Stamped noting the rarity of this edition; Copy No. 130 out of 600 copies of this Letter-Press Edition for sale; G.P. Putnams Sons publishers; September, 1887
Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce--Africa; Africa--Commerce--Rhode Island
Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte, owned by Wm. Vernon, Thos. T. Taylor and Sam. Johnson, departing from Newport harbor [Rhode Island] to Africa carrying rum, tobacco, flour, sugar, coffee for trade. Three copies, signed by Captain...
Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce--Africa; Africa--Commerce--Rhode Island
Bill of lading for the Brig Royal Charlotte, owned by Saml. & Wm. Vernon, Thos. Teakle Taylor and Wm. Tayler [Taylor], departing from Newport harbor [Rhode Island] to the Coast of Africa carrying rum, sugar, wine, tobacco, pork, beef, and hogshead....
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...
Abbott writes that Carpenter has inquired about obtaining a copy of Markham's poems. Abbott encloses payment and also suggests sending autographed copies.
One-page letter and envelope dated October 5, 1854, from Daniel Drayton in New Bedford [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, asking if he will contact [Bela] Marsh to send 200 copies of Drayton's narrative to him, and to...
Four-page letter dated February 23, 1846, from George Bradburn in Lowell [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts], in which he copies a letter received by James Haughton [?] of Dublin, who discusses Spooner's work, and metions...
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated December 4, 1847, regarding copies of Spooner's petition to Congress that Smith has forwarded on to Elizur Wright.
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated November 6, 1855, in which he expresses his pleasure that Spooner is writing an argument "on the Wilhelm case" and discusses the...
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated February 2, 1859, thanking Spooner for sending along copies of his work and encouraging him to continue writing.
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 19, 1861, thanking him for copies of letters between Spooner, [Samuel] Sewall, amd [Samuel?] Howe.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Two-page letter dated September 6, 1867, from Jno. [John] S. Brickey in Manchester, Missouri, to L. [Lysander] Spooner thanking him for copies of various pamphlets on abolitionism and briefly discussing southern politics during the reconstruction...
Sixteen-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated June 25, 1849, describing his "argument on the Post Office laws" and transmitting copies of certificates of "lawyers and several others" that have...
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated November 2, 1855, in which Spooner disucsses anti-slavery arguments and the distribution of 300 copies of his book, "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."
American Abolition Society; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter dated January 9, 1856, from William Goodell at the Office of the American Abolition Society in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], regarding an order for Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and...
One-page letter dated January 5, 1855, from William Goodell on behalf of the American Abolition Society in New York, to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, ordering a supply of his book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, for distribution...
