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August 22, 1832
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, & Baron, 1800-1859
to unknown
Apologizes for being unable to attend an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge arranged by the note's recipient.
GLC00496.190
March 17, 1832
Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838
to Thomas Pringle
Discusses unity in matters of the Anti-Slavery Committee.
GLC00496.191
August 7, 1828
Montgomery, James, 1771-1854
Discusses poetry versus fiction as an art form. Allows his poetry to be used by the Anti-Slavery Society for publication in their periodical.
GLC00496.199
circa 1830-1850
Noel, Baptist Wriothesley, 1798-1873
Declines a request due to a previous engagement. Written in the Hornsey neighborhood of London.
GLC00496.201
August 31, 1828
Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853
Thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.
GLC00496.203
circa July 1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Speech fragment on the proposed annexation of Texas]
Report of Adams to his constituents on events in the 25th Congress, intended for newspaper publication. Adams mentions the speech of Vermont Congressman William Slade, which so offended southerners that they walked out. Discusses annexation of Texas...
GLC00567
August 28, 1823
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
to Thomas I. Wharton
Discusses at his position in favoring emancipation 25 years earlier and how his continuing feelings defeated him at the polls several times due to the interest and demand of continuing to enslave people. Writes, "My opinion is unchanged...the African...
GLC00509
October 27, 1851
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Robert Tyler
Written to his son. Discusses the defeat of Judge Campbell, who had been rejected because he was a Roman Catholic: "to make a man's religious opinions the test for office is to break down the fairest and most beautiful pillar of the Constitution."...
GLC00639.24
October 25, 1842
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Alice Egerton
Responding to her request for a lock of hair, and praising her piety. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Jackson with lock of his white hair.
GLC00548.01
October 22, 1856
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
to Jeremiah S. Black
Compliments Black on the address on religious liberty that he gave before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College. Argues with some points of the essay concerning the judgment of history on William Penn, Oliver Cromwell, and St. Francis...
GLC00605
September 28, 1832
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to O.A. Bowe
A personal letter about a trip to New England. Discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. Compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy."...
GLC00880
July 24, 1839
Dresser, Amos, 1812-1904
to Hiram Wilson
Writes to Reverend Wilson who is expecting two enslaved people seeking emancipation in Canada through the underground railroad. Writes, "I rejoice in the privilege of handing over to you two more Daughters of affliction who can tell you their own...
GLC00867
26 November 1819
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843
to Henry Maynadier
Written from Georgetown. Key writes to his uncle about depressed stock prices. He also discusses colonizing 12 captured Africans who are in Baltimore (he does not explain how they came to be there), in reference to his efforts through the American...
GLC02379
October 1854
Jay, John, 1817-1894
Free Democratic Address to the People of the State of New York.
Anti-slavery broadside signed in type by John P. Hale, Hiram Barney and John Jay, the New York Politician and descendant of the earlier John Jay, as a committee appointed by the State Convention of the Free Democracy. Urges support for anti-Nebraska...
GLC02383
22 November 1819
King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United States on the Subject of the Missouri Bill
Printed pamphlet written by King as an anti-slavery U.S. Senator from New York. King also signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787. King was asked to write the pamphlet, which summarized his two anti-slavery speeches given before the U.S. Senate during...
GLC02384
3 February 1848
Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879
[Members of Congress agree on Washington D.C.'s need for an Episcopal Church]
Written and signed by Congressmen John A. Dix. Cosigned by George E. Badger, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, H. Johnson, (possibly either Henry or Herschel Johnson), Robert Winthrop, John Sergeant, William D. Dayton, John Macpherson Berrien, and Joseph...
GLC02288
6 January 1840
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
to Solomon Haven
Discusses political and social news. Mentions that the state legislature will meet tomorrow and that there is a movement toward legal reform, which he feels in necessary. Briefly comments on national and state debts. Written as member of Congress.
GLC02344
23 October 1815
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to William Stephens Smith
Thanks him for his letter, which included a letter from William Cobbett to Niles. He loves clergymen "because they are often sociable and sensible men," but "the priesthood seems to have something militant and belligerent in its nature." Remarks...
GLC02295
14 September 1827
Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830
to Christian Miller
Reports on the impending death of his brother and continues with a discourse on the subject. Discusses his belief in everlasting life for those who believe in the divine redeemer. Written in Cedar Grove neighborhood.
GLC02338
29 November 1854
Ripley, George, 1802-1880
to George J. Gardner
Thanks him for his recent letter. Requests that in February he send the latest statistics on the manufacture of salt in Syracuse, "to be incorporated into our article on salt." Ripley was a minister, literary critic, journalist, and a leading...
GLC02453.30
5 December 1855
Brown, John, 1800-1859
to Owen Brown
Brown discusses the free state struggle, and reports there are rumors of a free state man being murdered, and that it may lead to more violence. Says "We feel more, & more certain that Kansas will be a Free State." Also discusses family affairs...
GLC02454
26 June 1847
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
to Joshua Leavitt
Birney, an abolitionist, writes to Leavitt, a reformer and minister in Boston. Has been asked to write columns for the Herald, a newspaper, and is allowed by the editor to freely express his opinions. Notes that Dr. Bailey (possibly Gamaliel Bailey...
GLC02448.02
29 April 1858
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
to Reverend Dr. Murray
Recalls receiving a letter from Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention one year before. Transmits a circular (GLC 2448.03.02), an account of the organization of the National Compensation Emancipation Society. Asks Murray to read the...
GLC02448.03.01
23 August 1851
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
Written from "White Hall," Clay's estate. Clay, an emancipationist, replies to a letter from an unspecified recipient. Possibly discussing his run for Governor as an anti-slavery candidate in 1851, writes, "The number of votes cast for the anti...
GLC02448.05
4 December 1847
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
to Joseph Ricketson
Accepts Ricketson's invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum, if his health permits. Exclaims, "Would that U could be an attendant at your anti-slavery meetings, to be held to-day and to-morrow in your place!" Notes that his friend, the...
GLC02448.06
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