Signed petition addressed the the Mayor and Alderman [of Boston, Massachusetts] to deny a particular group the use of Faneuil Hall on the grounds that "the meeting to be of such an exciting character as to endanger the peace of the City." The...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
One-page letter from the law office Sedgwick, Andrews and Kennedy in Syracuse [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated March 31, 1860, asking for legal advice on the case Valarius [Velerino?] vs. Thompson [?].
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
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.
Invitation for "the citizens of Boston" to assemble October 14 [no year given] at Faneuil Hall to discuss the "condition of the Fugitive Slaves, and the colored persons of this city, under the new Fugitive Slave Law." Signed by Josiah Quincy, J....
Constitutional law--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
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...
Catalogue for the annual exhibition of work by members of the Whitney Studio Club, held May 18-30, 1925 at the Anderson Galleries, Park Avenue and 59th Street, New York. Catalogue scanned is a photocopy from microfilm. Cover is missing. Title,...
Cities & towns; Canals; Waterways; Aqueducts; Rivers; Water towers; Buildings; Commercial facilities; Signs (Notices); Utility poles; Black and White Postcards
Postal data: posted, postmarked (WATER [indiscernible], JUN 30, 4:00 PM, N.Y.); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGE.; THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY.); Printing information in aqua ink: card number (A-15472); Logo (POST...
Located at 1771 Andrews Ave., this site was used by the Salvation Army to train its officers. Built in a neo-Jacobean style in 1908 by architect Charles Brigham, the building was originally the Messiah Home for Children.
