Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: November 1851; List titled "November 1851," including Elizabeth Finn, George Dana, George Bothamly, William Underwood & Co., J.P. Polion Dubuc, Joseph Russell, Stratton, Sheriff & Co., Albany Block [residential building], and ca. 40 others.

: [Letter from Geo. M. Searle to Lysander Spooner]; Undated letter from Geo. [George] Searle to Lysander Spooner dated 23 Feb. [...?] stating that he had "addressed a line to R. [Reverdy] Johnson."

: Military Officers that delivered up Burns & took their pay; Unsinged manuscript list of ca. 115 "military actors" in the trial of Anthony Burns, copied from the Boston Courier. Includes names, military title, and occupation with some addresses.

: Copy to S. S. Foster to address a meeting in Feneuil Hall; Letter from Francis Jackson, Ellis Gray Loring, Amos B. Merrill, and S. E. Sewall to Stephen S. Foster, requesting that he address the public at an assembly at Fenuiel Hall, Boston [Massachusetts] on October 30, 1842.

: [Letter from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner]; Undated one-page letter labeled "Private" from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], asking for his legal opinions on case Ogden vs. Saunders and offering his observations on the "[] and the disposition of the Southern people."

: 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.

: [Manuscript copy of a letter from Thomas Earle to G. Braburn, Esq.]; Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a four-page letter dated April 12, 1845, from Thomas Earle in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to G. [George] Bradburn, in which he gives lengthy critique of Lysander Spooner's book [probably The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and the abolitionist movement in general.

: [Letter from Edmund Quincy to Francis Jackson]; Letter from Edmund Quincy to Francis Jackson regarding expenses and articles [for The Liberator].

: 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].

: [Letter from James Birney to Lysander Spooner, Esq.]; One-page letter dated August 18, 1853, from James Birney of Cincinnati [Ohio] to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], asking for his legal opinion on the decision of Judge [John] McLean on the [Rosetta Armstead] fugitive slave case.

: Copy of a correspondence between Edmund Jackson & Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop in 1840; Manuscript copy of a correspondence between Edmund Jackson and Hon. Robert C. Winthorp, in which Jackson asks for Winthorp's position on slavery before his election to United States Congress. Includes Winthorp's response dated November 2, 1840, in which he replies that he "cannot regard it as desirable or expedient to attempt any alteration of the Constitution in relation to slavery."

: [List of names associated with the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]; Document of 4 sheets listing ca. 470 names from Rhode Island, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, and Maine who attended business meetings at the Concert Hall, 406 Broadway, Boston.

: Circular; Printed circular by Elizur Wright, Jr., Secretary of the Anti-Texas Committee, asking Massachusetts citizens to collect signatures for petitions against the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state. On back, list of ca. 40 names of participants.

: [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].

: Mayor & Aldermen, Fanueil Hall, Refused; Letter to the Mayor [Samuel Atkins Eliot] and Aldermen of Boston [Massachusetts] from Francis Jackson and 11 other committee members [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] arguing a recent denial for permission to use Faneuil Hall for a meeting about slave trade in the District of Columbia.

: [Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated October 26, 1845, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing opinions about Spooner's book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, and plans to begin a "Review" in Boston.

: The Lawyers Remonstrance for Judge Loring; Undated 13-page list of ca. 1,200 names [probably asking for the removal of Judge Edward G. Loring from office].

: 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.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to George Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated October 27, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, regarding the death of "Rogers" and the reactions of various prominent abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison and Edmund Quincy.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; One-page letter dated July 18, 1848, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, notifying that he is leaving Boston for Athol because he has "nothing to eat" and that "the Abolitionists must flounder in their ignorance until they are willing to give me bread in exchange for knowledge."

: Knapp & The Liberator; Undated letter from Francis Jackson, Edmund Quincy, and William Bassett to the editor of the Boston Transcript [Lynde Walter] reagrding an advertisement taken out by The Liberator's editor [Isaac] Knapp.

: 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.

: [Letter from Elizur Wright to Lysander Spooner]; Letter from Elizur Wright in Boston, Massachusetts, to Lysander Spooner dated April 10, 1866, discussing topics of anti-slavery.

: [Letter to Francis Jackson]; Letter from [illegible] to Francis Jackson to notify of operating funds drawn from him on behalf of The Liberator.

: 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.

: [Draft of circular letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]; Draft of letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to S. E. Sewall regarding gathering signatures for petitions oppsoing the Texas Constitution's endorsement of slavery.

: 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.

: December 1846; List titled "December 1846," including John Hanson, J. K. Blaisdell, Tenants [of] 45 Congress St, Sylvester Phelps, Earl W. Johnson, Olive Hanson, James Bullard, Benjamin Jones, Hugh McCabe, Nelson Smith, Patrick Rogers, William A. Howard and ca. 25 others.

: Phelps resolution; Resolution supporting the anti-slavery movement.

: 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.

: [Letter from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner]; Five-page letter dated August 20, 1866, from A. P. Aldrich in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts] regarding the economic hardships faced by the South during the reconstruction era.

: [Letter from S. P. Andrews to Lysander Sponer, Esq.]; One-page letter dated December 28, 1850, from Stephen P. Andrews in New York City, to Lysander Spooner of Boston [Massachusetts], reporting on the distribution of books sent by Spooner to Freeman Hunt, [William Cullen] Bryant, [Horace] Greeley, and Park [Parke] Godwin. Includes mention of a "card" [possibly a petition] that Andrews suggests having signed in Boston and then sent to New York for additional singatures.

: May 1846; List of names titled "May 1846."

: Sketch of Jonathan Thomas; Ten-page manuscript account of Jonathan Thomas, a figutive slave from Kentucky.

: 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.

: [Letter from Stephen P. Andrews to Lysander Spooner]; One-page letter dated December 13, 1850, from Stephen P. Andrews in New York City, to Lysander Spooner of Boston, Massachusetts, arranging an agreement for Andrews to promote the views of Spooner and other Boston abolitionists in exchange for an allowance of funds.

: Escape of William Curtis and Samuel Glenn; Three-page account of the escape of slaves William Curtis and Samuel Glenn from plantations in Darien [Georgia].

: 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.

: [Letter to the Editor of thePost arguing for the abolishment of slavery]; Unsigned and undated draft of a note addressed "to the Ed. Of the [] Post" arguing for the abolishment of slavery.

: [Notification for appointment to attend the 6th Anniversary of the American A. S. Society]; Letter from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison, with no addressee, notifying of appointment to serve as a delegate for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the 6th Anniversary celebration of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York on May 7, 1839.

: [Letter from Lewis Tappan to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Rochester [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated August 22, 1852, discussing Spooner's writings.

: Copy of Signers to Anti-Slavery Petition 1836; Copy of a petition signed by William Ellery Channing, Carleton William, and ca. 500 others.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated January 19, 1848, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, regarding various abolitionist publications and a "misunderstanding" between Bradburn and Clapp.

: 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.

: [Letter from J. R. Giddings to Lysander Spooner]; One-page letter from J. R. [Joshua Reed] Giddings in Washington [D.C.] to Lysander Spooner dated January 1, 1852, praising him for his work, Trial By Jury. This letter is part of the Misc. Mass. Giddings, Joshua R. collection in the New-York Historical Society.

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