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Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 18, no. 110 (December 1866)]
1866/12
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
First part, published by Ticknor & Fields. First and only printing prior to the collected works. McFeely p. 255.
GLC06830.01
Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 19, no.111 (January 1867)]
1867/01
GLC06830.02
The equality of men before the law, claimed and defended in speeches...
1865
Title continued: "by Hon. William D. Kelley, Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass." Lacks original wrappers, stab-stitched. Douglass' speech was made to the annual Anti-Slavery Convention. Blockson Collection 2779. Schomburg 324.15-K. USE WITH...
GLC06831
The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper...
1878
Flipper, Henry O., fl. 1878
First edition printed by Homer Lee & Co. Flipper, while not the first African-American to attend West Point, was the first to graduate. He was assigned to the all-black 10th Cavalry Regiment. Accused of embezzling army funds at Fort Davis, Indian...
GLC06832
Revolution. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (May 21, 1868)]
1868/05/21
Disbound. Paginated [305]-320. Edited by E.C. Stanton and Parker Pillsbury. Includes editorial by Stanton "The Last Republican Lamp has Gone out" and articles. This issue records the annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association. Although...
GLC06855
A Sermon to the medical students
1849
Mott, Lucretia, fl. 1849-1860
First edition. 12mo. Printed gray wrappers. An important speech on anti-slavery and women's rights. Described on the cover as a "revised Phonographic Report." Mott rejects the doctrine of original human depravity, credits the birth of reform...
GLC06857
Right and Wrong in Boston. Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Soc.
1837
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Subtitle: "Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-slavery Society, with a sketch of obstacles thrown in the way of emancipation by certain clerical abolitionists and advocates for the subjection of women." Printed by Isaac Knapp. 16mo. Rebound...
GLC06860
Woman Suffrage and the Marriage Relation
[1880 ca.]
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
Long broadsheet, printed letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant.
GLC06981
Seven Woman Suffrage resolutions
[1917 ca.]
With one handwritten correction
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to Bradford R. Wood
February 23, 1866
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Bryant, editor of the New York Evening Post, replies to a letter from Wood, former Representative from New York. Discusses Black suffrage: "I utterly detest the narrow principles of that party which denied equal rights to any of our fellow men on...
GLC06631.01
Sonnet to Liberty.
9 October 1863
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
"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 F. A. Angell
11 July 1865
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
General Butler writes to Angell in Brooklyn, New York. "A mans right to self government is inherent and inalienable. It does not depend on the degree of his intelligence or on other accident. It is the correlative of self defence. Is the negro a...
GLC06660
to James Mercer Garnett
20 May 1829
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Written by Marshall as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to Garnett, the well-known Virginia politician and agricultural enthusiast and pamphleteer. Recipient inferred from Marshall's reference to "your" pamphlet "Reply to the Enquiries of a...
GLC06682
Letters on the equality of the sexes and the condition of woman.
1838
Grimke, Sarah M., fl. 1838
Title continues: "addressed to Mary S. Parker, president of the Boston Female Anti-slavery Society." First women's rights pamphlet published in United States. Examines the present state of inequality of women, its causes and possible solutions....
GLC06552
New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 933, no. 96 (September 8, 1735)]
1732/09/08
Zenger, John P., 1697-1746
Published one month after Zenger's acquittal. Complains that the magistrate has no right over nor should intrude in the private lives of citizens. Argues that by liberty and natural right, men are entitled to govern over their own private affairs...
GLC05676
[Why we can't wait, inscribed to Libby Holman Reynolds Shanker]
1964
King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968
Published by Harper and Row. Inscription to Shanker, a singer and activist, states "To my Friend ... In appreciation for your genuine goodwill, your great humanitarian concern and your unswerving devotion to the cause of freedom and justice."...
GLC05824
to C. H. Betts
2 June 1911
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Responds to criticism from Betts over an article Roosevelt wrote in The Outlook denouncing the New York Court of Appeals for their decision to rule the workmen's compensation act unconstitutional. States that their conduct was, " ... a most flagrant...
GLC06422
to Robinson
20 November 1860
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
To D. or Dr Robinson. Mentions an article by Huntington, and discusses the Personal Liberty Act. Notes that a person whose name is illegible "made a fool of himself on the subject of the Personal LIberty Act. Others are doing the same thing. They...
GLC02467.01
to James Brooks
10 May 1863
Vallandigham, Clement L., 1820-1871
Two notes written in pencil (one beneath docket) indicate that this letter was written to Brooks, a U.S. Representative from New York and fellow Copperhead. Vallandigham, a former United States Senator from Ohio, had recently been arrested for...
GLC02467.28
to G. Welles
February 5, 1862
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
The recipient is possibly Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Bates, United States Attorney General, asks Welles to return an essay by Mr. Binney (possible Horace Binney) on the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus. States "The work is in...
GLC02490.01
to Jedediah Foster
23 May 1775
Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
Written by General Ward as commander-in-chief of the army outside Boston to Colonel Foster. Says the bearer of this, Mr. Wood, was lately at Worcester and learned that the selectmen of the town are "binding out" people that can be called friends of...
GLC02499.17
[The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper]
1764/04/12
Livingston, Robert R., 1718-1775
Deposition accusing Joseph Northrop and several others of an assault on Theyser while attempting to unlawfully search his inn for a runaway (possibly an enslaved person).
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to Elbridge Gerry
16 April 1776
Hawley, Joseph, 1723–1788
Criticizes the use of prohibited tea. Mentions sending Gerry a memento. Comments that regiments are ineffective without "a man of Judgment and Spirit" leading them. A long postscript discusses Artemas Ward's resignation (because of poor health)...
GLC02505.23
to Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury
11 November 1702
Stevenson, Thomas, fl. 1702
Signed by J. Rodman, Thomas Stevenson, John Way and William Bickley. Written by a group of New York Quakers "to the Governor." Contains a petition on the deprivation of voting rights for the members of the House of Representatives in Queens County...
GLC02509.01
to James Dundas
8 June 1780
Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826
Offers a detailed description of the Gordon Riots. Describes the mobs' activities, including the release of prisoners, lighting of fires, extortion, and assaults on members of Parliament and known Catholics. Admits his suspicion that the French...
GLC02549.11
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