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[Accounts of Michael Francklin with Joshua Mauger]

Details the financial relationships between Miachel Franklin and Joshua Mauger. Includes balances to Mauger due December 31, 1769, and balances due June 20, 1769.

GLC03902.339

Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's House on Upper Grosvenor Street, for a term of 21 years. Written on the indenture form of David Anthony, Stationer.

GLC03902.340

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.341

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.342

Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's house on Upper Groversnor Street, for a term of 30 years.

GLC03902.343

to Sam Chapman re: letters on slavery, the war, Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Stuart [decimalized]

A collection of letters from John Singleton Mosby, of Warrenton, Virginia, to Samuel Chapman of Covington, Virginia, most written on stationery of the Department of Justice. (Other recipients are noted in the inventory.) The letters discuss the...

GLC03921

to: Sam Chapman

enclosed check to settle accounts; appointments by McKinley.

GLC03921.02

to William Chapman

News of friends and family; hopes for November election; and article written for the Times concerning actions of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan during the war: "[W]hen Grant telegraphed Sheridan about capturing and corralling my men's wives it...

GLC03921.03

to Arthur Lee

Reports on intelligence received from the arrival of USS Alliance and a French cutter ship, commenting on British attempts to weaken the American-French alliance. Discusses the diplomatic efforts of John Adams, Francis Dana, Robert Livingston, and...

GLC03930

to unknown

Discusses the change of capital city from New York to Philadelphia and having to move his family into a house that is unacceptable, but has no other choice. Asks the recipient how the changes will affect his intentions regarding Jack and lists the...

GLC03932

Pardon for Brian L. Butcher convicted of uninsured use of motor vehicle

GLC03934

[Assessment of value of the Prosper, a British ship]

Laurens, Roger Smith, and Edward Blake obey orders of the South Carolina Provincial Congress in assessing the value the Prosper, which had been seized for service by the colonies. The men state that the ship is worth 2,000 pounds and recommend that...

GLC03942

Tintype photograph taken by Cole in 1858, in later case; campaign image

Tintype, apparently based on Ostendorf 14 (the tintype reverses the image). Hamilton & Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs, p. 28 suggests that Roderick M. Cole of Peoria made the image about 1858. (See GLC 590.)

GLC03950

The United States Conscription Act of 1863

Published by J. J. Dyer & Co. Printed by S. O. Thayer. Sold for five cents. Advertisements on inside front and both sides of the back cover. Gives full text of the Conscription Act, which was also known as the National Militia Bill, which was passed...

GLC03951

to Asa W. Slayton

William asks for news about home, family, and Asa'a school. He compliments Asa's wife and daughters. William mentions Mr. White of Ann Arbor, MI has sore eyes and seeks advice from Asa as to its cause, cure and cost of medicine. He mentions...

GLC03955.09

to citizens of Grattan Michigan

Slayton thanks the committee for their recognition, but accepts the sword on the behalf of all the men who have enlisted. Slayton recognizes that enslaved people are being used to aide the Confederates and that the continued allowance of slavery is...

GLC03955.15

to Benjamin Harrison

Accepts the appointment as governor of Virginia. States that first he must settle some matters relating to the army with Major General Marquis de La Fayette. Reports that they are in pursuit of the British army which is moving down the James River...

GLC04827

to Lewis Morris

Written by Captain North as Inspector General in Virginia to Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a New York State Senator. References Morris's letter of 1 January 1781. Sends his opinions on Virginia at the beginning of the...

GLC04829

to Jacques Renee de la Villebrune

Seeking assistance in ridding Chesapeake bay of British barges. Written after the last battle of the American revolution has taken place, after hostilities have ceased, and after the British have already signed a preliminary peace treaty.

GLC04830

[Treasury Department circular].

Discusses payment of public debt and Department of the Treasury matters, including a procedural change aimed at reducing fraud. Accompanied by engraving (GLC04842.08.02).

GLC04842.08.01

An Act providing for Payment of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States

Signed by Otis as Secretary of the Senate and co-signed by John Beckley as Clerk of the House. Transfers the payments of military pensions from the state to the federal government.

GLC04855

to Jabez Huntington

Summarizes affairs in first weeks of independence. Opens by commenting on his arduous journey to Philadelphia to join the Continental Congress. Informs that Silas Deane has arrived from France with the report of the French court's unfavorable...

GLC04867

to Pierre Van Cortlandt

Refers to an enclosed letter (not present). Asks New York Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt to support the Federalist strategy to defeat New York Governor George Clinton by withdrawing from gubernatorial race. ". . . withdraw from a...

GLC04869

[Congressional certificate authorizing vessels to engage in military activity]

Signed below seal by John Hanson. Countersigned by Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Contains blank spaces designated for the name of commander and vessel, the vessel's weight and type, and the number of men on board. Created...

GLC04870

to John Dickinson

Written by Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Virginia to Dickinson as President of Pennsylvania.
Written "In Council." Regarding the ownership of land along the Virginia-Pennsylvania border. This problem dated to...

GLC04871

to the Public accusing R.I. legislature of acting "contrary to the Articles"

Probably intended for publication. The essay attacks the Rhode Island legislature for not sending representatives to Congress or the Constitutional Convention. King, who signs himself five times in the text but signs "Procolus" at the end, argues...

GLC04873

to John Q. Adams

Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton instructs Minister to the Netherlands Adams to deposit funds in a secure institution in order to meet immediate expenses for Envoy Extraordinary to Spain Thomas Pinckney.

GLC04885

[A Memorial of the State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England to Queene Anne during Queen Anne's War]

A petition from the Massachusetts colonists requesting help in quelling the hostile Indians allied with the French during Queen Anne's War. Gives insight into the conflict's costs upon New England. Discusses the Indians' barbarity and the French...

GLC04891

to unknown

Written to the chairman of an anti-Mormonism meeting to be held in Farwell Hall, Chicago. The former wife of Brigham Young denounces Mormonism as a "Political, social and religious monstrosity." Young left Mormonism eight years earlier and welcomes...

GLC04893

to Sidney Webster

Discusses aspects of reconstruction, criticizing "the appointment of a Massachusetts negro to the office of Postmaster at Macon, Georgia." Inquires as to the well-being of Webster's family.

GLC04895

to John Young Mason

Writes from the Border Post Office about the effect of gold in California and announces his plans to be among the miners shortly. Asks Secretary of the Navy Mason to put in a good word with the President so he may receive an appointment once he...

GLC04897.04

to Isaac G. McKinley

Buchanan voices his support for the Fugitive Slave Law, enacted under the Compromise of 1850. Believes the law will be the deciding issue in the upcoming election, and that the Democrats should strongly support it. He writes: "The great issue...

GLC04903

to Daniel Perkins

Hancock writes to Reverend Perkins, his step-father. Hancock has not yet received communication from Perkins, and writes to let his family know that he is well. Hancock discusses the death of King George II and the impending coronation of George III.

GLC04908

Sir Jeffery Amherst [mezzotint by James Watson, after Joshua Reynolds]

Sold by Ryland and Bryer at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill. Printed by J. Watson. Sir Jeffery Amherst (Smith IV, 1488.2). Mezzotint based on a painting by Joshua Reynolds. "Knight of the Most Honorable Order of Bath, Governor of Virginia, Colonel of His...

GLC04951

Proceedings and debates of... Pennsylvania [with] Debates... on the Constitution

With contemporary ownership signature of Francis Shallus. Convention debates are printed in vols. 1-2 while PA Assembly debates are printed in vol. 3.

GLC04955

Speech of... [House Divided speech] [first separate printing, unique variant]

Apparently an unrecorded variant of the first separate printing by O. P. Bassett. The two other recorded copies have an imprint reading the "True Republican Office" with "Printer" abbreviated to "Pr."; the GLC copy omits the word "True" in the...

GLC04957

An address delivered before the citizens of Worcester.

Discusses the consequences of dissolution of the Union in the immediate aftermath of the Nullification crisis. Written during the Nullification crisis. "I know, indeed, that the dissolution of the Union would be the source of incalculable injury to...

GLC04972

[Message to the Confederate House of Representatives vetoing an act for investigating committees].

Vetoes "an act to aid committees of Congress in the investigation of matters referred to them and to punish false swearing before said committees" passed by the Confederate Congress. Davis believes that conferring upon the Congress the power to fine...

GLC04974

to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon

Forrest accepts the conditions of his presidential pardon and amnesty oath, with all the conditions specified. Certified at bottom by Isaac Morrison, U.S. Commander for the District of West Tenn.

GLC04978

to Moses Brown

The letter is written in traditional Quaker fashion without reference to the pagan names of months, and instead uses numbers for dates throughout. Written by Pemberton, a Quaker merchant and philanthropist in Philadelphia, to Brown, a well-known...

GLC04980

[Notes for speech]

Expresses his gratitude to members of "both houses" of the Pennsylvania legislature for their "kind welcome." Undated notes for a speech possibly given in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 31 January or 1 February 1825.

GLC04999

Items concerning John Cabell Breckinridge [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC05007

to Ernie and Morton

Vice President and Presidential candidate Breckinridge updates two individuals from New York City on his progress regarding an upcoming speech. States "I have not as yet even made a note ... It would be better, perhaps, if we were more accustomed in...

GLC05007.01

A written and printed version of a letter from William M. Peyton to William Cabell Rives discussing Virginia's secession [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC05021

to William Cabell Rives

Colonel Peyton discusses Virginia's recent secession from the Union, stating "I think Virginia would have acted more wisely ... if, with her prestige as the great head of the slave states, she had planted her foot upon the opening lid of this Pandora...

GLC05021.01

[Printed letter to William Cabell Rives discussing Virginia's secession]

Colonel Peyton discusses Virginia's recent secession from the Union, stating "I think Virginia would have acted more wisely ... if, with her prestige as the great head of the slave states, she had planted her foot upon the opening lid of this Pandora...

GLC05021.02

to John A. Hasler

Location derived from content. Lyon writes from Fort Lookout, Nebraska Territory. Writes to his nephew John, including a partial letter on verso to Kate, John's sister. Facetiously comments, "the promises of the juvenile song are progressing to a...

GLC05040.01

to Christopher L. Ward

Accepts his defeat in the presidential election of 1864 as the will of the people, but still believes that the country will eventually adopt his policies. Remarks, "I accept the result as a proof that the public mind was not yet prepared to adopt...

GLC05041

to Ira Harris

Mitchel discusses President Abraham Lincoln and the pending Civil War with Harris, United States Senator from New York. States "How would it do for Mr Lincoln to offer to receive the Commissioners from the 'Cotton States' or the accredited...

GLC05044

to Virginians

Written in Grafton, West Virginia (then Virginia). Brigadier General Morris writes from the Headquarters of the United States Volunteers to issue a proclamation of the Commanding General, Department of Ohio. Declares "I have now the pleasure of...

GLC05046

to Henry W. Halleck

Writes from Headquarters of the Department of the Pacific that opponents of the government are creating the impression that the tenure of mining interests in California is at the mercy of the Government. Includes a blotter.

GLC05057

[Proclamation establishing a provisional government in North Carolina]

Proclamation establishing a provisional government in North Carolina, in which Holden directly addresses the "colored people of the State." Issued by Holden, the first man to be appointed as a provisional governor of any state east of the Mississippi...

GLC05082

NY and Supreme Court cases

A notebook listing New York and Supreme Court cases for which Peckham wrote the opinion. Most abstraction is written in secretarial hand with four sheets in Peckham's hand.

GLC05085.03

The sinking of the steamer Ville Du Havre [scrapbook] with 2 memorial books

An annotated scrapbook concerning the sinking of the steamer Ville du Havre, on which Peckman's father died. With two separate books, "In Memory of Rufus W. Peckham" and "Memoir H.A. and Rufus W. Peckham, Jr."

GLC05085.04

[Election campaign banner: Ohio. Union. Lincoln.]

Cotton election campaign banner with angle cut bottom. Reads, in three lines: "OHIO. UNION. LINCOLN." (possibly stenciled?). There is a star on each of three points on the bottom of the banner. The banner has holes at top and middle for fastening...

GLC05089

to Nathaniel P. Tallmadge

Expresses his agreement with a speech that Tallmadge gave recently concerning the three great systems of policy; internal improvements, the tariff, and the Bank of United States. Writes about state banks and whether or not they can supply sound...

GLC05097

The St. Clair papers: The life and public service of Arthur St. Clair: Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-Western Territory with his correspondence and other papers

Published by Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. Signed by former President Rutherford B. Hayes on 11 February 1882. Includes some of St. Clair's addresses and correspondence. Contains ordinances and treaties related to the Northwest Territory. This is...

GLC05106

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, June 3, 1860.]

A print of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois on June 3rd, 1860. The photograph portrays Lincoln's head and shoulders as he faces to the right, the photograph is oval-shaped. Hesler's "tousled hair"...

GLC05111.01.0003

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.]

A print of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois on June 3rd, 1860. The photograph portrays Lincoln's head and shoulders as he faces to the right, the photograph is oval-shaped. Hesler's "tousled hair"...

GLC05111.01.0004

[Lincoln funeral caisson in New York]

One photograph of Abraham Lincoln's funeral caisson dated May 1865. Shows the funeral caisson stopped in front of the Clinton Market on a cobblestoned street.

GLC05111.01.0007

[Fassett] Photographer Chicago

One photograph of the road where Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois may have been located, taken by Samuel M. Fassett. Fassett's name appears to be rubbed out on mount; full title taken from pencil inscription underneath. Image shows...

GLC05111.01.0008

President Lincoln's house, with Congressional Delegation

A print of a photography taken by Fredrick William (F. W.) Ingmire of the Congressional funeral delegation outside the house of Abraham Lincoln. Taken on May 3rd, 1865, the day before Lincoln's funeral. The Lincoln house is draped in banners and...

GLC05111.01.0009

to mother

Thomas Colson has arrived and now works in the blacksmith shop. Walbridge must assume the duties of depot Quartermaster in addition to his regular duties. He hopes to be promoted and is building a log office. Notes 33 Confederates deserted and...

GLC04662.080

to Louise Walbridge

First encounter with persimmons [type of fruit], the success of Sheridan, building a log office for winter, reports that he knows no McClellan supporters in the Army.

GLC04663.49

to Louise Walbridge

Notes he selected the house of Dr. Haywood for his office and a smaller one for his quarters. The owner, a secessionist, had fled before the Union army entered the city. Family members had asked for the house to be returned to them, Walbridge...

GLC04663.63

to Louise Walbridge

Acknowledges receipt of photograph. Advice for managing rented property, read newspaper accounts of Jefferson Davis' capture while he was wearing petticoats. The Treasury confiscated the Haywood house. The officers will not be turned out since it...

GLC04663.64

to Louise Walbridge

Acknowledges a letter he received since venturing south on a speculation scheme. Describes the trouble of trying to travel by rail in South Carolina. The land ladies speak against Yankees during meals at boarding houses. States that South...

GLC04663.69

to Louise Walbridge

Writes that General Bidwell has been killed. Reports that Charlie is now in charge of the whole Quartermasters Department. Leon is acting as storage clerk. Talks about the election of 1864. The democrats "had an unpleasant time indeed at their...

GLC04663.74

[State of Missouri v. Henry Reed].

Signed by the grand jurors on docket. Grand jury warrant for "keeping a store open on Sunday" and for "not observing the Sabbath." Parker was a Member of Congress from Missouri from 1871 to 1875. Signed as Circuit Attorney.

GLC04670

Collection of presidential letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC04675

to C. C. Jones re: applying for pardon, for financial reasons

Writing to Jones about business, especially about the matter of seeking a direct pardon. He adds: "...Now that the Pres[iden]t. & Congress are renewing the fight, things will only go from bad to worse, we may suppose."

GLC04676

[Quote on the authority of governments from Davis's inaugural address]

Writes: "The Rightful powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed." Quoted from his inaugural address as Confederate president, but probably written after the Civil War. Written on a card.

GLC04677

[Land indenture for the sale of Creek Indian land in "Talladega Town of Indians" to Benjamin Mattison]

Partially printed indenture between Fullote Logan, a Creek Indian woman of Talladega County, Alabama, and Benjamin Mattison. Mattison purchased the land for $500 on 9 May 1834. An autograph note by Hugh G. Banlay, clerk of the Talladega County...

GLC04679

Grand, National Union Banner for 1864.

Handcolored lithograph image for the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson 1864 presidential election campaign. Depicts bust images of both candidates circled in wreaths, with a theater curtain backdrop. Adorned with patriotic images of flags and an...

GLC04681

to Hillsborough Board of War

Entreats the Board of War for a magazine of salted meats to sustain the Southern Army during the upcoming winter, which they have been tardy in getting done.

GLC04684

[Receipt for $250 annuity paid to Cornplanter, a Seneca chief, for the Six Nations]

Records payment made by Roy Bayard and Thomas Morris in accordance with a treaty made with Robert Morris at Big Tree "in September 1797, up to September 1825." Witnessed and signed by Charles F. Cort and H. James, Jr. Signed by the Seneca Chief...

GLC04691

[Taunton Selectmen request the Selectmen of Middleborough, Massachusetts to remove a Middleborough citizen from Taunton]

Partially printed document accomplished by hand. Dean, Ichabod Leonard, Thomas Lincoln, Samuel Stapels, and Abrathor Williams sign as Overseers of the Poor, also called the Selectmen, for Taunton. State that Alvina Traveller, "a black woman an...

GLC04693

[Abraham Lincoln]

With blind impressed stamp at lower right "G.B. Ayres, Copyright 1894." The shirt has been retouched.

GLC04697

to Peter B. Rathbone

Continued 1 February and 2 February. Due to a measles outbreak, three companies are being detained on another ship further up the river. On his ship many are sick with fever. Describes Southern plantation houses, arrival and setting up at their new...

GLC04703.04

Memoir, prepared at the request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York Canals.

First edition, printed by order of the Corporation of New York, by W. A. Davis. Specially bound in leather with gilding for presentation to "Hon. John T. Irving, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. 1826."...

GLC04713

Astounding Disclosures!

An inflammatory Republican attack on the Democratic Party. Subtitled: "What will the Pirate Democracy do next!" Attacks Democrats over Kansas, slavery, and general corruption of the party. In the second half of the broadside, Goodenow, a...

GLC04714

Letter of Gerrit Smith to S.P. Chase, on the unconstitutionality of every part of American slavery

Published by S. W. Green, Patriot Office. Letter was written at Peterboro, New York 1 November 1847. Chase recently disagreed with Smith's resolution at the National Convention of the Liberty party that slavery is unconstitutional. Argues that the...

GLC04717.01

The true office of civil government. A speech in the city of Troy.

Printed by S. W. Benedict. Smith declares, "The legitimate action of Civil Government is very simple. Its legitimate range is very narrow. Government owes nothing to its subjects but protection... from crimes... committed against their persons and...

GLC04717.03

Controversy between New-York Tribune and Gerrit Smith.

Printed by John A. Gray. Correspondence covers the Tribune's report that Smith was absent from the House of Representatives on the evening of the passage of the Nebraska Bill. The Tribune recently acknowledged Smith was present, and voted against...

GLC04717.04

Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860.

Published in New York City by Ross & Tousey. In closing, Smith writes, "The morals and manners of a church should be such, as to realize our highest conceptions of human dignity... Church of Peterboro! Be true to your own God at the approaching...

GLC04717.07

Speeches and letters of Gerrit Smith (from January, 1864, to January, 1865), on the rebellion. Volume II.

Published by the American News Company. Contains Smith's opinion on the Constitution of the United States in relation to the Civil War, the Democratic Party, and other topics.

GLC04717.10

to William H. Seward

Informs Seward why he did not support Henry Clay, the Whig Candidate, in the Presidential election of 1844. Presents an argument as to why the Liberty Party did not support Clay: "Mr. Clay would not have been defeated, had he done his duty. If he...

GLC04717.12

To the Editors of the Emancipator, Boston

Discusses an extract of a letter he wrote in 1843 printed in a recent issue of the Emancipator. Pertains to Smith's views of the Liberty Party.

GLC04717.13

To J. K. Ingalls, editor of the Landmark, New-York

Smith writes, "I hardly need say, that I am deeply interested in the present movement against the extension of slavery; and that I infinitely prefer the election of the candidates, who are identified with it, to the election of the Whig and...

GLC04717.14

to Chancellor Walworth

Smith responds to a paper Walworth signed as chairman of an unspecified committee. Attacks Walworth's claim "that democracy and slavery may be in full fellowship with each other." Reuben Hyde Walworth served as Chancellor of the State of New York...

GLC04717.15

Gerrit Smith's reply to the colored citizens of Albany.

Smith writes: "Would, gentlemen, that the following mottos, which antislavery Conventions, in different parts of the State, are cordially adopting, were engraven on every heart: 'No slaveholder for civil office; and no person, who thinks a...

GLC04717.17

to Greene C. Bronson

Retaliates against Bronson, former chief justice of the Supreme Court, who depicted Smith as an example of misconduct in a letter to Mr. Delevan. Discusses the political opinions of Myron Holley Clark, a candidate for Governor (Clark was Governor of...

GLC04717.19

Abolition documents. Number one. Principles and measures.

Created at the convention from 26-28 June in Syracuse. The abolitionists declare, "We...maintain that there can be no legitimate civil government, rightfully claiming support and allegiance as such, that is not authorized, nay, that is not morally...

GLC04717.22

To the New York Tribune

Smith discusses the Tribune's former claim that he was absent from the House of Representatives on the night of the Kansas-Nebraska Act's passage in 1854. Thanks the Tribune for finally admitting he was present in the House, and voted against the...

GLC04717.23

to Governor Chase, Ohio

Smith writes to Salmon Portland Chase, Governor of Ohio, also an abolitionist. Expresses his disappointment in Chase's Inaugural Address: "The habit of the whole country is to justify the pretensions of slavery, and, therefore, to adopt the...

GLC04717.24

Personal Liberty Bill

Begins with a list of the foremost duties of the New York Legislature: to close the dramshops, to prevent withholding suffrage from Black men, and to protect the "weary and heart-broken fugitive slaves" within State limits. Includes an excerpt of a...

GLC04717.27

Compensated emancipation: a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857.

Smith declares, "We are here for the purpose of making a public and formal, and, as we hope, an impressive confession, that the North ought to share with the South in the temporary losses that will result from the abolition of Slavery. Indeed, such...

GLC04717.28

To the Liberty Party

Discusses the Liberty Party's objectives, including the foremost goal of overthrowing slavery. Analyzes modification and expansion of party objectives, regarding issues such as banks, tariffs, and association with slaveholders.

GLC04717.30

To the Liberty Party of the County of Madison

Offers encouraging words to the Liberty Party following the recent Canastota Convention: "The New-York State Liberty Car is again upon the track."

GLC04717.31

Letter of Gerrit Smith, to the Liberty Party of New-Hampshire

Criticizes the Liberty Party of New Hampshire for voting for slaveholders. Encourages the state to reconstruct a "true" liberty party, "a Party, which will sooner perish than vote for a proslavery man- and a Party, too, which will practically...

GLC04717.32