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 Hon. Albert Gallatin]; Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester, Massachusetts to Albert Gallatin dated July 20, 1840, describing his "new system of paper currency." This letter is part of the Albert Gallatin papers in the New-York Historical Society.

: [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 L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated March 5, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, responding to cirticisms of his book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and discussing the concept of "free banking" in the United States.

: [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."