Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated December 26, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts], expressing desire to distribute his book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] to members of the United States...
Antislavery movements--United States; American Abolition Society; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Eight-page letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated September 10, 1857, in which he encourages Smith to put forward a motion at the American Abolition Society annual meeting in Syracuse to purchase...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 31, 1859, discussing the rights of slaves and outlining a strategy for aggressive liberation from the South.
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.
Extradition--Canada--Toronto; Fugitive slaves--Canada-Toronto; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated December 21, 1860, dicussing an extradition case in Canada [involving slave John Anderson].
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to John A. Thomson dated March 5, 1871, discussing the topic of monetary systems and asking if Thomson had received works that Spooner had sent the previous year.
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...
Typed letter written by John Graham to Alice Campbell, Whitney Studio Galleries, dated March 31, 1929. Signed. Informing Campbell that his tempera painting, "Horse and harlequin", was not Dudensing Gallery's possession, since it was exhibited in...
Catalogue of an exhibition held February-March 1925 at the Whitney Studio Galleries. Includes 45 plates. "Exhibition assembled by M. de Zayes. Attributions, dates and descriptions are from the complete catalogue of this collection made by Mmme....
Postal data: posted; postmarked [wavy postmark with number 2 and letter C] (BUFFALO, N.Y. NOV 16, 4:30 PM 1907; ARCHIBALD, PA NOV 18, 7 AM 1907 REC'D), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [dotted line]; Printing information: card number (A4952);...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letter D] (ROME, N.Y., SEP 20, 8-PM, 1911), stamp; Postcard type: divided back [solid line] (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message:...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark], (LUZERNE, MAY 22, [unknown year] 9 AM), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: card number (402,348.); Logo (SOUVENIR POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message...
