Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: [Letter from Jno. A. Thomson to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated December 17, 1877, discussing the topic of monetary systems.

: [Manuscript draft of a letter from Lysander Spooner to Gerrit Smith]; Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated July 7, 1858, discussing his theories on American banking systems, and encouraging Smith to begin a bank of his own.

: [Letter from Jno. A. Thomson to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated June 2, 1886.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to Daniel McFarland]; Four-page letter dated March 10, 1879, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Daniel McFarland disussing financial systems in America.

: [Letter from D. McFarland to Spooner]; 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.

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 13, 1858, responding to Spooner's pamphlet written on American banking systems.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to McFarland]; Four-page letter and envelope dated March 10, 1879, from Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, to Daniel McFarland, explaining his banking system.

: [Manuscript copy of a letter from Lysander Spooner to Daniel McFarland]; Manuscript copy of a three-page letter dated February 6, 1879, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Daniel McFarland in South Bend, Indiana, suggesting that he might be able to find employment for McFarland in connection with Spooner's new banking system.

: [Letter from Jno. A. Thomson to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated March 22, 1870, asking for a copy of an article of Spooner's regarding monetary systems.

: [Letter from Daniel McFarland to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter and envelope dated February 16, 1897, from Daniel McFarland in South Bend [Indiana] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, responding to several pamphlets of Spooner's on American banking.

: [Letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; 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."

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to George M. Searle]; One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to George M. Searle regarding Lysander Spooner's "book on currency" [A New System of Paper Currency].

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 26, 1858, discussing Spooner's theories on American banking systems.

: [Manuscript copy of a letter from Lysander Spooner to John A. Thomson]; Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to John A. Thomson dated March 5, 1871, discussing the topic of monetary systems and asking if Thomson had received works that Spooner had sent the previous year.

: [Letter from D. McFarland to Lysander]; Two-page letter and envelope dated Decmber 6, 1880, from D. [Daniel] McFarland in Hot Springs, Colorado, to Lysander [Spooner] in Boston, Massachusetts, regarding Spooner's pamphlets on banking, and an article written by McFarland on Leadville [Colorado] that he hopes Spooner will have published in a Boston paper.

: A New System of Paper Currency; Large two-page newpaper clipping from the Worcester Palladium dated July 15, 1840, containing Lysander Spooner's article "A New System of Paper Currency."