Two-page letter dated April 9, 1851, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, asking Bradburn to not leave for Ohio until meeting to discuss Spooner's ideas for Bradburn's permanent employment in Boston.
Three-page letter dated August 31, 1851, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing his frustrations with Gerrit Smith and recounting a recent meeting with Mrs. Brackett [Elizabeth Sargeant].
Three-page letter dated March 10, 1854, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, recounting a recent meeting with [Samuel E.] Sewall.
Four-page letter dated September 17, 1854, from D. McF. [Daniel McFarland] in Sauk City [Wisconsin] to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts], describing his circumstances in Wisconsin, and his plans to move further West.
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.
One-page letter dated March 28, 1860, from Chas. [Charles] D. Miller in Peterboro, New York, to Lysander Spooner, asking that he join a meeting with Mr. [Charles] Sedgwick at the Astor House.
One-page letter and envelope from C. B. [Charles Baldwin] Sedgwick in Washington [D.C.] to Lysander Spooner dated March 25, 1860, asking for a meeting in New York with Spooner and Col. [Charles] Miller.
One-page letter and envelope from C. B. [Charles Baldwin] Sedgwick in Washington [D.C.] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated April 1, 1860, notifying of a meeting with Col. [Charles Dana] Miller at which he expects to meet Spooner.
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
Admissions (Law)--United States; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Four-page manuscript draft of a letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated September 30, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit and correspondence from Col. [Charles] Miller. Last two pages titled "This is a...
Six-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated December 27, 1860, dicussing an extradition case in Toronto, Canada [involving slave John Anderson].
Four-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Rochester [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 4, 1860, discussing his libel suit expressing desire that Spooner travel to New York to work on the case.
Extradition--Canada--Toronto; Fugitive slaves--Canada-Toronto; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Two-page letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 1, 1861, in which he thanks Smith for his visit to Candada and disucsses other abolitionist news.
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...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
