Postal data: unmarked, unposted (QUALITY BRAND) printed inside stamp box in green ink inside prize ribbon; Postcard type: divided back (POSTCARD); Logo: (POSTCARD) in stylized lettering in green ink; Written message: (Mrs. Lawrence Inn?)...
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Edward Lawrence, born June 4, 1804, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Phoebe Lawrence' belonging to New York gentlewoman Mary Hurst.
Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston; Petitions--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--United States; Slaves--United States
Undated petition signed by c.150 Boston citizens arguring against the removal of Judge [Edward Greely] Loring in 1850 from his appointment as judge for forcing Anthony Burns to return back to slavery in the South.
Four-page letter from Francis Jackson, Charles T. Hildreth, Thomas B. Sewall, and Ellis Gray Loring of Boston [Massachusetts] to Abbott Lawrence inquiring about his political position on slavery in the United States Congress.
Two-page response letter from Abott Lawrence to Francis Jackson, Charles T. Hildreth, Thomas B. Sewall, and Ellis Gray Loring of Boston [Massachusetts] regarding his political position on slavery in the United States Congress.
Postal data: posted, postmarked upside down (ARCHBALD PA, AUG 15, 1907 REC'D); Postcard Type: divided back; (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (Erie canal near Middleport N.Y. [Hope you are all...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE, DOMESTIC ONE CENT, FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside decorative stamp box; Postcard Type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (Post Card) printed over stylized graphic; no message; no...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, no stamp box; Postcard Type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE; ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD) printed in double lined font above creator information; No message; No addressee. Stain in center.
Postal data: posted, postmarked in top right (ORISKANY SEP 12 1911 N.Y.; SOUTH EDWARDS, SEP 13 1911 N.Y.), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; NAME AND ADDRESS HERE); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (Just a few lines to let...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place Stamp Here -- Domestic One Cent -- Foreign Two cents) printed inside decorative stamp box; Postcard Type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD) written number (5561) No message; No...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark appears twice] (NYACK N.Y., AUG26, 1-PM, 1916) [two Postmarks are visible: one on bottom left and, upside down and the other is top right, rightside up]; Postcard type: divided back; Logo (Post Card)...
Four-page letter from Williams Carter Wickham, Presiding Justice of Hanover County Court [Virginia], to Governor of North Carolina Thomas Bragg regarding the incarceration of John J. Thomas, who was arrested for purportedly aiding a slave named...
