Manuscripts Relating to Slavery

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: To Gerrit Smith March 14, 1847, also to S. P. Andrews, March 31, 1847, also copy of Gerrit Smith's answer March 20, '47.; Manuscript copy of correspondence between Lysander Spooner, Gerrit Smith, and S. P. Andrews in Lysander Spooner's hand, discussing his arguments for the unconstitutionality of slavery.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to George Bradburn]; Two-page letter dated December 15, 1847, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn, discussing Bradburn's appointment as editor of abolitonist paper, The Pioneer.

: [Letter from Wm. Goodell to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated December 11, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing Spooner's draft of a petition to Congress to abolish slavery, submitted to the American Abolition Society.

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated September 8, 1860, giving his thoughts on several of Spooner's pamphlets that he had recently received.

: [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 Bela Marsh to Gerrit Smith and manuscript copy of Smith's reply]; Two-page letter from Bela Marsh in Boston, Massachusetts to Gerrit Smith, dated September 29, 1849, regarding a resolution to distribute Lysander Spooner's work, the Unconstitutionality of Slavery to lawyers. At end, manuscript copy of Smith's response, dated October 7, 1849, in Smith's hand.

: [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 Daniel McFarland to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter and envelope dated July 12, 1886, from Daniel McFarland in New York to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, disucssing mutual acquaintances such as George Atkins and John Curtis.

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 8, 1861, discussing Spooner's correspondence with Mr. [Samuel?] Howe.

: [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 Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 2, 1860, reagarding his settlement received from a libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others and discussing payment to his counsel.

: [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.

: [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 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 and envelope from C. B. Sedgwick to Lysander Spooner]; One-page letter and envelope from C. B. [Charles Baldwin] Sedgwick in Washington [D.C.] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated April 1, 1860, notifying of a meeting with Col. [Charles Dana] Miller at which he expects to meet Spooner.

: [Letter from Jno. A. Thomson to Lysander Spooner]; One-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated September 7, 1871, praising Spooner's "treatise on money" and asking him for a translation of Aristophanes.

: 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."

: [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 Thomas Earle to George Bradburn]; 10-page letter dated April 12, 1846, from Thomas Earle in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to George Bradburn, giving his opinions on Lysander Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].

: [Letter from Wm. Goodell to Lysander Spooner]; Four-page letter dated January 3, 1854, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner, in which he defends his use of references to Spooner's work.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Friend Paine]; Three-page letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to J. E. Paine [in New York] dated May 11, 1863, giving some legal advisement at Paine's request.

: [Letter from Lysander Spooner to Gerrit Smith]; Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith in Peterboro, New York, dated March 13, 1848, in which Spooner argues for the value of his forthcoming book and asks for the financial means to complete it.

: [Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]; Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 20, 1860, regarding Sedgwick's repsonse to Spooner's arguments.

: [Letter from L. Spooner to Gerrit Smith]; Two-page letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 1, 1861, in which he thanks Smith for his visit to Candada and disucsses other abolitionist news.

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