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.

: [List of names associated with the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]; Alphabetical list of ca. 530 names associated with the American Anti-Slavery Society.

: 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.

: [Anti-slavery resolutions]; Unsigned and undated anti-slavery resolutions.

: 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].

: 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].

: Resolutions of the World's Convention; Printed resolution from the General Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London between June 12 and June 23 in London, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society [later the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society] condeming the slave trade. Signed by Society President Thomas Clarkson.

: [Petition letter in opposition to the American Colonization Society]; Petition denying support for the American Colonization Society, signed by William Wilberforce and 12 others in London, 1833.

: October 1857; List titled "October 1857," listing Harriet C. Capen, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, Stimpson & Whiting, James W. Bates, Russell, Hennesey & Phelps, Willis & Co., Witherbee [Wetherbee] Bro., J. P. Polion Dubuc, Joel Brett, Jos. [Joseph] Russell, Jonathan, Cottle, David Kimball, Thomas E. Lillie, Duncan Cameron, Holmes Holden & Catler. Mrs. Phelan, Albany Block [residential building] and ca. 50 others.

: Recommendation to Gov. Morton to fill office and signers; Recommendation for Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill of Boston to the position of agent under the "resolves relating to the imprisonment of citizens of this commonwealth in other states" of March 24, 1843. List of twelve names in pencil on verso, many only first and last initial.

: Poetry, 1843. Weymouth. Bard Adlington.; Two-page manuscript poem about the abolishment of slavery. Docket reads, "Poetry, 1843. Weymouth. Bard Aldlington."

: Donations to the Liberator in 1839; Two-page list of donors to the Liberator in 1839. Also includes donations made in January 1840 and "amounts loaned to Liberator committee." The list of donors includes William Rotch, Andrew Robeson, the Pawtucket Anti-Slavery Society, William Bassett, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Mary Ann Russell, Isaac Winslow, [Samuel] Fessenden, Joseph Southwick, Ellis Gray Loring, Samuel Philbrick, Samuel Rodman, Joseph Southwick, Christopher Robinson and others.

: 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].

: April 1847; List titled "April 1847," including Richard Hildreth, Harriet C. Capen, J. & E. Bales, G. C. Leach, Paul Morrill, Edward Rohan, J. K. Blasdell, Artemas White, Willis & Co., Ellis G. Loring, Wetherbee Brothers, Joel Brett, Thacher Beal, Hiram Davis, Jacob Berkmaer, Charles N. Chandler, Sundry tenants [of] 45 Congress St. and ca. 65 others.

: Persons to whom we sent the Texas Circular; List of 60 names of persons who were sent copies of "the Texas Circular" in 1945 [by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].

: 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.

: Proslavery names in 1835; Alphabetical list of ca. 1100 proslavery names from 1835.

: [Anti-slavery resolution]; Unsigned and undated anti-slavery resolution.

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

: 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 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.

: Appeal to the Friends of the Slaves; Printed letter soliciting donations for the operation of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with names of donors to be printed in the Emancipator. Signed by Henry B. Stanton. Subsciption paper attached.

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

: [List of attendees at Faneuil Hall assembly, October 14]; Invitation for "the citizens of Boston" to assemble October 14 [no year given] at Faneuil Hall to discuss the "condition of the Fugitive Slaves, and the colored persons of this city, under the new Fugitive Slave Law." Signed by Josiah Quincy, J. Ingersoll Bowditch, Waterston, Robert; Samuel May, Ezra Lincoln, William Foster, William S. Andrews, William E. Coffin, and Charles F. Hovey.

: 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.

: April 1850; List titled "April 1850," listing Richard Hildreth, Harriet C. Capen, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, Stimpson & Whiting, James Bales, James Bates, James Hennessey, Willis & Co., Witherbee [Wetherbee] Bro., Joel Brett, Smith & Swift; James L. Giles, Lawrence McArdle, David Kimball and ca. 50 others.

: [Letter from Edmund Quincy to J. Otis Williams]; Letter from Edmund Quincy to J. [] Williams, a librarian for the Public Library in Dedham [Massachusetts], in response to his request for volumes of literature produced by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

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

: April 1857; List of names titled "April 1857." On back, list of names titled "Albany Block Receipts."

: October 1847; List of donors [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for October 1847. The list of donors includes Richard Hildreth, Harriet Capen, Robert Briggs, William Denton, Stimpson & Whiting, Edward Hennessey, Paul Morrill, J. K. Blaisdell, Artemas White, Willis & Co., Wetherbee Bros., Charles N. Chandler, David Kimball, Sylvester Phelps, Heman S. Doane, Otis Brewer, John Kuhn, Healy & Spaulding, Thomas Whittemore, Boyd & Beard, George L. Thayer, Tisdale, Hewens & Co., A. B. Vose, William Underwood, Nancy Ann Milliken and others.

: [Letter from John T. Sargent to Justice Winsor, Esq., Supt. Public Library &c.]; Letter to the Superintended of the Public Library from John Sargent in response to a request for published materials from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, New England Anti-Slavery Society, and the American Anti-Slavery Society.

: Printed letter from James Redpath to Lysander Spooner; Printed invitation from "a number of Young Men, unconnected, at this time, with any organization" of Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner to attend a public convention meeting on December 3, 1860, to discuss the abolition of slavery.

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

: October 1846; List of donors [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for October 1846, including Richard Hildreth, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, Stimpson & Whiting, Ellis Gray Loring, Wells, Wetherbee & Co. [Wetherbee Bros.], Charles N.Chandler, Sundry Tenants [of] 43, Heman S. Doane, Thomas Whittemore, Boyd & Beard, Henry Rice, George L. Thayer, A. B. Vose, Mrs. Cutter, Otis Brewer and others.

: Miss Martineau's Martyr age; Undated editorial letter addressed to "the editor of the Courier" regarding Miss [Harriet] Martineau's Martyr Age [in the United States], vindicating her support of the abolitionist movement. Signed "Xenius."

: [Donor list for the Colonization Society?]; List of donations made to the Colonization Society [American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States], including Jas. [James] A. Bradley, Jno. [John] H. Jones, Joseph H. Echols, and 19 others.

: 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.

: [Petition to deny the use of Faneuil Hall]; Signed petition addressed the the Mayor and Alderman [of Boston, Massachusetts] to deny a particular group the use of Faneuil Hall on the grounds that "the meeting to be of such an exciting character as to endanger the peace of the City." The petition was signed by Arnold Charles, Austin Edward, H. A. Andrews, C. F. Adams, Andrew J. Allen, Sam A. Appleton, I. S. B. Alleyne, William P. Andrews, Sam L. Abbott and ca. 186 others.

: July 1847; List of names titled "July 1847."

: July 1846; List of donors [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for July 1846. The list of donors includes Richard Hildreth, Harriet Capen, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, G. C. Leach, Paul Morrill, Artemas White, Willis & Co., Wells, Whetherbee & Co.[Wetherbee Bros.], Hiram Davis, Charles N. Chandler, David Kimball, Heman S. Doane, Thomas E. Lilley [Lillie], Healy & Spaulding, Thomas Whittemore, Boyd & Beard, Henry Rice, A. B. Vose, William Underwood, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Cutter, and others.

: [Petition letter to United States Congress]; Unsigned and undated petition letter the the United States Congress, arguing for the abolishment of slavery.

: [List of activities and speeches related to the American-Anti-Slavery Society]; List of activitites and speeches related to the American Anti-Slavery Society [possibly a list of items for publication].

: January 1851; List titled "January 1851," Harriet C. Capen, Robert Briggs, Stimpson & Whiting, James Bates, Edward Hennessey, Willis & Co., Wetherbee Brothers, Joel Brett, Smith & Swift, Jonathan Cottle, David Kimball, Thomas E. Lillie & Co., Mrs. Cameron, John Kuhn, Holman, Holden, Hatler, Thomas Whittmore, Solomon Guess, George L. Thayer, Albany Block [residential building], and ca. 40 others.

: Resolutions passed by the Worcester Co. North Division A. S. Soc.; List of 5 resolutions passed at a January 3, 1839, meeting of the Worcester Co. North Division A. S. Society in Fitchburg [Massachusetts].

: Boston, April 1840; Notice from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society that they will be sending delegates, William Lloyd Garrison and others, to the General Anti-Slavery Conference in London. Addressed to J. H. Tredgold at the Office of the Anti-Slavery Society [in London].

: Explanation. To the Editor of the Abolitionist.; Unsigned and undated manuscript draft of letter addressed to the Editor of the Abolitionist reagrding a funding dispute between the Massacuhsetts Anti-Slavery Society and Isaac Knapp.

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