Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: Resolves relating to Slavery & the Slave Trade & the admission of new States into the Union.; Resolution produced by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the United States Congress must abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Includes note that the "resolves were passed by the House in the 21st, & by the Senate of the 23 March" and that the resolutions are the same that are referred to in the letters of E. Jackson and R. C. Winthrop.

: List of 108 names to petition for use of Faneuil Hall; Signed petition of 108 names for the use of Feneuil Hall [Boston, Massachusetts] in January 1839 for a gathering [probably for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].

: [Two resolutions condemning the "system of slavery"]; Two unsigned and undated resolutions on one page [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] condemning the "system of slavery."

: Petition to Gov. to fill the office of Agt. For Col'd Seamen; Petition [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] to Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill to act as an agent for "colored seamen" in the ports of Charleston [South Carolina] and New Orleans [Louisiana].

: History of Mass. Anti Slav Society; Two-page unsigned and undated manuscript history of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, organized by meeting. Includes names of organizers, dates of meetings, and summary.

: Anti-Slavery Circular, Stanton 1837; Circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society and committee chairman Lewis Tappan, of New York, to Francis Jackson [of Boston] regarding general operations of the Society.

: S. E. Sewall's Draft of a Petition; Undated draft of a petition by S. E. Sewall to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.

: [Form letter soliciting donations for Captain Drayton]; Form letter from Francis Jackson and others requesting donations for the financial support of Captain [Daniel] Drayton while visiting in Boston.

: Contribution of the Churches in Mass for Fugitive Slaves; List of donations [to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] from ca. 110 people belonging to various churches. Divided into columns labeled Orthodox, Baptists, Methodist, and Unitarian. Some of the names included in the list are: James Trask Woodbury, G. Buckingham Wilcox, Giles Pease; E. A. (Edward Ainsley) Stockman, Abijah Stowell, Benjamin Whitmore, Luther Sheldon, Asaph Meriam, C. T. Tucker, and Charles Manning Bowers.

: The Role of Infamy; Unsigned and undated two-page manuscript regarding the return of Anthony Burns to slavery, and the wrongful circumstances of his arrest and trial.

: The Problem of the Free Negroes. A few thoughts upon the proposed solution of it.; Unsigned and undated six-page memoranda in support of slave colonization to Liberia.

: Liberator Circular; Manuscript draft of a [Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] circular to solicit donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator.

: A. S. Petition for the rights of the Col'd Citizen; Petition letter [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] asking the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protest in United States Supreme Court against the wrongful imprisonment of "colored citizens" employed on trade ships arriving at the ports of slaveholding states.

: Invitation to National Convention 1839; Printed invitation from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison to represent the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the National Convention of Abolitionists in Albany, N.Y.

: Liberator Appeal 1836; Circular letter from the committee of The Liberator, Samuel E. Sewall, Joseph Southwick, and John Cutts Smith soliciting donations to support the operation of The Liberator.

: Bradburns Petition; Unsigned and undated petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.

: Old debts paid; List of "old debts paid" [probably costs for the abolitionist publication The Liberator].

: Resolutions against 1838 Gag Law; resolutions agreed upon during a January 25, 1838, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting criticizing the Congressional Gag Law and slaveholding in general.

: [Resolutions in arguing for the abolishment of slavery]; Six pages of unsinged and undated drafts of resolutions in arguing for the abolishment of slavery.

: Money Circular, American Socy.; Undated and unsigned printed circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society for distribution among auxiliary societies, outlining plans of operation including distibution of material, collection of funds, and reports to the Executive Committee.

: Treasurers Report; Treasurer's report for 1845 sumbitted by Francis Jackson to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

: Liberator 1838; Four-page agreement between William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Jackson, Isaac Knapp, Edmund Quincy, and William Bassett [of Boston, Massachusetts] for the financial and physcial operation of The Liberator. Followed by additional agreement dated December 22, 1838.

: Donations in aid of the Liberator in 1840 - for types; List of ca. 20 donors to The Liberator in 1840, including amounts of donations.

: Legislative Resolutions drawn up by E. G. Loring & passed by the Legislature with trifling amendments; Undated draft of a legislative resolutions by E. G. Loring in support of the abolishment of slavery.

: Liberator Accts, 1839; Accounts statement between abolitionist publication The Liberator and Francis Jackson for the year 1839.

: [Petition against the removal of Judge Edward G. Loring from office]; Manuscript copy of a signed petition against the removal of Judge Edward G. Loring from office.

: Permit of the Mayor to use Faneuil Hall for a public meeting on the 30 Oct. 1842; Permit for the use of Faneuil Hall [in Boston, Massachusetts] for public assembly, granted by Mayor Jonathan Chapman [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].

: Charles Warren's communication to Public Meeting 1846; Three-page resolution submitted by Charles Warren presented to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society opposing the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state.

: July 1849; List of donors to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in July 1849.

: Anti-Slavery Circular by E. G. Loring, Feb. 1835; Circular letter from the New England Anti-Slavery Society announcing the appointment of Rev. Samuel J. May to General Agent and soliciting funds to pay for his yearly salary.

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