Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
4-page letter from Francis Jackson and Edmund Quincy to Wendell Phillips, giving a statement of affairs [either of the American Anti-Slavery Society or the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]. Back of address sheet signed by Ellis Gray Loring.
Slaves--New York (State)--Albany; Slavery--New York (State)--Albany
Bill of sale for "a certain negro boy called Portsmouth" from David Ingersol [?] to Barnabus Brient [Bryant] [of Albany, New York]. On back, bill of sale for same slave, Portsmouth, from Barnabus Bryant to Evert Wendell, dated January 2, 1726.
Slaves--New York (State)--Albany; Slaves--New York (State)--Albany
Bill of sale for a "negro wench named Jayne" from Albany, New York, physician Samuel Stringer to Philip Wendell of the same city. Signed by witnesses Robert C. Schenck and Walter Vrooman.
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Winchendon; Antislavery movements--United States
Draft of a six-page letter dated December 7, 1846, in the hand of Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts, addressed to [George] Bradburn, discussing various news of the abolitionist movement, opinions on articles and letters written by...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Draft of an eight-page letter dated January 20, 1847, from [Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts] to George Bradburn discussing general news of the abolitionist movement and the progress of his writing of a work called "Poverty" and...
Slaves--New York (State); Slavery--New York (State)
Form of compliance for Philip Wendell of New York, regarding the July 9, 1798 act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves, within the United States. Signed by Harmanus...
Bayard, Stephen, 1700-1757--Correspondence; Livingston, Gilbert--Correspondence; Wendell, Evert, 1681-1750--Correspondence; Bayard, Nicholas, 1698-1766--Correspondence; Wynkoop, Jacob; New York (State)--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca....
Four letters from Stephen Bayard to Gilbert Livingston of Kingston, N.Y., and one to Evert Wendell of Albany, datedNewYorkbetween 1728 and 1743, before Bayard became mayor of the city. The correspondence is largely concerned with financial matters,...
Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and additional subscribers. Includes quotes of praise from several well-known abolitionists, such as Gerrit Smith and George Thompson.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter dated April 20, 1853, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, in which he discusses Spooner's work, "Trial by Jury" and "the controversy between Horace Mann and Wendell Phillips."
Four-page letter dated August 25, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, instructing on where to send letters to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant, and to pick up a letter from her friend, Miss...
Four-page letter dated December 7, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts, to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, discussing various news of the abolitionist movement, opinions on articles and letters written by Edmund Quincy,...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Winchendon; Abolitionists--Ohio--Cleveland; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated January 20, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Winchendon [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn discussing general news of the abolitionist movement and the progress of his writing of a work called "Poverty."
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Ohio--Cleveland; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated January 4, 1848, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, discussing Bradburn's editorial position at the paper [The Pioneer] and other abolitionist news.
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter dated March 5, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, responding to cirticisms of his book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and discussing the concept of "free banking" in the United...
Four-page letter from J. E. Paine in New York to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts] dated May 9, 1863, in which he requests that Spooner forward some of his publications and asks for legal advice concerning the trust left by his late...