Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
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...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark] (Schenectady, N.Y., Mar 23, 3-PM, 1909), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering; Written message: [written sideways] (What has happened to you? Have been looking...
