Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Four-page letter dated October 27, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, discussing Supreme Court decisions related to slavery, the death of Spooner's mother, and the public reception of his book [The...
Vigilant Association of the City of New York; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Four-page letter from Gerrit Smith in New York [City] to C. B. Sedgwick dated September 15, 1860, expressing the regret of the "Committee" [of the Vigilant Association of the City of New York] for libel against Smith.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Brooklyn [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 15, 1855, discussing one of Spooner's pamphlets and form of petition.
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
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...
Caption on original reads "THE PALISADES is the term applied to the natural escarpment on the west side of the Hudson River, its formation the result of a crack in the earth's crust in early Triassic time. It presents a perpendicular face nearly...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, stamp; Postcard type: divided back ( This Side for Correspondence; This Side for Address Only.); Printing information: card number (45-8); Logo (POST CARD); No message; Addressee (Miss J. Mary Davis Water Works,...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp Here Domestic Canada Cuba Mexico, Hawaii Philippines Porto Rico, 1 Cent Foreign 2 Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (This side for Correspondence.; This side for Address.);...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted [stamp box] (PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE, DOMESTIC AND CANADA ONE CENT, FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only.); Printing information: [written...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with number 8] [striped postmark printed upside down] (STATION G, R) (WHITEHALL N.Y., MAR 19, 1906, 8-PM; WASHINGTON D.C., REC'D, MAR 20, 1906, 6-PM; WASHINGTON D.C., MAR 20, 8-PM); stamp; Postcard...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (KINGSTON N.Y., AUG 30,11-30P,1915 [wavy postmark]; COEYMANS HOLLOW N.Y., AUG 31, 1915); stamp; Postcard type; divided back (MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE, ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE); Logo (POSTCARD); Printing...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & C] (NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. O, JUN 28, 10--AM, 1906), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: Stylized eagle and flag badge...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (SOUTHAMPTON MASS., APR 1, 1905, 10AM), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 418 POSTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS); Logo...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (SAINT JOHNSB?, MAR 7 2PM,?, VT.), (1910), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; (This side for Correspondence; This side for the Address.); Logo (POST CARD) printed in top center; Trademarks:...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (KINGSTON, N.Y. NOV 7 1230PM 1922; KINGSTON NOV 7 1230PM N.Y. [and] 1922 [stamped outside round postmark]); Postcard type: divided back (Message May Be Written On This Side; Address Only On...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE, DOMESTIC AND CANADA ONE CENT, FOREIGN TWO CENTS); Postcard type: undivided back (This Side for the Address Only); Logo (POST CARD); Trademarks: Stylized eagle and flag badge superimposed on...
