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25 September 1861
McKinney, Erastus R. (fl. 1851-1904)
to his father and wife
re: news of his new station outside Norfolk; request for some rosin and his violin book; African American cook; and march to Bird's Point
GLC02179.01.011
no date
Harmon, A.W.
The soldier's return
Printed copy of the lyrics to "The Soldier's Return" or "Air, Just before the Battle, Mother".
GLC02016.179.01
8 January 1847
Ward, Thomas W.
[Receipt to Brown & Tarbor]
Receipt for payment to Brown & Tarbor for passage for African American woman and child. 1/8/1847. 1 p. + docket.
GLC02145.80.14
3 August 1858
Unknown
to "Dear John"
Signed "Charles"
GLC02181.02
12 March 1859
Howard, George W.
to "Cousin John"
Signed "George W. Howard"
GLC02181.03
25 December 1859
Taylor, G. H.
to "Friend Hale"
Signed "G.H. Taylor"
GLC02181.04
11 January 1860
Signed [illegible]
GLC02181.05
4 March 1860
Taylor, G Henry
Signed "G Henry Taylor"
GLC02181.06
[Poem in the Style of Greco-Roman Epics]
Poem that opens with an invocation to Muse
GLC02181.72
circa December 1836
Lyons, James (fl. 1836)
[Request for enslaved people]
One document possibly written by James Lyons. As executor of the will of William Moseley, requests the people whom he currently has enslaved should be transported back to William Moseley's daughter by Christmas.
GLC01447.05
23 January 1838
Winslow, Philip B. (fl. 1838)
In Hanover County Court, January 23rd 1838
One orders dated January 23, 1838 from the Hanover County Court to the sherriff. The order lists the names of freedmen who were not able to pay their taxes: [Cussis] Austin, Milton Rook, John Redd, Peter Page, Frank Harris, Moses Harrison, Jordan...
GLC01447.06
20 July 1859
Hattie (fl. 1859)
to Elias W. Beach
Religious verse sent to her brother, Elias.
GLC00919.25.27
27 April 1853
Darbee, L. & Son (1853)
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)]
Includes the conclusion of a preview of a work soon to be published called "The Narrative of Solomon Northrop, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery in Washington City, in 1844, and Rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation, near the...
GLC06069.02
1849/01/25
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]
US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.
GLC08430.03
1860
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state.
Disbound. Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Senator Sumner declares, "When last I entered into this debate, it became my duty to expose the Crime against Kansas, and to insist upon the immediate admission of that Territory as a State of this Union...
GLC08445.01
1856-1857
State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery [Decimalized .01-.08]
34th Congress House of Representatives Miscellaneous Documents. Contains resolutions passed by the state legislatures of Kentucky, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Iowa, and Michigan. Apparently disbound from a larger volume....
GLC08452
7 April 1856
Morehead, C. S. (Charles Slaughter) (1802-1868)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, &c.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 90 (34th Congress, 1st session). Morehead, Governor of Kentucky, attests these resolutions were adopted by the general assembly of Kentucky in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress April 1856. Kentucky...
GLC08452.01
6 May 1856
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in reference to the affairs of Kansas.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 100 (34th Congress, 1st session). Chase, Governor of Ohio, asserts these resolutions were passed by the legislature of Ohio in April 1856. Reprinted by Congress May 1856. Ohio resolves "That the cause of the...
GLC08452.02
13 May 1856
Willard, Charles W. (1827-1880)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 103 (34th Congress, 1st session). Willard, Secretary of State for Vermont, certifies these as a true copy of resolutions passed by Vermont in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress in May 1856. "Resolved, that...
GLC08452.03
14 June 1856
Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph) (1819-1892)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 120 (34th Congress, 1st session). Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts, approved these resolutions 3 June 1856. Reprinted by Congress 14 June 1856. "...the inhabitants of Kansas are justifiable in declining to...
GLC08452.04
Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, concerning the recent occurrences in Congress and in Kansas.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 119. (34th Congress, 1st session). Bartlett, Secretary of State for Rhode Island, certifies these to be a true copy of resolutions passed in by the Rhode Island Legislature in May. Reprinted by Congress June...
GLC08452.05
20 June 1856
Wells, Samuel (1801-1868)
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in relation to the extension of slavery, Kansas, and secret political associations.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 122 (34th Congress, 1st session). Wells, Governor of Maine, approved the resolutions in April 1856. Reprinted by Congress in June 1856. "...the people of Kansas Territory... are entitled to protection against...
GLC08452.06
6 February 1857
Grimes, James W. (James Wilson) (1816-1872)
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 38 (34th Congress, 3rd session). Grimes, Governor of Iowa, approved these resolutions in January 1857. Reprinted by Congress in February. Iowa states its opposition to "the further extension of slavery within...
GLC08452.07
18 February 1857
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott) (1808-1861)
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to Kansas affair.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 49 (34th Congress, 3rd session). Bingham, Governor of Michigan, approved these measures 10 February 1857. Reprinted by Congress 18 February. "Resolved... that our senators in Congress be instructed, and our...
GLC08452.08
4 June 1860
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the United State Senate, June 4, 1860.
Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Sumner calls the Missouri Compromise "the fatal partition between Freedom and Slavery." Uncut. Accompanied by address leaf cut from this pamphlet's original transmission wrapper (GLC08454.02). Edges are brittle and...
GLC08454.01
13-14 February 1850
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the subject of slavery in the territories.
Senator Davis, future President of the Confederacy, speech made while a member of Congress. Responds to resolutions introduced by Senator Henry Clay pertaining to the Compromise of 1850. Davis asks, "...is there such incompatibility of interest...
GLC08461
12 September 1850
Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877)
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)]
With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Brooks on the Wilmot Proviso," articles on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. and the Texas Boundary Bill, and miscellaneous other...
GLC08875.31
22 May 1821
Hale, Aurelia (ca. b. 1798)
to Horatio Hale
Letter to her brother Horatio upon reaching Savannah. She speaks extensively of their trip from New York, which lasted fifteen days due to their encountering bad weather. She mentions several social engagements she has had since reaching Savannah...
GLC08934.002
31 May 1821
Letter to her brother written to tell him about her first few days in Washington, GA. She reports that the news of her arrival spread quickly and that she has already had several social engagements, and that the boarding house in which she is staying...
GLC08934.003
11 June 1821
to Sarah Hale
Letter to her sister, which is apparently the first since she left home. She describes quickly becoming accustomed to the lifestyle in Georgia and says that she prefers it, including the number of blacks in the area: she mentions that they "find it...
GLC08934.004
19 October 1821
There is an enclosed letter from Mary Ellsworth, who is also originally from the north. She has never met Sarah but urges her to visit soon. In Aurelia's letter to Sarah, she chastises her sister for taking so long to write, but expresses happiness...
GLC08934.005
4 December 1821
Letter to her sister in which she first speaks extensively about her social arrangements. She then goes on to speak against her sister's prospective marriage, instead favoring the idea that her sister come to Georgia and potentially meet a husband...
GLC08934.006
3 August 1822
to Sarah W. Hale
She spends much of the legible part of the letter waxing poetic to her sister regarding her strong, positive feelings about her family, particularly her brother Horatio, and an overall positive outlook. Part of this letter is crosswritten.
GLC08934.007
29 December 1822
to Sarah Woodbridge
Letter to her mother in which she speaks at length about the school she teaches, including about a recent school vacation during which she spent two weeks at the beach and an upcoming examination. She also speaks about her many social engagements and...
GLC08934.008
4 June 1823
She references a letter she received from Sarah on May 11, and later goes on to speak about the examination at the school she teaches at. She also talks about the death of her friend Harriett, and says that she does not regret her friend's death...
GLC08934.009
19 April 1823
She spends some times talking family matters, including news about their sister Abigail and brother James, as well as a discussion about names. She also mentions wanting to send her mother, Sarah, and their sister A. (Abigail?) trinkets. The third...
GLC08934.010
20 August 1823
This letter talks about a Reverend Mr. Webster, who will be visiting Hartford for a short period of time and who she hopes will deliver this letter in person and make Sarah's acquaintanceship.
GLC08934.011
18 September 1823
She talks extensively about her trip from Washington to White Hall to visit her friend Mary, including the a carriage breakdown and fording creeks with horses. She reports having a "delightful" time visiting Mary. She also mentions a gift for her...
GLC08934.012
23 December 1823
to Sarah Worthington
Letter to her mother in which she discusses her job at the school and mentions that their rector has decided to leave to become the superintendent of an academy in Canadogua, NY, which the community seems to be saddened by. She also says that she has...
GLC08934.013
25 July 1824
In this, she apologizes for not answering her sister's letters in months, but says that she had "indispensable engagements" which kept her too occupied to find the time. It is unclear exactly what Sarah wrote in her letters, but Aurelia references...
GLC08934.014
26 April 1826
This letter appears to have been written in response to a letter from Sarah notifying her of their mother's death. Aurelia says that she is glad that their mother's "days of sorrow and trouble are ended," and expresses some of her fond memories of...
GLC08934.015
19 August 1825
She discusses her work in education at the academy, which she describes as "arduous" but also notes that she is "richly compensated" for her services. She also mentions that the number of applicants that her school receives is far greater than the...
GLC08934.017
10 April 1826
She apologizes for her negligence in answering letters but assures her that it is not for lack of affection, but lack of time. She expresses sympathy and concern to her mother regarding both her and Aurelia's sister Sarah's ill health, and hopes that...
GLC08934.018
First letter to her mother upon arriving in Georgia. She briefly mentions her trip from Hartford, which took exactly four weeks, and goes on to discuss her social engagements and upcoming work at the academy as a teacher. She wishes she could write...
GLC08934.020
23 June 1826
This letter was sent to her sister shortly after their mother's passing. She spends a good deal of time talking about the concept of death in general, saying: "We shall soon, my dear sister, reach the ocean of eternity. A few more days of sorrow and...
GLC08934.021
9 September 1826
to James W. Hale
She appears to have received word of their brother's death, and is very upset by the news because she considered herself quite close to him. She also expresses worry that he did not die a Christian, saying that if she was confident that he had, she...
GLC08934.022
26 December 1826
Certification of Aurelia Hale's service at the academy
A short note certifying Aurelia Hale's time at the academy.
GLC08934.023
23 January 1827
This is the first letter sent to her sister Sarah since Aurelia's relocation from Washington, GA to Mount Ariel, SC. Sarah's last letter took many weeks to reach her, but has finally arrived. She briefly talks about her experience settling into a new...
GLC08934.024
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
6 February 1818
Waterhouse, Benjamin (1754-1846)
to Lucy Knox
Writes first to report on Knox's daughter (in law) Eliza's travels to and from Boston, and correspondence related to her (Eliza married Lucy's son Henry Jackson Knox). Next, discusses President [John] Adams's recent preoccupation with the idea of an...
GLC02437.08066
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