Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated March, 1850, in which Spooner accuses Gerrit of copyright infringement.
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...
Seven-page manuscript draft of a letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated June 8, 1860, discussing a libel suit against several publishers.
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...
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries".
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries". Typewritten on letterhead.
Catalogue for the Whitney Studio Club Exhibition (Traveling Exhibition) held at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, from January 16-January 31, 1928. Includes 2 black and white plates. Artists include: Pamela Bianco,...
Coffin, John,1756-1838; Campbell, George, 1736-1799; Perkins, Sergeant; Atwood, Isaac, Captain; Livingston, John William, Captain; Chapman, Thomas, Captain; Campbell, Dougall, Lieutenant; Great Britain. Army; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry --...
Drafts of Major John Coffins statements in reply to the defense of Lieutenant-Colonel George Campbell at Campbells court martial. The first draft (eleven pages, numbered as 5, [1] leaves) is addressed to ""Mr. President & Gentlemen of the Board,""...
Opening Day for the Bronx Savings Bank at 1735 University Ave. 7,305 individual accounts totaling $316,000 were deposited this day. Also shown are a 44th police precinct. car, local stores, and a billboard.
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Letter of protest sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student:
"Dear Madam;
I am deeply shocked to learn that Manhattanville has accepted a coloured girl as a Freshman for next year. I feel that this is a very...