Depositions--Virginia; Trials (Assault and battery)--Virginia; Indians of North America--Virginia
Deposition regarding the case of Benjamin Tucker, charged with "trespass, assault, & battery and false imprisonment" of "Indians" Phillis, Phebe, Eaton, Patt, and Sarah. The testimony, signed by Walker Crutchfield, Clerk of Petersburg District...
Herron writes to Markham informing him of his upcoming travel plans. Herron also supplies Markham with a list of recommended reading to help Markham speak and arouse the public.
Four-page letter dated February 12, 1854, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Captain [Daniel] Drayton, trainsmitting a manuscript copy of Professor Charles D. Cleveland's letter dated January 2, 1854, which he hoped to have printed...
Two-page manuscript letter and envelope addressed to the editors of The Commonwealth entitled "Captain Drayton" by Charles D. Cleveland of Philadelphia dated January 1, 1854, in which Cleveland outlines the amount of money that he has spent to help...
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.
Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a seven-page letter dated February 18, 1854, from Charles D. Cleveland to Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson, explaining his interest in Captain Daniel Drayton, and expressing his...
Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a four-page letter dated March 23, 1854, from Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, Francis Jackson, and Richard Hildreth to Charles D. Cleveland, responding to Cleveland's defense of his motives in...
Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a four-page letter dated February 11, 1854, from Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson to Charles D. Cleveland, responding to a letter that Cleveland had sent to the Commonwealth to be...
Seven-page letter and envelope dated February 18, 1854, from Charles D. Cleveland to Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson, explaining his interest in Captain Daniel Drayton, and expressing his dismay at the negative tone of their...
Antislavery movements--United States; Free Soil Party (Mass.)
Four-page letter dated September 21, 1854, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, discussing Richard Hildreth's appointment as editor of a new abolitionist paper and news of the Free Soil Party.
Antislavery movements--United States; Free Soil Party (Mass.); Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter dated April 19, 1854, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, encouraging Bradburn to begin editing for a new paper, and discussing his opinions about the Free Soil Party.
Two-page letter dated June 21, 1854, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, notifying of the travels of Mrs. Hoyt and Sarah Hoyt, and also giving some abolitionist news. At end, Spooner mentions that, "my lady...
Four-page deposition of Robert Tailor, Junior, of Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania] describing the transfer of ownership of slave Brice Herring from the late Robert Tailor [Senior] to Isaac Barr of Fayette County, Kentucke [Kentucky]. Transcribed...
Recommendation for Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill of Boston to the position of agent under the "resolves relating to the imprisonment of citizens of this commonwealth in other states" of March 24, 1843. List of...
Petition letter [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] asking the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protest in United States Supreme Court against the wrongful imprisonment of "colored citizens"...
Resolution produced by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the United States Congress must abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Includes note that the "resolves were passed by the House in the 21st, & by the Senate of the 23 March" and...
Advertising--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Billboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Signs and signboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; New York...
Advertising--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Billboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Signs and signboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; New York...
