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1863
Paxson, Chas., fl. 1863-1864
"Rebecca: A Slave Girl from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso. Vignette bust portrait of a young girl. White mount
GLC06391.39
[n.d.]
Whipple, Amiel W., 1816-1863
Shaw, [?].
With Whipple imprint on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Col. Shaw, 54th Masstts Regt." Half length seated portrait in uniform. White mount.
GLC06391.42
10 January 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Has just received her letter and assures her "my heart is yours although my Country demands my poor pittance to endevor to rescue her from barbarity." Feels this barbarity, exemplified by Indians slaughtering innocents, enslaved people killing their...
GLC02437.00517
1900/10/16
Baird, G. W., fl. 1900
to Edward R. Archer Esq.
Thanks Archer for the history he sent of the 42 pounder "Columbiad" cannon which sits in front of the State, War, & Navy Department Building as an ornament, asks if Archer is related to "Edward K. Archer" who resigned from the navy in 1860, compares...
GLC01896.139
24 April 1861
Olmstead, Lemuel Gregory, 1808-1880
Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States
Eight articles express severe pro-Union sentiments. First article calls for unconditional surrender. Second article calls for one hundred "arch traitors" to be delievered up and hung. Third article calls for record of names of traitors so they can be...
GLC08057
25 February 1801
A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"
Print broadsheet of a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives which would make it illegal to "conceal, harbour, and employ, or aid or abet in concealing or harbouring any fugitive from labour, escaping from one state into another, or to, or...
GLC08058.01
Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general...
GLC08058.02
1811-1848
McCarthy, Charles, ?-1824
[Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone]
Documents issued in Sierra Leone, many dealing with slavery. Bound by Colonial Office Library (possibly the Colonial Office Library of London). Contains a brief and incomplete handwritten table of contents. An exhaustive compilation of documents...
GLC08059.01
16 June 1792
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
To: Marquis de Lafayette.
Re: "Exterminating the Monster Aristocracy" of New England Federalists, Constitution, The Voice of the People, French Colonies, and to Compound (House in Secure Facilities) Slaves in St. Dominique (Haiti).
GLC08063
23 March 1812
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
To: Dr. Charles Everett.
Re: Taking legal action against a nephew of Thomas Jefferson for mistreat ment of a slave-God "made the black people, and they ought not be treated with barbarity."
GLC08067
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