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1861-1865
Clouds On Our National Horizon
Essay discussing measures for peace and prosperity in the Union. Contains corrections and edits. Calls for reforms of immigration policy, Mormonism and liquor use.
GLC03523.10.230
December 1855
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to unknown
Will forward an autograph. Date from docket.
GLC05603.01.29
29 December 1858
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868
to Colonel Shank
Corrects a date for an event.
GLC05603.01.32
16 March 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia talks about the history of labor unions
GLC09414.0204
On the Use of Tobacco
Essay discusses the vileness of tobacco use and urges users to stop. Comments on the high monetary cost and ill health effects resulting from tobacco use.
GLC03523.10.239
Essay discusses the vileness of tobacco use and urges users to stop. Comments on the high monetary cost and ill health effects resulting from tobacco use. Invokes man's responsibility to God to "...obtain the mastery over your appetites."
GLC03523.10.240
1865-1905
Powell, George May, 1835-1905
Profit Sharing
Profit sharing will help solve the labor question. He uses examples of Irish workers, the Paris and Orleans railroad, the LeClaire experiment, and others. Successful profit sharing must be based on fraternal love. He refers to Sabbath observance and...
GLC00687.198
Circa 1905
An Active Reform Worker
Obituary of George May Powell
GLC00687.274.04
Circa 1875
Blomgren Brothers
[George May Powell]
George May Powell, middle aged
GLC00687.275
Circa 1893
G. M. Powell
George May Powell, older
GLC00687.276
1855
Cook, I. N., fl. 1865
[Carte de visite portrait, George May Powell, young man]
Carte de visite portrait, George May Powell, young man
GLC00687.278
Circa 1895
Taylor, W. M. Curtis, fl. 1895
[Portrait of an older George May Powell]
George May Powell, older man
GLC00687.279
29 November 1866
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
to Reverend Putnam
"All that you said of Massachusetts...was true to the letter...she has always been the foremost state of the Union. How intensely has South Carolina - - slavery cursed, degraded, barbarous South Carolina - - hated her from the beginning!"
GLC09167
20 December 1863
Smith, Martin, fl. 1863
To Mother
A Southerner writing about "Divine Institution of Negro Slavery" and "old Abe and his abolition crew."
GLC09189
circa 1860s
[Slavery related collection] [Decimalized .01- .10]
Collection of 7 abolitionist and slavery related autograph letter signed and one John Brown carte-de-visite. Autograph letter signed dated 25 June 1861 from H. Giles, "If this war continues, we can not now even imagine our worst days - nor, do I...
GLC09190
1971
Black Panther Party
Black Panther newspaper collection [decimalized]
This collection consist of seven issues of The Black Panther newspaper for 1971. It also contains four other items; One pamphlet entitled Social Action by Huber F. Klemme, One Time Magazine Special Issue for April 6, 1970, One pamphlet entitled All...
GLC09416
1971/02/20
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 4 (February 20, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated February 20, 1971.
GLC09416.01
1971/02/27
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 5 (February 27, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated February 27, 1971.
GLC09416.02
1971/03/06
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 6 (March 6, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated March 6, 1971.
GLC09416.03
1971/03/13
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 7 (March 13, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated March 13, 1971.
GLC09416.04
1971/03/20
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 8 (March 20, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated March 20, 1971.
GLC09416.05
1971/03/27
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 9 (March 27, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated March 27, 1971.
GLC09416.06
1971/05/29
The Black Panther. [Vol. 6, no. 18 (May 29, 1971)]
One issue of The Black Panther newspaper dated May 29, 1971.
GLC09416.07
1970
Klemme, Huber F., fl. 1970
Social Action
One pamphlet entitled Social Action by Huber F. Klemme dated 1970.
GLC09416.08
06 April 1970
Donovan, Hedley, fl. 1970
Time Magazine Special Issue. [Vol. 95, no. 14 (April 6, 1970)]
One issue of Time Magazine dated April 6, 1970.
GLC09416.09
Cannon, Terry, fl. 1970
All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party
One pamplet by Terry Cannon entitled All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party dated 1970.
GLC09416.10
Interpol: Its Function in the World in the International Criminal
One pamphlet by The Black Panther Party entitled Interpol: Its Function in the World in the International Criminal dated 1970.
GLC09416.11
30 November 1859
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Maria Webb
GLC08360.04
October 1, 1877
Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club
Statement of the Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club
re: This is a statement of the Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club, which has organized meetings and gatherings in adjoining counties and states. They are concerned with the Sabbath Question, and they are soliciting funds to support the movement to...
GLC00687.103
December 9, 1891
Haskell, C.J., fl. 1891
to George May Powell
He invites him to participate in the Prohibition Park Management's 1892 Summer Meeting program. He asks that he state the lowest price expected for payment of such services. Written on National Prohibition Camp-Ground Association letterhead. Written...
GLC00687.109
3 January 1791
Gregorie, Catharine S.M., 1765-1821
to Mama
One letter addressed to Catherine Macaulay Graham from Catherine S. Gregoire dated January 3, 1791. She thanks her for the book, which her husband is now reading for the second time. She feels she has lost the spirit of patriotism due to past events...
GLC01795.037
1867
George May Powell and co., publisher of the Great National Picture
GLC00687.075
November 18, 1864
to Emma C. Small
re: He writes of the power of submitting to the will of God. He describes his month-long furlough spent writing and publishing a speech for the campaign about taxation, "Facts and Figures for the Hour." He refers to the "Iron Brigade," Wisconsin...
GLC00687.011
June 3, 1893
Christian Arbitration and Peace Society, fl. 1893
They protest the discrimination against Chinese people from and on American shores, citing statistics of imports and exports with Hong Kong. There are two copies.
GLC00687.145
June 18, 1899
Gilbert, Mary L., fl. 1899
to Mrs. George May Powell
She has invited her to participate in a conference of the "Newfield Y's." She hopes that Mrs. Powell's paper, originally intended to discuss the Peace question, will not interfere with another paper on peace.
GLC00687.147
1861-1877
card introducing George May Powell as "a friend of every good cause."
GLC00687.153
March 10, 1892
Stevenson, T. P., fl. 1892
He returns the copy of something loaned to him months ago, and reports that the work is progressing. The back of the letter has notes for a religious speech handwritten. The speech condemns hypocrisy with political overtones. Written on National...
GLC00687.111
February 21, 1903
Goodwin, Elizabeth H., fl. 1903
She encourages him to read information on Mrs. Striver, the national president of the WCTU, and a great example of sacrifice. She reports on their local work. Written on New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union Y Branch letterhead.
GLC00687.112
1848
The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848
A compendium of the laws for slaves in Washington DC, The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848, printed in New York by the Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC09401
1794
Minutes Of The Proceedings Of A Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States...
Minutes Of The Proceedings Of A Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States, Assembled at Philadelphia, On The First Day Of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Ninety-Four…...
GLC09381.01
1795
Proceedings Of The Second Convention...
GLC09381.02
1796
Proceedings Of The Third Convention...
GLC09381.03
1797
Proceedings Of The Fourth Convention...
GLC09381.04
1840-1842
A Record of the Proceedings of the Executive Committee of the Hamilton County Anti-Slavery Society
Westfield, IN. Primarily concerned with the founding of the Society's library, with a budget of fifteen dollars for books, entries record a "code of rules for the regulation of the Library," day-to-day logistics, including places and times for...
GLC09382.01
circa 1840-1842
[Constitution for the "Westfield Free Produce association of friends"]
The constitution for the "Westfield Free Produce association of friends," to boycott slave- produced goods for three years. Begins: "We believe that slaveholding is diametrically opposite to the whole spirit and tenor of the christian religion; and...
GLC09382.02
1845
Walker, Jonathan, fl. 1845
Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape From Bondage.
First ed., Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office. 4 illustrations. [Inspired John Greenleaf Whittier to write The Man With the Branded Hand, included in subsequent editions.]
GLC09387
26 August 1848
Nickless, Samuel, fl. 1848
[Invitation to speak]
Samuel Nickless, treasurer of William Still's Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, part of the Underground Railroad, asks an unnamed lecturer to come and speak: "The members of the 2nd African Presbyterian Church take the liberty of asking you to give...
GLC09396
1789
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
The American Museum, volume 6
The American Museum Volume VI, Philadelphia, containing twenty articles on African Americans including Samuel Stanhope Smith's "Essay of the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species," Ben Franklin's "Address to the Public...
GLC09397
1852
Thompson, George, fl. 1852
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission.
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission. Abolitionist's diary of his African trip. Includes several eye witness accounts of the...
GLC09408
1857-1864 ca.
[Carte de visite of Owen Lovejoy]
Signed carte-de-visite of Radical Republican congressman Owen Lovejoy from Illinois. Lovejoy's Princeton, Ill. homestead was an important Underground Railroad station.
GLC09410
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