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22 February 1859
Goodbelt, David (fl. 1858)
[Summons]
Summons for William Doughtery, Andrew Burden, John Parker jr., King Nichols, William Brown, and Richard Gibson to give evidence for the defendent
GLC08381.09
18 March 1859
Summons for John Brown to give evidence for the defendent
GLC08381.10
22 March 1859
Summons for John Brown to give evidence for the plaintiff
GLC08381.11
22 August 1859
Summons for Andrew Burden to give evidence for the plaintiff
GLC08381.12
01 September 1859
Summons for John Parker to give evidence for the plaintiff
GLC08381.13
17 April 1858
Dinsmore, D.L. (fl. 1858)
Dinsmore is summoning G.W.Almore to give testimony.
GLC08381.14
Circa 1858-1859
Unknown
[Note]
This is a note discussing that the jury should make a verdict based onn testimony heard. the back of the paper has a second note that say that the defendent has a right of defense.
GLC08381.15
Looks like a part of a list, Has number one in the top left corner and states that the captor of a runaway slave, who is not his master, or having legal control over him has no right in order to effect that capture to jepordise the life or limb of...
GLC08381.16
A note explaining the use of reasonable doubt
GLC08381.17
This looks like it was part of a greater list with a number 2 on the upper lef hand corner. The text discusses the event where the defendent was captured saying that if he felt he was in danger that the prisioner had the right to self defense.
GLC08381.18
this laysout the two decisions the jury can make, either for the defendent or for the plaintiff
GLC08381.19
A note about the purchase of a blade
GLC08381.20
A note about a weaapon which states " that the weapon must be so used as to produce the effect legally attributited to it's use, else the jury can not infer that it was used with the intent legally attributed to its use"
GLC08381.21
[Bill of Cost]
Details the cost of the trial. total of $ 113.10 according to the docket
GLC08381.22
9 November 1860
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)]
Front page article announces that South Carolina will call a secession convention. Also contains news on the results of the election of 1860 listed by state. On page two there is a reprinted letter sent to Frederick Douglass by a white man stating...
GLC08429.09
10 September 1831
Ives, William B., fl. 1800-1831
Salem observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)]
Includes a brief description of the aftermath of Nat Turner's Rebellion: "...the insurgents are all taken and killed, except Nat Turner, the leader, after whom there is a warm pursuit... the troops will be discharged shortly... the number of...
GLC08430.01
1836/12/31
Kimball, Joseph Horace, 1813-1838
Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]
Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.
GLC08430.02
1850
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.
Original yellow paper cover, uncut.
GLC08435
1845-1892
Civil war broadsides, posters and prints [Decimalized .01-.12]
GLC08442
June 1845
Address to the People of the United States, by the General Anti-Slavery Convention, of nearly 4,000 People, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1845
Abolitionist circular derived from an anti-slavery convention. Discusses the history of slavery, its relationship to the constitution, the Liberty Party, and the threatening influence of the "Slave Power."
GLC08442.05
[Maine newspaper with full page announcement the pro-emancipation "State Liberty Convention" on 3-4 July 1845]
The masthead of the paper is torn off. Contains articles on slavery, religion, African colonization, and short blurbs on Mormons and possible declaration of war by Mexico. The Liberty Convention (for emancipation) announcement appears on p. 4, and...
GLC08442.08
circa 1856
Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879)
Stump Speaking
Civil War print of a man addressing a crowd. A note at the bottom indicates it was "Engraved by Goupil & Company after a painting by George Caleb Bingham." Another notes that it was "Reproduced at the Lakeside Press by Donnelly Sheet Fed Gravure."
GLC08442.11
circa 4 June 1860
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
[Address leaf cut from wrapper of Sumner's pamphlet "The Barbarism of Slavery."]
Sumner sends his pamphlet (GLC08454.01) to Reverend George Allen of Worcester, Massachusetts. The signature of Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts, serves as a free frank. Housed with GLC08454.01.
GLC08454.02
1 July 1842
McKerny, John, fl. 1842
[Permission for slaves to work for their own profit]
Legal document permitting his two slaves, Samuel and Andrew, to work for themselves or any other person on Saturdays.
GLC08465
25 January 1837
Taylor, E. W., fl. 1837
to Jeremiah Wilbur
Taylor, a Northerner who had moved to South Carolina and became a slave owner, explains his views on slavery and his willingness to fight for it. "If these matters are going to be carried so far as to the separation of the Union and blood must be...
GLC08476
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