Two-page letter dated August 21, 1855, from L. [Lysander] Spooner to [George] Bradburn, in which he forwards a letter from E. D. Linden of New Bedford [Massachusetts] dated August 15, 1855, that invites Bradburn to lecture in his town.
Two-page letter dated April 21, 1855, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing the completion of his newest book [probably on intellectual property law] and giving news of Sarah Hoyt moving to Wisconsin.
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."
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter dated December 13, 1855, from William Goodell, in New York, to Lysander Spooner, asking for his assistance in circulating a petition and promising a copy of his circular.
One-page letter dated December 18, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts], giving his approval of Spooner's "form of a letter to be forwarded to Congress, with the form of petition."
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter dated December 20, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], regarding orders for Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and the adoption of his circular by the American...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter dated December 24, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing the purchase of Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] by the American Abolition Society for...
One-page letter dated January 5, 1855, from William Goodell on behalf of the American Abolition Society in New York, to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, ordering a supply of his book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, for distribution...
Four-page letter dated December 3, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing constitutional issues of slavery and Spooner's work.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
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.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter dated December 13, 1855, from William Goodell, in New York, to L. [Lysander] Spooner, notifying that he would be happy for Spooner's assistance "in getting out the petition."
Four-page letter dated November 28, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], in which he approves of Spooner's plan to "agitate the Constitutional question."
Four-page letter dated December 1, 1855, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing the legalization of slavery.
One-page letter dated February 27, 1855, from E. Howe in New York, to [Lysander] Spooner, notifying him that Mr. Colt [?] "will not leave for Europe for two or three months yet."
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, dated November 6, 1855, in which he expresses his pleasure that Spooner is writing an argument "on the Wilhelm case" and discusses the...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Brooklyn [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 3, 1855, regarding the resolution of the American Abolition Society to help promote Spooner's book, The Unconstitutionality of Slavery.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Brooklyn [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 15, 1855, discussing one of Spooner's pamphlets and form of petition.
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Handwritten letter signed by Elie Nadelman to Harriet H. Masterson, dated March 11, 1929. In it Nadelman says he cannot send figures requested for the exhibition because they are at the foundry being cast into bronze.
