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.

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

: [Letter from Sam Brown]; Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to unidentified recipient [possibly William Vernon].

: [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.

: [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].

: 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].

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

: 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.

: [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.

: Slave narrative; Draft of the narrative of [Jonathan Thomas] a fugitive slave and summaries of sermons given by pro-slavery preachers.

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

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

: 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].

: [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.

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

: 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].

: [Letter from S. B. and C. H. to Winthrop Todd & Winthrop]; Letter from S. B. [Sam Brown] and C. H. of Boston [Massachusetts] to Messrs. Winthrop Todd & Winthrop [of Charleston, South Carolina].

: 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.