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1902/05/22
Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906
The History of Woman Suffrage... in Four Volumes, Vol. IV. 1883-1900
Inscribed to Emily M. Gross. Edited by Anthony and Ida Husted Harper. Published by Susan B. Anthony.
GLC05175
17 November 1868
to Campbell
Regarding a petition to Congress for women's suffrage. Written on "The Revolution" printed stationery, listing their platform. Written at the time when New York state was revising its Constitution (the revisions were rejected).
GLC05178
1850s
Tieman, Daniel T., fl. 1850
Three portaits of a NYC reformer mayor: daguerreotype, ambrotype & later carte
The three items are: 1. Daguerreotype. Half view, seated, with left hand holding jacket label and right holding a book. Cased: 15.2 x 12.0 (2.0) cm. 2. Ambrotype half view, seated with hands in lap, no case, 8.2 x 7.1 (.6) cm. Varnished back. 3...
GLC05188
10 February 1846
Blanchard, Jonathan, 1811-1892
to Homer H. Stuart
Blanchard discusses living the Christian life. He focuses on how worldly suffering brings you closer to salvation, because it is partaking in Christ's suffering. Last page of a longer letter.
GLC05508.040
circa 1843
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
[Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's 'Past and Present'].
From chapter 8 "Unworking Aristocracy," on p. 172-74 of Carlyle's 1843 book, "Past and Present." A note on the top identifies the content: "A scrap of T. Carlyle's manuscript of 'Past and Present.' RW. Emerson," although, it is probably not in...
GLC05508.060
5 February 1861
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
to Frank W. Ballard
Clay, an abolitionist, informs his friend Ballard that he was misrepresented by the New York Tribune. Discusses the possibility of New Mexico entering the Union as a free or slave state, and the Compromise of 1850. Defends himself from Horace...
GLC05692
1795
Franklin, Walter, 1773-1838
Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States...
(title continues)... assembled at Philadelphia, on the seventh day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and continued, by adjournments, until the fourteenth day of the same month, inclusive. Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Jr....
GLC05650
1840-1841
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Bound collection of 45 Congressional speeches of various people
Bound volume of printed speeches from Congress signed on the front pastedown by James K. Polk. Most pamphlets have been printed at Washington by Blair and Rives. This bound volume of printed speeches from Congress is signed on the front pastedown...
GLC05598
1861 ca.
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868
Carte de visite bust portrait
GLC05596.18
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait
(Somewhat better version in GLC 2095.) Signed on front: "Charles Sumner"
GLC05597.23
circa 1861-1865
In civilian suit, vignette bust portrait
Graphite inscription on recto "Owen Lovejoy." Imprint on recto "Williamson, Brooklyn." Graphite inscription on verso "Owen Lovejoy."
GLC05111.02.1439
1846
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
The narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. Written by himself.
Third English edition. Contains a frontispiece print of Douglass. Printed by Joseph Barker. Includes a preface to the second Dublin edition, preface to the first American edition, and a letter from Wendell Phillips (22 April 1845). Narrative is...
GLC05117
1850
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
The fugitive slave bill: its history and unconstitutionality
Gives various arguments why the Fugitive Slave bill should be declared unconstitutional. Also tells the story of James Hamlet, a mulatto arrested under the law despite protests that he was not a slave. Eventually Hamlet was returned to freedom....
GLC05118
1839
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
American slavery as it is: testimony of a thousand witnesses.
Possibly a first edition. Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Weld asserts, "A majority of the facts and testimony contained in this work rests upon the authority of slaveholders, whose names and residences are given to the public, as...
GLC05119
24 January 1963
Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925-1968
[Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights]
A signed carbon copy. Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, describes 1962 as "a year of great progress in civil rights, in large measure because of the responsibility and respect for law displayed by the great majority of the citizens of the South."...
GLC05630
3 July 1852
to Robert Adams
Thanks Adams, possibly an underground railroad conductor, for the invitation to Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts, but cannot make it. Sends his sentiments instead which he calls trite but necessary. "Defenders of the...
GLC07356.01
circa 1850
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Informs Adams, possibly an underground railroad train conductor in Fall River, Massachusetts, that British abolitionist George Thompson will be coming next Friday, the 13th. Tells Adams to meet him and states, "..He is a stranger and will need a...
GLC07356.02
1880 ca.?
Half length seated carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass, with cane
GLC07752.02
1880 ca.
Powelson, fl. 1880
[Carte de visite of Anna Douglass]
Three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait of Anna Douglass. Douglass appears to be holding a parasol.
GLC07752.03
1880s ca.
The United States citizen's vote that Mr. Justice Hunt declared $100 damage...
"You have reason to exult, that you are a 'freeborn American' and I wish you may never be ashamed to boast of it. In all cases remember, that birth, without wisdom, is reproach and disgrace."
GLC07753.01
Masceau
[Susan B. Anthony]
Three quarter length standing portrait in black dress, holding flower. Imprint of Masceau on verso.
GLC07753.02
1860/02/17
Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]
GLC07763
1870s ca.
Vignette bust portrait of Douglass (Currier and Ives print)
GLC07765
circa May-June 1856
Burns, Anthony, fl. 1854
["The man is not bought!"]
Printed broadside protesting slavery. The text reads, in part: "The Man is Not Bought!....The kidnapper agreed, both publicly and in writing, to sell him for $1200. The sum was raised by eminent Boston citizens and offered him. He then claimed...
GLC07887
May 1905
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs."
Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs." Opposing women's suffrage." Let it be here distinctly understood that no sensible man has fears of injury to the country on account of such participation. It is its dangerous...
GLC08000
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