Sinclair writes about his upcoming book "Jimmie Higgins" and details about it being published, along with prices and other information. He includes reviews of "Jimmie Higgins" and "The Profits of Religion".
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Rome (N.Y.); Packet boats; Travel and description.
Page 152 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America. It is here that Marryat describes the captain of the packet boat as one who was, " in his own opinion, no small affair; he puffed and swelled until he looked larger...
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.
Seven-page manuscript draft of a letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated June 8, 1860, discussing a libel suit against several publishers.
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.
Merchant ships--United States; Africa--Commerce--South Carolina; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; South Carolina--Commerce--Africa
Account record of slaves and goods purchased from Caleb Godfrey on the Sloop Hare after a voyage to the coast of Africa. Includes names of 25 purchasers, most notably, "Pistue [?] a Black." On back, tally of "Sundy. [Sundry] Expended and Wastage...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...