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[Document regarding legal aspects of the Amistad revolt]
Slavery--Louisiana--New Orleans; Slaves--Louisiana--New Orleans; Slavery--Connecticut--New London; Slaves--Connecticut--New London; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States; Slave insurrections--Cuba
Unsigned six-page memoranda discussing legal aspects of the famous Amistad revolt of 1839. Includes reference to "the Act of March 3rd 1819."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Draft of letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Envelope and manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith to John Cochrane]
Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
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.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Six-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated September 28, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Two-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated April 1, 1861, acknowledging receipt of Spooner's "New System" [A New System of Paper Currency] and discussing the "making of banks."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Religion and politics--United States; Deism
Two-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 3, 1862, discussing Spooner's work, "Diest's Reply" [The Diest's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Demopolis; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux of Demopolis, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes of Richmond [Virginia] discussing financial difficulties and the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Demopolis; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux of Demopolis, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes of Richmond [Virginia], discussing the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--McKinley; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Four-page letter from A. J. Rux in McKinley, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond Virginia], discussing the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Mobile; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux in Mobile, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond Virginia], discussing the poor slave trade market and the suspension of several [banking?] houses.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Pickinsville; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Four-page letter from A. J. Rux in Pickensville, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond Virginia], discussing the poor slave trade market.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. J. Rux to E. H. Stokes]
Slave trade--Alabama--Union Town; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Two-page letter from A. J. Rux in Union Town, Alabama, to E. H. Stokes [of Richmond Virginia] discussing an offer from a one S. Noland to buy out all 15 slaves in Rux's posession.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Virginia--Richmond; Slavery--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Africa, West
Letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in Richmond in anticipation of a slave shipment from...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Chas. D. Miller to Lysander Spooner]
Four-page letter and envelope dated May [?] 18, 1851, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] discussing his employment at the True Democrat.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Chas. D. Miller to Lysander Spooner]
One-page letter dated March 29, 1860, from Chas. [Charles] D. Miller in Peterboro, New York, to Lysander Spooner, discussing a meeting between Miller, Spooner, and [Charles] Sedgwick.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from D. McFarland to Spooner]
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.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Daniel Drayton to Lysander Spooner]
Three-page letter and envelope dated February 26, 1854, from Daniel Drayton in Cape May, New Jersey, to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, discussing a letter received by him from Charles D. Cleveland regarding financial support for Drayton...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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