Markham writes to Martin thanking him for the signed copy of his book, "The Passing of the Idle Rich." Markham goes on to praise the book and its message.
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...
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...
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Declaration of Covenant by Perry Gaugh against C. W. Nuckols regarding the prior sale of Martha Ann, a slave woman sold by Nuckols to Gaugh with the assurance of having sound mind and body. Martha Ann fell ill and died soon thereafter, resulting in...
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...
Constitutional law--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Eight-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated July 5, 1849, describing his analysis of the United States Constitution in regards to slavery.
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Worcester; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated September 14, 1849, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, providing a manuscript copy of a letter from Spooner to [Gerrit] Smith in which he argues for the unsontitutionality of slavery.
Four-page letter from J. M. M'Kim to S. H. Gay detailing the escape of slave [Henry 'Box' Brown] from Richmond [Virginia] to Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] via overland express in a box. M'Kim requests that Gay refrain from publishing the story, and...
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
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...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between Whitney Studio Galleries and Berkeley Express and Moving Company, [1929]. Lists various titles by Ben Benn, Joseph Pollet, William Zorach, Max Kuehne, Henri Burkhard, Florence Ivins, Adolph Lewishon, John Sloan, Richard Lahey,...
Constitutional law--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Manuscript draft of an eight-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated July 5, 1849, describing his analysis of the United States Constitution in regards to slavery.
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...
Durant, Thomas J.(Thomas Jefferson),1817-1882; United states--Politics and government--1865-1877; Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950
Nine letters from various correspondents to Thomas Jefferson Durant, a lawyer and Louisiana state senator, and one of the few prominent Southerners who supported the Union during the Civil War. After the war he practiced in Washington D.C.
