Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated November 19, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn. Includes manuscript copy of a letter from J. [James] Fulton, Jr. to Bradburn discussing "Anti-Texas efforts" in Washington, D. C. and the Texas Constitution.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated January 25, 1850, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Lynn [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Worcester, Massachusetts, in which Bradburn discusses his regrets for becoming to editor of the Pioneer and other abolitionist activities.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Three-page letter dated April 15, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, in which he asks for a letter from Dr. and Mrs. [George] Hoyt and discusses Thomas Earle's opinion of Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].

: [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 Lysander Spooner to George Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated December 7, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts, to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, discussing various news of the abolitionist movement, opinions on articles and letters written by Edmund Quincy, Wendell Phillips [and others] and the affections of Elizabeth Sargeant.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated April 3, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn asking "to know the truth about Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant" and discussing his upcoming book that he plans to publish in several chapters.

: [Letter to George Bradburn]; Draft of a six-page letter dated December 7, 1846, in the hand of Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts, addressed to [George] Bradburn, discussing various news of the abolitionist movement, opinions on articles and letters written by Edmund Quincy, Wendell Phillips [and others] and the affections of Elizabeth Sargeant.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Three-page letter dated April 26, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] discussing his romantic prospects with Elizabeth Sargeant.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Three-page letter dated August 31, 1851, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing his frustrations with Gerrit Smith and recounting a recent meeting with Mrs. Brackett [Elizabeth Sargeant].

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated January 29, 1850, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, discussing the remarriage of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant to Mr. Brackett, and the end of abolitionist paper The Chronotype.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated February 25, 1849, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, discussing his criticisms of [Gerrit] Smith's writings and giving a manuscript copy of a letter from Smith, in which he discusses [William Lloyd] Garrison's waning position of power in the abolitionist movement.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated June 1, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, regarding articles written by [Gamaliel] Bailey and [Wendell] Phillips, and Spooner's responses to them. Also mentions news of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated August 25, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Cleveland, Ohio, instructing on where to send letters to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant, and to pick up a letter from her friend, Miss Julia Johnson. Also discusses abolitionist activities and arguments appearing in Spooner's new book.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Three-page letter dated June 30, 1853, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, disucssing the travels of Mrs. [Frances] Bradburn, the political stance of Horace Mann, and other ablolitionist news.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated May 1, 1846, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn discussing the separation of Elizabeth Sargeant from her husband and mentions acquiring a publisher for the first part of his book.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Five-page letter dated April 23, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to [Lysander] Spooner discussing general news of the abolitionist movement.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated October 27, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, discussing Supreme Court decisions related to slavery, the death of Spooner's mother, and the public reception of his book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated February 23, 1846, from George Bradburn in Lowell [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts], in which he copies a letter received by James Haughton [?] of Dublin, who discusses Spooner's work, and metions the affections of Elizabeth Sargeant. Followed by an additional note dated February 24, in which he mentions [Samuel E.] Sewall's criticisms of Spooner's work.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated May 5, 1846, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Nantucket [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] addressing rumors of Mrs. [Elizabeth] Sargeant and discussing the Whigs "on occasion of [Edward] Everett's inauguration."

: [Draft of letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Draft of an eight-page letter dated January 20, 1847, from [Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts] to George Bradburn discussing general news of the abolitionist movement and the progress of his writing of a work called "Poverty" and providing an article he hopes to have published "as the leading editorial in the American" in order to raise funds that will help publish and distribute his book.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated January 20, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Winchendon [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn discussing general news of the abolitionist movement and the progress of his writing of a work called "Poverty."

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated May 18, 1851, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, reagarding his relationship with abolitionist paper the "True Democrat" and other abolitionist news.