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Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC04035

Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters.

Consists of eighty-four signatures, most of which were obtained by McNear between 1860 and 1861. Incorporating numerous historical figures, the book includes autographs from (among others) Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, William Lloyd Garrison...

GLC04035.02

The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.

Labeled Vol. 1 no. 3. Southard serves as editor. Published by D. K. Hitchcock. With front paper engraving depicting William [Lloyd] Garrison attempting to chop down a tree labeled "Slavery" while a minister, soldier, businessman and President Van...

GLC05939

[Decimalized: John G. Whittier letter and poem].

GLC05508.262

to Maria Child

Discusses the Yearly Quaker Meeting he just returned from, in addition to speakers at Garrison's funeral and William Lloyd Garrison's views on the after life. Whittier is "shocked by the barbarism & superstition of our popular faith." He says...

GLC05508.262.01

[For still the unseen spirit walks...]

Whittier writes a poem: "For still the unseen spirit walks/ The garden of the heart, and talks/ With man, as under Eden's trees,/ In all his varied languages."

GLC05508.262.02

Liberator. [Vol. 32, no. 39 (September 26, 1862)]

Prints Lincoln's first Emancipation Proclamation. Said to be the first printing of the proclamation in an abolitionist newspaper. Headline reads "Proclamation of Emancipation - Freedom of the Slaves in Rebellious States on the First Day of January...

GLC06107.48

The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 17. no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]

Run of 416 weekly issues of the famous anti-slavery newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison.

GLC06109

The loyalty & devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812.

Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Contains excerpts from speeches and quotations related to African American military service. Includes excerpts from a William Howard Day speech delivered at a convention for African Americans held in Cleveland, Ohio...

GLC06130

[Union autograph and sentiment album]

Includes thirty-five autographed quotations and sentiments, and ten signatures. This collection was possibly prepared for sale by the United States Sanitary Commission at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair, held in New York City. The sentiments and...

GLC06620

Sonnet to Liberty.

"Know this, O man, whate'er thy earthly fate-/God never made a tyrant nor a slave:/Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate/His sacred image! - for to all He gave/Eternal rights, which none may violate;/And by a mighty hand th'oppressed He yet shall...

GLC06643

to Samuel J. May

Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...

GLC05720

to John Greenleaf Whittier

Garrison replies to a letter from Whittier, the Quaker poet and abolitionist. Discusses the deaths of other abolitionists. Whittier had informed Garrison of the death of Captain Jonathan Walker, a fellow abolitionist. Laments Walker's death...

GLC05748

Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, held in the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 3d and 4th, 1863.

Contain an appendix and a catalogue of anti-slavery publications in America from 1750-1863. Includes writings and/or speeches by William Lloyd Garrison (Anti-slavery Society President), Henry Ward Beecher, Stephen S. Foster, Abby Kelley Foster...

GLC05821

[Garrison, William Lloyd.]

Half length seated portrait of Garrison facing proper left, probably ca. 1850.

GLC06391.05

Liberator. [Vol. XXXL, no. 16 (April 19, 1861)]

Announces "Civil War Begun. Fort Sumter Captured. The Federal Capital in Danger. Thousands of Troops Mustering. The North United At Last." Includes proclamations by the President, official correspondence regarding the surrender of Fort Sumter...

GLC08429.02

The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers...

GLC08608

[Carte de visite portait of William Lloyd Garrison]

GLC08672

The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)]

Article on the front page mentions Southern nullifiers and refers to the South's empty threats. Other articles are about abolition and other anti-slavery issues. On page 3 there is a mention of a lynching that occurred nearby.

GLC08711

New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of New-York times, dated May 11, 1865. Reports Queen Victoria's condolence to Mrs. Lincoln as well as other expressions of sympathy from international heads of state on the assassination of President Lincoln. Also contains an...

GLC08835

The Abolitionist

Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...

GLC08844

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 48, whole no. 516 (April 25, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains a review of the Southern press, William Lloyd Garrison's announcement for the sixteenth anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and...

GLC08875.21

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 51, whole no. 519 (May 16, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society, among miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell...

GLC08875.23

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 52, whole no. 520 (May 23, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains a continuation of the proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and...

GLC08875.24

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 9, whole no. 529 (July 25, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains an article on a celebration at Abington (possibly Massachusetts) with William Lloyd Garrison presiding, proceedings of the New England Anti-Slavery...

GLC08875.27

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 6 (February 8, 1839)]

Contains articles on the "Refuge of Oppression," Congress, and miscellaneous other items. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson as general agent. With some discoloration of first page, especially in creases....

GLC08875.46

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 23 (June 7, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains articles on the "Refuge of Oppression," a letter of John Quincy Adams, and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and...

GLC08875.47

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 25 (June 21, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson as general agent. Contains an article on the moral effects of slavery on the master. Includes...

GLC08875.48

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 26 (June 28, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Includes articles on the "Refuge of Oppression" and women in the Anti-Slavery Society. Contains resolutions from the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society and other miscellaneous...

GLC08875.49

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 28 (July 12, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Includes a letter from William Goodell to John Quincy Adams, among miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson as...

GLC08875.50

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 30 (July 26, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Includes an article on the Massachusetts Abolition Society and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson as general...

GLC08875.51

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 33 (August 16, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains an article from the Anti-Slavery Lecturer and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson as general agent....

GLC08875.52

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 13, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains an article on the "Unprofitableness of Slavery: Loss of Planters' Tax on the Nation and on the North," and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor...

GLC08875.53

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 38 (September 20, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains an article entitled "Blind Leaders of the Blind!," a letter from William Jay to Lewis Tappan, and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac...

GLC08875.54

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 44 (November 1, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains an "Address of the Western Reserve Anti-Slavery Convention," a dialogue discussing women and slavery, and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor...

GLC08875.55

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 45 (November 8, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains a letter from John Pierpont, a diagram of Marlborough Hall during the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor...

GLC08875.56

The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 48 (November 29, 1839)]

With previous owner's signature ([I.] Stearns) in top margin of first page. Contains articles on "Free Negroes and Slaves," abolition in France, and miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, Isaac Knapp as printer, and Oliver Johnson...

GLC08875.57

The Liberator. [Vol. 15, no. 38, whole no. 766 (September 19, 1845)]

Contains articles on "Slavery in the United States," and Cassius M. Clay, among miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, James Brown Yerrinton as printer, and Henry W. Williams as general agent. Discolored in creases.

GLC08875.58

The Liberator. [Vol. 16, no. 8, whole no. 789 (February 20, 1846)]

Contains an article on "The Grand Inquest, or Condemning Unheard. Twelve Short Chapters in Maryland Legislation," among miscellaneous other reports. Garrison serves as editor, James Brown Yerrinton as printer, and Henry W. Williams as general agent...

GLC08875.59

William Lloyd Garrison: the story of his life, told by his children

Published by The Century Co., New York. Illustrated with wood engravings. Volume 1 covers 1805-1835, Vol. 2 1835-1840, Vol. 3 1841-1860, and Vol. 4 1861-1879.

GLC00267.368

[Draft of Sumner's article on "Domestic Relations" with regard to the Confederate states]

Sumner, a United States Senator and abolitionist, opens his lengthy article by stating "At this moment, our Domestic Relations all hinge upon one question; what shall be done with the rebel States?" Discusses abolition and human nature, quoting...

GLC00454

to Joseph Knight

William Lloyd Garrison informs Knight that he has "no autograph of the revered Wilberforce to send" but will instead send "one of George Thompson, whose long continued and wonderfully efficient labors in the cause of freedom and humanity you so...

GLC00680.02

to Henry Wilson

Replies to a letter Wilson wrote when Garrison discontinued publication of the Liberator, his anti-slavery newspaper. Writes that he so values Wilson's letter, he will ask his children to preserve it with other valuable autographs and memorials....

GLC08888

to Theodore Parker

Senator Wilson thanks Reverend Parker for Parker's recent criticism of Wilson's speech on the topic of slavery and states' rights. Defends himself, stating "I deny the right of any state or nation to hold men in slavery, but I maintain the right of...

GLC08889

to Aaron M. Powell

Discusses an abolitionist meeting he attended, where a memorial was drafted calling on President Lincoln to immediately abolish slavery. Now in New York, an "immense, dirty, bustling, turbulent city." Says of Theodore Tilton, one of his companions...

GLC08958

to Samuel Joseph May

Greenleaf invites May to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Lynn, Massachusetts. He indicates that "Stanton, Garrison, Loring, Sewall, everybody wishes thee to be with us on the occasion." Mentions a Missouri statement...

GLC00979

Papers related to the Garrison mob.

Describes the October 1835 mob which kept William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, from having a meeting where Mr. George Thompson, an abolitionist, was to speak. Garrison had to be put in the jail to be...

GLC00267.089

The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 8. (February 22, 1861)]

One issue of The Liberator dated February 22 1861. This issue includes articles titled "Slavery Triumphant," "Beecher on times," and "Protest of Colored Citizens."

GLC09791.33

The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 7. (February 15, 1861)]

A issue of the liberator from February 15 1861. This issue includes articles titled "An Abolition Meeting Broken Up by a Mob," "No Union with Slave Holder," and "The Anti-Slavery Struggle."

GLC09791.32

to Thomas W. Higginson

Discusses their list of lecturers, including Frederick Douglass, which he will publish in the next issue of the Liberator. Believes Douglass is on his way from Rochester and will be able to lecture on the 18th. Praises Higginson's speech as...

GLC07483.04

to Messrs Walker and Wise

Letter of introduction for a Mr. F.M. Adlington of Weymouth. Garrison calls him "a very worthy citizen, possessing a talent for versification, and using it for many years past in the service of freedom, temperance, and other good causes." Informs...

GLC07483.05

to the Editor of the Tribune

Complains that the Tribune misused a statement made by him to Wendell Phillips at the recent meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The statement concerned John C. Fremont, who was active in the Radical Republicans, a group of hard-line...

GLC07483.06

to Mr. Northend

Discusses advertisements in The Nation, a liberal periodical devoted to politics and culture of which he was editor from 1865-1906. Recalls an excursion he took with his father, William Lloyd Garrison toward the end of his life. Talks of his fear...

GLC07483.07

William Lloyd Garrison

Original india ink sketch of Garrison from the shoulders up, framed in an oval.

GLC07483.10

to Joseph Ricketson

Accepts Ricketson's invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum, if his health permits. Exclaims, "Would that U could be an attendant at your anti-slavery meetings, to be held to-day and to-morrow in your place!" Notes that his friend, the...

GLC02448.06