Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

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: Bradburns Petition; Unsigned and undated petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.

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

: Obituary of George Bradburn; Printed newspaper clipping dated July 28, 1880, of George Bradburn's obituary written by Lysander Spooner for the Boston Evening Transcript.

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

: To Gerrit Smith. Not sent, except a part. See copy of letter of March 30 - 1850; Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated March, 1850, in which Spooner accuses Gerrit of copyright infringement.

: [Draft of letter from L. S. to Bradburn]; Draft of two-page letter dated September 19, 1845, from L. S. [Lysander Spooner] of Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn notifying him of the sale of the Boston Chronicle to Hiram Cummings, and encouraging him to "start a paper" in Boston with the backing of Richard Hildreth.

: [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.

: [Draft of letter from Lysander Spooner to George Bradburn]; Manuscript draft of a four-page letter dated January 19, 1846, from Lysander Spooner Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts], asking Bardburn to solicit prominent names to sign a petition and then have the petition presented to the United States legislature.

: [Draft of obituary for George Bradburn by Lysander Spooner]; 21-page manuscript draft of George Bradburn's obituary written by Lysander Spooner and envelope addressed to his wife, Frances H. Bradburn. Includes editorial remarks made [probably by Frances Bradburn] and a poem by a "Miss Child."

: [Draft of obituary for George Bradburn by Lysander Spooner]; 7-page undated manuscript draft of George Bradburn's obituary written by Lysander Spooner.

: [Letter from Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Two letters on one leaf. Two-page letter dated April 20, 1851, from George Bradburn to Lysander Spooner, notifying that he is leaving in the morning for Cleveland [Ohio]. Followed by a two-page letter dated April 30, 1851, from Frances H. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner, notifying that she will also leave for Cleveland before visiting with Spooner.

: [Letter from Bradburn to Spooner]; Six-page letter from [George] Bradburn to [Lysander] Spooner, regarding an article by Bradburn that was rejected for publication in the Atlantic [probably the Atlantic Magazine].

: [Letter from Chas. D. Miller to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter and envelope dated May [?] 18, 1851, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] discussing his employment at the True Democrat.

: [Letter from Frances H. Bradburn to Mr. Spooner]; Four-page letter dated December 1 [no year given] from Frances H. Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts], addressing his dislike for her and asking that he "feel some better regard for [George Bradburn's] other."

: [Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated October 26, 1845, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing opinions about Spooner's book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, and plans to begin a "Review" in Boston.

: [Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Six-page letter dated January 7, 1846, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing [Samuel E.] Sewall's criticisms of Spooner's work and also mentioning the acceptance by [Charles?] Allen and "Williams" of Spooner's petition.

: [Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated November 23, 1845, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts], responding to Spooner's request for a visit and disucssing opinions of, and reactions to, Spooner's essays.

: [Letter from G. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter and envelope dated January 1, 1845 [1846] from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner, apologizing for not visiting him in Athol [Massachusetts] and discussing various activities of the Whig Party.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Undated one-page note from Geo. [George] Bradburn [in Boston, Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner [also of Boston], explaining that he has been unable to call, but welcomes Spooner to call on him.

: [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 Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated February 28, 1854, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, disucssing the future of abolitionist paper the "Commonwealth" as well as news on several of their acquaintances.

: [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.

: [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]; Two-page letter dated September 14, 1955, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in North Chelsea [Massachusetts] to [Lysander] Spooner, notifying him that he will not travel into the city to visit before heading on to Bangor [Maine].

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated October 19, 1845, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] and Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing the cases of Prigg vs. Penn and George Latimer.

: [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 Geo. Bradburn to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated September 8, 1845, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Bangor [Maine] to Lysander Spooner of Boston, Massachusetts, describing several newspaper and circular reviews of Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery], mentioning opinions given by [William Lloyd] Garrison and Bob [Robert?] Phillips.

: [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."

: [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 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 Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Six-page letter dated July 3, 1853, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, complimenting Spooner's work, "Trial by Jury" and discussing Horace Mann's election to Congress, among other abolitionist news.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated December 11, 1852, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, announcing that he will be leaving his job at the True Democrat and describing the circumstances of his decision.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Two-page letter dated September 15, 1853, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, informing him of his travel plans to Boston.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated June 15, 1853, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, discussing his fundraising efforts to support the operation of his paper [possibly the True Democrat] and other abolitionist news.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated May 18, 1855, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, discussing his poor health and his upcoming travels, and also mentions getting a "glimpse of our friend French."

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Two-page letter dated May 5, 1874, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Melrose [Massachusetts] to [Lysander] Spooner, thanking him for his sympathies towards him and his wife, Frances, who has become an invalid.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Two-page letter dated June [?] 18, 1851, from Geo. [George] Bradburn to [Lysander] Spooner, notifying about extending his stay in Lowell [Massachusetts] and travel plans to Boston, as well as abolitionist news.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated December 26, 1852, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, disucssing displeasure with his job [at the True Democrat] in Cleveland and other abolitionist news.

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated April 20, 1853, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, in which he discusses Spooner's work, "Trial by Jury" and "the controversy between Horace Mann and Wendell Phillips."

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn to Spooner]; Eight-page letter dated October 18, 1857, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in New York to [Lysander] Spooner, asking about information on getting a patent for a "mechanical invention."

: [Letter from Geo. Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated September 14, 1857, from Geo. [George] Bradburn to [Lysander Spooner], discussing the merits and beauty of a "Miss B." who ended a courtship with a "Mr. S." Document is missing top half of first page.

: [Letter from George Bradburn to Spooner]; Eight-page letter dated May 23, 1856, from Geo. [George] Bradburn in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, discussing national anti-slavery polititcs and his poor health.

: [Letter from George Bradburn to Spooner]; Four-page letter dated December 29, 1851, from [George Bradburn] in Cleveland [Ohio] to [Lysander] Spooner, describing his financial and work situation in Cleveland.

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; One-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated March 20, 1856, to notify Spooner that he has "got said Wilhelm himself to [?] the Constitution" and abolitionism.

: [Letter from John A. Collins and Henry W. Williams to Increase S. Smith]; Letter from John A. Collins, Henry W. Williams and [missing from bottom of page], committee members of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston, inviting Increase S. Smith, from Hingham, Massachusetts, to pariticipate in the eleventh anniversary of the Society. Names participants Nathaniel C. [Peabody?] Rogers, Thomas Earle, J. C. Fuller, C. C. Burleigh, J. C. Hathaway, and George Bradburn.

: [Letter from L. S. to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated 1845, from L. S. [Lysander Spooner] of Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn notifying him of the sale of the Boston Chronicle to Hiram Cummings, and encouraging him to "start a paper" in Boston with the backing of Richard Hildreth.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated January 18, 1852, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, regarding a letter from Mrs. [Frances] Bradburn delivered to a Miss Hinkely and discussing political relations between Russia and Hungary. Followed by an additional note dated January 19, mentioning an enclosed letter from Miss Hinckley to Mrs. Bradburn.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Three-page letter dated April 23, 1853, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing the controversy between [Horace] Mann and [Wendell] Phillips and Bradburn's political prospects.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated February 5, 1850, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, asking him to "soften your feelings" towards "Robinson," and notifying that he will be travelling soon to New York, and then up to Boston.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]; Four-page letter dated September 20, 1852, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, disucssing his new book, "Trial by Jury" and general abolitionist news.

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