Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York; Antislavery movements--New York (State)--New York; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston
Letter from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison, with no addressee, notifying of appointment to serve as a delegate for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the 6th Anniversary celebration of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Letter from Mrs. Henry P. Davison to Juliana Force, dated February 5, 1928. Includes handwritten letter from Mrs. Elihu Root, Jr. to Mrs. Davison, dated February 3, 1928. See also: Sec'y to Mrs. Force to Mrs. Elihu Root, Jr., February 6, 1928...
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...
Brown, Mary Guion, 1782-1871; Brown, Samuel,b. 1781 or 2; Brown family; Haight family; Hobby family; Knapp family; Lounsbury family; Searle family; Smith family; Young women--United States--Diaries; North Castle (N.Y.)--Social life and...
Diary kept by Mary Guion Brown (1800-1852, bulk 1800-1808). Beginning when she was 17, she records, in considerable detail, the personal and social life of a young girl in Westchester County, N.Y., including daily activities, her efforts to...
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Page 6 of a fifty-one page document of the Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal addressed to the Honorable The Assembly. This page compares the seven year...
Two-page letter dated February 23, 1858, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Hon. Reverdy Johnson [of Maryland], declining to use of his work before its publication.
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated June 12, 1860, discussing an argument of Spooner's that Smith has forwarded to Mr. [Charles] Sedgwick.
Vigilant Association of the City of New York; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Four-page letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated November 18, 1860, regarding a retraction made [by the Vigilant Association of New York] after a libel suit filed against them by Smith.
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to George M. Searle regarding Lysander Spooner's "book on currency" [A New System of Paper Currency].
Two-page deposition with testimonies of L. J. Bartow and Parker Howlet of Berrien County [Michigan]. Plaintiff Bartow declares nonpayment of funds by Howlet through an endorsed note from the "Bank of Niles," to which defendant Howlet responds that...
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Theodore D. Weld of New York City, in which he expresses admiration for Weld's forthcoming work and notifies that his letter written to Henry Clay will be published as a pamphlet.
One-page letter sent from New York City by Gerrit Smith to Theodore D. Weld to notify that his visit to Fort Lee will be delayed because of travel to New Haven.
Two-page letter sent from New York City by Gerrit Smith to Theodore D. Weld expressing his intent to visit. Includes mention of antislavery meetings in Hartford and New Haven.
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Theodore D. Weld in Manlius [New York] regarding the recent visit of David Cambell and the expected visit of Weld, Angelina Grimke and Sarah Grimke, among others.
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Theodore D. Weld of New York City regarding his medical treatments, future travel plans, and Weld's meeting of Beriah Green.
