Sinclair writes about his new book, "The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America." He also write a great deal about his book "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox", and its influence on not only the United States but the world as well. He also writes...
Slave trade--Charleston--South Carolina; Merchant ships--United States
Affidavit submitted by John Duncan, giving account of damages sustained to the Brig Othello during passage to Charleston, South Carolina, with a shipment of slaves.
Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place Stamp Here- Domestic Canada, Cuba Mexico, Hawaii Philipines Porto Rico 1 Cent - Foreign 2 Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (This side for Address.); Logo (Post Card); Printed...
Commissioners; Report; Federal government; Financing; Indians; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; New York (State); Erie Canal; Pamphlet
Pages four and five of a thirteen page pamphlet issued in 1816 addressed to "the honourable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress, the representation of commissioners of the State of New-York, in of the said...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Packet boats; Post coaches; Little Falls (N.Y.); Utica (N.Y.); Albany (N.Y.); Advertisement.
An advertisement that appeared in New-York American. May 18, 1822. This advertisement solicited passengers for packet boat travel along the "most pleasant part of the Erie Canal" from Little Falls to Utica. Return passage was also available. ...
One-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated September 7, 1871, praising Spooner's "treatise on money" and asking him for a translation of Aristophanes.
Account record of the Sloop Hare's cargo for Saml. [Samuel] and Wm. [William] Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] lost during passage to Africa, including barrels of beer, snuff, and bees wax, and slaves.
Account record by Freeman Mayberry of the Brig Orange, in Newport [Rhode Island], addrressed to the underwriters of the voyage. Includes value of the Brig and of 110 slaves on board.
Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Portage bill for the Brig Othello, listing crew names, wages, and term of employment on a passage to the coast of Africa. Notes four men, George Harvey, Michael Keable, John Chace, and Ezekiel Mitchell [Mitchel] that "left the vessel at Virginia."...
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...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
