Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: 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 Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Manuscript copy of a letter dated November 26, 1794, from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island]. Followed by letter dated March 1794.

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

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island]. Followed by manuscript copy of letter from Thayer Bartlett & Co. of Charleston [South Carolina] dated January 23, 1769.

: 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.

: [Letter from P.C. Brooks to Mr. William H. Vernon]; Letter from P. C. Brooks of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [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.

: 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.

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: Petition Woman to be divorced & negro & c.; Two document on one leaf. On front, petition dated January 4, 1709, by "Jack O [sic] Negro]" of Boston [Massachusets] to marry "Esther, a negro servant" despite witheld consent from his master, Mr. Gutteridge. On back, petition dated March 30, 1780, by Mercy Turner to divorce her husband Philip Turner.

: 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 from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Two letters on one sheet dated August 21 and 27, 1786, from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [Circular for The Liberator]; Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and additional subscribers. Includes quotes of praise from several well-known abolitionists, such as Gerrit Smith and George Thompson.

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

: A. S. Circular from the Decade meeting Dec. 1843, American A. S. Soc.; Three-page manuscript circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations to sustain operation of the organization.

: Circular for Aid to the Liberator; Three-page circular soliciting donations and support for abolitionist publication The Liberator.

: [Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Mr. Jackson of Boston]; Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Francis Jackson regarding concerns of being charged with libel for an article published [in The Liberator].

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: 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.

: [Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Andrew Robeson]; Four-page letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Andrew Robeson soliciting donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator, under the management of Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Edmund Quincy, William Bassett, and Loring.

: [Letter from Francis Jackson, et al]; Two-page letter from Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Ellis Gray Loring, William Bassett, and Edmund Quincy of Boston, [Massachusetts] to an unnamed addressee soliciting funds for the operation of The Liberator, an explaining a new subscription service.

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: 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.

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

: Fugitive Slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill, 1850; Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island]. Followed by manuscript copy of letter from Silvester Jones, in the Isle of France, to Sam Brown dated October 3, 1794.

: [Letter from Sam Brown to William Vernon, Esq.]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].

: [Letter from J. S. Hall to Francis Jackson]; Letter from J. S. Hall of Fall River [Massachusetts] to Francis Jackson about soliciting donations to support the operations of The Liberator.

: [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].

: Circular for Western Conventions issued July 1843; Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and participation in abolitionist conferences in New England.

: An Appeal to Abolitionists; Three-page printed circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations that will support the "gratuitous distribution" of anti-slavery publications in pro-slavery areas. Followed by manuscript note from H. B. Stanton to Francis Jackson in Boston, Mass., giving a personal apppeal for funds.