, announcing a "Mass-Convention at Syracuse, N.Y." on Wednesdsay, May 28, 1856, and asking for nominations for President and Vice President of the United States "not merely Anti-Slavery...
Two-page letter and envelope from C. B. [Charles Baldwin] Sedgwick in Syracuse [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated August 16, 1860, regarding several lawsuits involving R. [Royal] Phelps the [Boston] Herald, and the...
One-page letter and envelope from K. [Kenneth] Rayner of Raleigh, North Carolina, to Lysander Spooner dated May 4, 1867, thanking him for sending publications and giving post office locations for Hon. A. G. [Albert Gallatin] Brown and Hon. Thos. L....
Two-page letter from the Antislavery Office, Philadelphia, giving notification for an Antislavery convention to be held in Harrisburg [Pennsylvania] on December 19, 1837, with the intent of organizing a State Antislavery Society. Signed by...
Two-page letter to Governor M. L. Bonham of Columbia, South Carolina, from E. B. C. Cash regarding the release of his negro man Jim from the Richland District jail. Includes note that states, 'this letter relates to the article entitled 'A Daring...
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 20, 1860, regarding Sedgwick's repsonse to Spooner's arguments.
Vigilant Association of the City of New York; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 22, 1860, referring to a manuscript copy of Smith's letter written to his nephew, John Cochrane regarding his libel suit, which he indicates is enclosed.
Admissions (Law)--United States; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York; Settlements (Law)--United States
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 17, 1860, discussing the outcome of his libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others.
