Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--United States
Undated one-page letter labeled "Private" from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], asking for his legal opinions on case Ogden vs. Saunders and offering his observations on the "[] and the disposition of the Southern...
Five-page letter dated August 20, 1866, from A. P. Aldrich in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts] regarding the economic hardships faced by the South during the reconstruction era.
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Illinois--Chicago; Antislavery movements--United States
One-page letter dated April 26, 1878, from Wm. [William] Brackett in Chicago [Illinois] to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], asking for for his opinion on Herbert Spencer's "Unknowable" speech and advisement on the publication of a new...
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated March 26, 1862, acknowleding receipt of his letter and giving a brief response regarding Spooner's "friend Howe."
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated March 18, 1871, praising Spooner's "treatise on money" and discussing the topic of monetary systems.
Two-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated March 8, 1871, discussing the topic of monetary systems.
Manuscript copy of a two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to John A. Thomson dated March 15, 1871, thanking him for the loan of a book.
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...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Worcester; Currency question--United States
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester, Massachusetts to Albert Gallatin dated July 20, 1840, describing his "new system of paper currency." This letter is part of the Albert Gallatin papers in the New-York Historical Society.
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Page 4 of a fifty-one page document of the Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal addressed to the Honorable The Assembly. This page includes a table of tolls...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Large two-page newpaper clipping from the Worcester Palladium dated July 15, 1840, containing Lysander Spooner's article "A New System of Paper Currency."
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter and envelope dated February 16, 1897, from Daniel McFarland in South Bend [Indiana] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, responding to several pamphlets of Spooner's on American banking.
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter dated February 24, 1879, from D. [Daniel] McFarland in South Bend, Indiana to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing the merits of paper money and the current state of the American banking system.
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Manuscript copy of a three-page letter dated February 6, 1879, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Daniel McFarland in South Bend, Indiana, suggesting that he might be able to find employment for McFarland in connection with...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter and envelope dated March 10, 1879, from Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, to Daniel McFarland, explaining his banking system.
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Two-page letter and envelope dated Decmber 6, 1880, from D. [Daniel] McFarland in Hot Springs, Colorado, to Lysander [Spooner] in Boston, Massachusetts, regarding Spooner's pamphlets on banking, and an article written by McFarland on Leadville...
