circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution regarding the licentious principles of slavery]

"From the Advocate of Moral Reform. Resolution passed at the last meeting of the Parent Society Resolved that the licentious principles & practice which form an inherent part of the system of Slavery wherever it exists, warrant this society in expressing their abhorrence of it & sympathy with the female portion of the population who are exposed to its influence; and especially with the million & a quarter in our own land who have no protection for their virtue." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on content and GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.13

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Four propositions for abolitionists]

Appears to be an outline written by the superintendent of Sabbath School in a Baptist church, attempting to devise a plan to accommodate abolitionists in the congregation. An issue to be covered under this proposition regarding communion is: "When I would not leave the Table were a slaveholder or the Devil to take a seat there." Third proposition will discuss releasing abolitionists from Church Covenant, discontinuing their requirement to attend Church meetings. The fourth proposition will cover the duty of abolitionists and the privileges sacred to abolitionists by the Church. Contains…

GLC06593.14

circa 1841

Bliss, J. F., fl. 1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bliss's opinion on slavery]

Bliss offers his opinion on slavery: "Slavery, being a most extensive tyranny by some over the rights of others interferes against the same exclusive rights in Christ to govern us all; as well as licences the tyrant extensively to enforce sin & immorality & therefore the laws of the Bible positively forbid the sin of Slavery; & require us the subjects under the King to labor according to the rules of the Bible & devoutly to pray for its removal & to have no fellowship with it anywhere." Marked as "A Copy." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on content and…

GLC06593.15

circa 1841

Eager, William, fl. 1841

Document signed

Title: [Signatures of an Otisco, New York committee]

Possibly an anti-slavery committee. Includes the signatures of members from the towns of Otisco, Pompey, Salina, Onondaga, Manlius, and Skaneateles (all in Onondaga County, New York). Bottom right quadrant is missing. Circa date based on GLC06593.09.

GLC06593.16

circa 1841

Letter

Title: to Gerrit Smith [incomplete]

Discusses the upcoming Friends of Liberty Convention, with Smith, a New York abolitionist. Notes that one object of the Convention is to extend circulation of anti-slavery material to the abolitionists of Madison and Onondaga County, New York. Relates that if Smith addresses the convention, his address should be basic, since many people in Madison and Oneida Counties are not yet familiar with the anti-slavery movement. Comments on other details of the convention. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from content.

GLC06593.17

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [List of names, possibly related to an anti-slavery society]

Contains men's and women's names categorized into seven groups. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from GLC06593.10. Possibly related to Onondaga and/or Madison County, New York.

GLC06593.18

circa 1841

Cooke, J. F., fl. 1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Number of church members who hold slaves in the United States]

Brief list citing the number of Methodists, Baptist, Campbellites and other religious denominations who hold slaves in the United States. Asserts that 604,000 total church members hold slaves in the United States. Includes a pencil note and Cooke's signature on page two. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location inferred from GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.19

circa 1840-1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Minutes of an Anti-Slavery Society meeting, related to the formation of the Liberty Party]

Names officers for the society, including J.C. Jackson (possibly the abolitionist James Caleb Jackson). Mentions passing three resolutions. In left margin, notes that another resolution will be discussed in the evening. Written in ink. At the bottom of the page, contains a resolution written in graphite: "Resolved, That the present position & movements of the two great political parties of the day are such as to promise no hope to the Friends of Liberty, & that these circumstances fully justify the organization of a Liberty party." Circa date and location inferred from content.

GLC06593.20

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes pertaining to anti-slavery]

List of items related to anti-slavery. Also contains index citations for an unspecified document or volume. One note asserts, "A. S. Society aims to destroy the Colonization Soc." Other notes refer to the degradation of enslaved people, the Colonization Society having beginnings in the South, and other topics.

GLC06593.21

9 February 1870

Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Addressed from "Ind. Office." Writes of an accidental stoppage of an exchange that the editorial office did not know about or allow. States he ordered it restored.

GLC07483.28

17 March 1837

Keller, Thomas, fl. 1837

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave named Ester]

Signed by Keller stating, "I hereby emancipate & discharge from all obligation of service my slave named Ester aged about thirty nine years." Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. With seal of the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.01

4 May 1839

Lucas, John B.C., fl. 1839

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission of slave Polly]

Emancipation document of Lucas's "negro woman Polly." Lists who she was brought from and who she was raised by. Witnessed by Charles D. Drake and Wilson Primm. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.02

2 January 1843

Paul, Rene, fl. 1843

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave Ophelia]

Document signed by Rene Paul emancipating his slave Ophelia on the condition that she remain as a servant. "...hereby do manumit and let free from slavery, my negro girl O'phelia, aged about three years, on condition...Ophelia...shall remain with me as a servant, until the said Ophelia shall attain the age of eighteen years." If Paul should die within that time, Ophelia will be freed from servitude. States he brought Ophelia's mother Makelia. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, John Ruland. Docketed by clerk on a…

GLC08564.03

18 May 1852

White, John R., fl. 1852

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave Ann Simms]

Emancipation of a 23 year old female slave owned by Colonel John R. White and described as "of an orange color and about five feet seven inches in height." Lists her history and who he bought her from. Signed by three witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, M. S. Cerre. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.04

20 November 1857

McCune, John S., fl. 1857

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave Rose Dixon]

McCune signs the emancipation of his female slave named Rose Dixon upon reaching 24 years of age. Sites the reason for emancipation as her mother Martha's faithful service. States that Rose will be free April 1873 after finishing her term of service to Johnathan Jones, to whom she was hired. Signed by two witnesses. Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, Stephen Rice. With seal of the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.05

4 March 1858

Blaine, John R., fl. 1858

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of manumission for slave Susan Reilly]

Blaine emancipates his slave Susan, "being an able bodied healthy woman now about forty two years of age..." Approved and certified by the St. Louis Circuit Court and signed by the clerk, Stephen Rice. With seal of the court. Docketed by clerk.

GLC08564.06

18 May 1864

Attwood, F.J., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for corn]

Receipt for a "ba." of corn, possibly a bag of corn. Captain T. A. Walker bought the corn for $1.70.

GLC08649.01

17 October 1864

Perry, Johnathan F., fl. 1964

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt of funds from the Freedmen Department]

Partially printed. Perry signs as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 63rd United States Colored Troops. Receives $400 from Captain T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen. Remarks indicate "Being amount of funds received from sale of wood cut by Freedmen."

GLC08649.02

20 October 1864

Laudensleger, E., fl. 1864

Manuscript document

Title: [List of wood cutters employed on President's Island during September 1864]

Displays wood cutters' names and the amount of money they earned. Contains the names of forty-two men. Laudensleger signs as witness beside each name. Top portion consists of a different paper type and is attached to bottom portion.

GLC08649.03

December 1864

Walker, T.A., fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of monies received in the Freedmens Department during December for the Memphis Disctrict]

Walker signs as Captain in the 63rd U.S.C.T. and Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee. Lists from whom, from what source, and the dollar amount of monies received.

GLC08649.04

10 February 1865

Timmons, Isaac, fl. 1865

Printed document signed

Title: List of monies, turned over to Capt. T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, on account of the Freedmen's Department.

Partially printed. Timmons certifies that he has turned $20 over to Captain Walker "for rent of two rooms in Shelby Street School house from 10th Febry to 9th March 1865." Served as one month's rent.

GLC08649.05

31 May 1865

Blood, G. H., fl. 1865-1868

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for the purchase of a shovel and spade]

T. A. Walker, Captain in the 63rd U.S.C.T. and Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, pays $3.50 for the two items. G. H. Blood receipt, containing printed image of a stove surrounded by various pipes.

GLC08649.06

30 November 1865

Berger, Jacob B., 1830-?

Printed document signed

Title: [Invoice of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage turned over by Jacob Berger 2d Lieutenant, Company K, 63rd United States Colored Troops, and Assistant Quartermaster at De Valls Bluff]

Berger turns clothing, camp, and garrison equipage over to T. A. Walker, Captain of Company "B," 63rd U.S.C.T. Lists the number, type of article, and condition of items such as knapsacks, kettles, canteens, and hatchets.

GLC08649.07

18 June 1780

Harrison, Richard, 1750-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Jarvis

Mentions a difficult trip to Cadiz, Spain and discusses possible business ventures with produce, fabric, and other goods. Address leaf also contains several calculations.

GLC02437.00811

23 May 1898

Walker, John G., 1835-1907

Document signed

Title: [Subpoena for John G. Walker to appear before the General Court in the case of A. G. Menocal]

Partially printed document signed by C.H. Lauetler as Judge Advocate. Co-signed by Secretary of the Navy, John D. Long, marking that the document was approved by the Navy Department on 27 May 1898. Summons Walker before a General Court at the Navy Yard in New York on 23 May 1898 to testify in the case of A. G. Menocal, a civil engineer in the U.S. Navy. Docket on verso says Walker reported and was discharged and is signed by Rear Admiral Andrew Benham. Stamp below Benham's signature provides information on the mileage payment given to Walker. He received $36.48 on 28 May 1898 for his trip…

GLC03804.26