15 March 1880

Rawle, John Brookes, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.03

February 25, 1880

Rawle, John Brookes, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.04

23 November 1861

Edmunds, Geo F., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Sir"

GLC09190.05

24 June 1861

Giles, H., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Alger"

GLC09190.06

25 April 1862

Littell, E., 1797-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Sir"

GLC09190.07

4 January 1863

Parry, E., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.08

2 April 1839

Parker, Richard, fl. 1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Father"

GLC09190.09

23 June 1862

Jackson, Henry, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He asks him to thank John Davis and writes "I am not exactly an abolitionist..." Mr. Watson has begun a letter to Richard.

GLC07705.218

February 5, 1863

Barwood, James, fl. 1863-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bill

writes at great length about slavery and abolition. thinks the institution of slavery is repugnant, but at the same time, thinks it helped to introduce blacks to civilization and that they are better off now than they were before.

GLC09358.1

26 July 1863

Stone, David L., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William J. Whittford

He writes on the Christian faith and God's will which has carried them to this point in the war. He refers to the Garrison abolitionists and their motto: "The United States Constitution is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell."

GLC07205.103

3 June 1863

Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

He refers to slavery as one of the most degrading institutions ever and says the Rebels should soon see the error of their evil ways. They have broken up camp. Everyone is being sent elsewhere and they expect to join the others soon.

GLC02415.030

12 September 1864

Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

He says he is not an abolitionist, nor did he enlist under an abolitionist administration Then talks of whether the constitution should be reinstated or reconstruction should take place altogether. Written at camp on Lookout Mountain

GLC02415.105

circa 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Tupper. States, "in answer to the Lines found in a stocking." Expresses gratitude for the assistance of the Union women and asserts that the men will do their best to "save our land from slavery & And the oppressed clanking chain." Says the men will pray for the women back home. The location and date of the letter are not listed.

GLC06559.091

4 December 1850

Weeden, Henry, fl. 1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Watson Freeman

Weeden, a tailor with a shop at 10 Franklin Avenue in Boston, declines to repair Watson's coat by saying "With me Principle first - Money afterwards. Though a poor man I crave the patronage of no Being that would volunteer his services to arrest a Fugitive Slave...."

GLC09028.01

3 December 1852

Smith, Albert, fl. 1852

Manuscript letter

Title: to Franklin Pierce

Smith writes to Pierce, the newly elected President of the United States, seeking Watson Freeman's appointment as U.S. Marshal. He lists Freeman's qualifications stating, "Mr. F has been, since he was first permitted to vote - for thirty-five years an active-hard working and unwavering democrat - never in a solitary instance having swerved from his fidelity ... and hence the opposition to him of abolitionists - free soilers, & coalitionists." Also describes Freeman's conduct in a recent case where slave owners were arrested for trying to reclaim their slaves. Mentions that Freeman posted…

GLC09028.02

March 1857

Freeman, Watson, fl. 1827-1857

Manuscript letter

Title: to James Buchanan

Copy of Watson's letter to Buchanan asking to be reappointed as U.S. Marshal. References his service as marshal for the last four years. Describes the case of fugitive slave Anthony Burns. "...the people of Boston, who witnessed the battering down the door of the Court House, & the murder of one of my deputies, standing by my side, by a mob of two thousand abolitionists in their attempt to rescue from my custody the Slave Burns." States he did not leave his post for eight days and that he has received anonymous death threats. Mentions that his father, a merchant in Boston, invested all…

GLC09028.04

14 March 1857

Suttle, Charles F., fl. 1857

Manuscript letter

Title: to James Buchanan

Written to President Buchanan to show Southern support for U.S. Marshal Watson Freeman and Massachusetts District Attorney Benjamin F. Hallett. Signed by Suttle, former owner of Anthony Burns, Henry C. Ward, President of the Democratic Association of Alexandria, R. M. Smith, Editor of the Alexandria Sentinel, William D. Massey, Mayor of Alexandria, George P. Wise, Ex Mayor, and D. Funsten. The Southern supporters first apologize for interfering and then ask that the Freeman and Hallett are kept in office. They reference the two men's professional conduct during the Anthony Burns case. "...…

GLC09028.05

16 March 1857

Smith, W.T., fl. 1857

Manuscript letter

Title: to James Buchanan

Smith writes to President Buchanan as a friend of Charles F. Suttle (owner of fugitive slave Anthony Burns), to support U.S. Marshal Watson Freeman and District Attorney for Massachusetts Benjamin F. Hallett for reappointment. States that Suttle desires an interview with the president. Marked as a copy.

GLC09028.06

25 May 1857

Freeman, Watson, fl. 1827-1857

Manuscript letter

Title: to Aaron V. Brown

Letter to the Postmaster General recommending Colonel Isaac H. Wright to the office of postmaster of Boston. Mentions that Wright upheld the Fugitive Slave law and was one of the first to offer assistance during the arrest of fugitive slave Anthony Burns in 1854. Writes "On the day of the rendition, the 2d of June, Col. Wright's cavalry corps constituted the head of the Brigade column, and by his judicious conduct and unremitted energy he did much to preserve the peace, and prevent the fanatical mob from breaking forth into acts of violence against the posse under my direction." Marked as a…

GLC09028.07

17 May 1863

Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his parents

Writes that he has little duty to do except for picket duty. Comments on Hooker and states " I think I can see Hooker dying the same death as did Burnside and Little Mac." Discusses the Missouri compromise and abolition. Accuses his father of being a "radical abolitionist". Writes that he received a paper from his sister Sarah Ann a few days ago.

GLC06728.047

19 October 1862

Swisher, Daniel, fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister [Lydia A. Bishoff]

Swisher traveled towards Winchester to follow the Rebel army. They wiped them out of Charlestown and came back to camp again. He is tired by hard marching in the rain. Swisher tells Bishoff he would come home if he could, but he can't. He then explains that he is waiting to see whether "Mr Abram" is going to put his proclamation into effect, for if he does, Swisher is "not agoing to stay." But "as long as I am Fighting for the right Cause I would Rather Die at the point of the Enemys Bayonets than to Have the name of A Deserter," he says. He and Dick are tent mates and have agreed that…

GLC03523.40.17

5 September 1861

Norton, Levi W., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife

Writes from Camp Caldwell. In the morning, he received a blue overcoat that has a state of NY button. They received the usual orders again today, so he concludes that the orders they received last night only need to be ready if any important attack is made on forces on the other side. He tells his wife that if she knew how many troops the Union had, her fears would diminish. The Federal force stretches from Alexandria Well to Harpers Ferry. Troops have been improving daily and the average for ten days has been 2220 and about 10 rifled cannons. He writes that if the Union succeeds in the…

GLC09006.02

February 26, 1891

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F.B. Sanborn

Acknowledging that his father, John Brown, sometimes offered remarks from the audience at religious assemblies, but refuting accounts that his father ever preached. Also discusses his brothers Jason's attempt to sell Sanborn's biography of their father.

GLC08250

February 17, 1881

Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wendell P. Garrison

Answers questions about William Lloyd Garrison. Comments on his 1833 trip to England, at which time "he was indicted for a libel, by several of the persecutors, of Miss." Explains how he, Lewis Tappan, and others helped Garrison escape apprehension and make the trip. Also comments on Nathaniel Jocelyn's 1833 portrait of Garrison, which was thought "by all his friends, as a most excellent likeness" and subsequently used to make engravings. Mentions the publication of the Liberator. Notes that he recollects Tappan making a statement at an 1833 convention, probably the Anti-Slavery…

GLC08944

February 16, 1857

Rock, John Sweat, 1825-1866

Broadside

Title: [Advertisement for antislavery lecture]

Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.

GLC06143.15