Slaves--New York (State)--Shodack; Slavery--New York (State)--Shodack
Note giving permission for the "bearer of a negro woman named Charr" to sell her to a new master for the sum of seventy-five dollars. Signed by Marte Beekman, Jacob Baurhyte, and John T. Miller of Shodack [New York].
Resolution signed by "R. M. Mallory" for the Virginia Committee for Courts of Justice stating that slaves purchasing "ardent spirits" for their masters are required to produce written consent. No year of creation given, but dated February 2.
Two-page memorandum outlining the cruelties of slavery, including a list of what appear to be notes on chapters for a new edition of Anthony Benezet's Some Historical Account of Guinea.
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
Fessenden, William Pitt,1806-1869; Adams, John C.; Allen, Charles, 1827-1913; Allen, James; Appleton, John; Bradbury, J. W.; Burbank, David; Chamberlain, J. E.; Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889; Cobb, Sylvanus, 1823-1887; Coe, George...
Correspondence of William Pitt Fesssenden, and his sons Francis Fessenden and James Deering Fessenden. The majority of letters are addressed to William Pitt Fessenden on financial and political matters, but a few are private; several letters are...
