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1927
Sacco & Vanzetti, ?-1927
2 Broadsides and 1 newsletter related to the Sacco Vanzetti case [decimalized]
Materials relating to the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927.
GLC05712
1927/07
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1921-1927
Justice the issue! Shall Sacco and Vanzetti be judicially murdered?
This document is a printed broadside put out by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee which attacks the exclusive judgment of Judge Webster Thayer and says in part: "The issue is not only for Massachusetts. It is for America. The world will judge...
GLC05712.01
1927/08
[Broadside against the Sacco-Vanzetti execution]
This document is a printed broadside that quotes a columnist from the New York World and reads, "What more can these immigrants from Italy expect? it is not every prisoner who has a President of Harvard University throw on the switch for him." Sacco...
GLC05712.02
September 1927
The official bulletin of the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee [Vol. I, no. 15 (September 1927)]
Newspaper or newsletter issued after the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The first page has a printed statement denouncing the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and comparing the case to the Salem witchcraft trials. The rest of the...
GLC05712.03
24 April 1834
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Samuel J. May
Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...
GLC05720
22 July 1851
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
to Thomas Robinson Hazard
Clay writes from Ashland, his estate, to Hazard, the noted reformer. Declines an invitation to visit Hazard in Rhode Island, relating that he will not be able to leave home this summer due to ill health. Also due to his health, this letter is...
GLC05721
17 April 1865
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
to Mrs. Schoolcraft
Fears that President Johnson "will not feel as much kindness toward the South." Also, plans to meet to debate slavery. The letter was written three days after President Lincoln's assassination.
GLC05743
10 May 1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
to John Greenleaf Whittier
Garrison replies to a letter from Whittier, the Quaker poet and abolitionist. Discusses the deaths of other abolitionists. Whittier had informed Garrison of the death of Captain Jonathan Walker, a fellow abolitionist. Laments Walker's death...
GLC05748
1859 circa
[Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag"]
Large American cotton flag with only 20 stars. Fragile. The flag consists of 9 alternating red or white cloth strips sewn together with 20 somewhat irregular stars. The blue field is mottled and the flag has staining. The flag is identified as an...
GLC05762
1844
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies
Speech by Emerson attacking slavery, one of his earliest statements in support of abolition. First edition. Published by James Munroe and Company.
GLC05766
1854/02/26
Phelps, Anson, fl. 1854
New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser
Certificate of membership for life for Alexander Fraser of Fowlerville. The certificate has a large engraving at top showing a white man shaking the hands of thankful naked Africans while a ship rides at anchor in the background. Two scriptural...
GLC05781
1816
Demoulin, Jean Francis, fl. 1816
An Essay on Naturalization & Allegiance
Printed by Daniel Rapine in Washington, D.C. Inscribed to James Madison in the author's hand but without signature: "To his Excellency James Madison, President of the United States, respectfully presented, by the Author --." Dedicated to James...
GLC05515
28 January 1864
Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889
[Endorsement on a British citizen's request to leave the Confederacy]
Written on half-sheet of paper. Contains a request from Thomas Fitzpatrick to the Secretary of War. Fitzpatrick writes, "I am a native of Ireland and a subject of Great Britain. My trade is house-painting, and I am not only out of employment, and...
GLC05516
31 August 1848
Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870
to John W. Thomas
Writes to his brother about the dwindling army of occupation, as the war had ended in February. Assures his brother that he will assist in relocating the family to Norfolk. Plans on being discharged soon but will apply for a furlough in October in...
GLC05520
7 April 1770
Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
to The Province of Massachusetts Bay
Signed by Massachusetts commissioner Brattle and countersigned by Artemas Ward (four times), Samuel Crosby, and Edward Flindt as Selectmen of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Provides list of expenses for the poor transient William Quirk, including room...
GLC05535
1 June 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Henry Jackson
Discusses their correspondence and friendship, affirming that he feels "the same sublime disinterested friendship for you that has existed in both our bosoms for so long." Also discusses the possible appointment of the French general Charles Tronson...
GLC05543
3 June 1782
Ko´sciuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817
to Nathanael Greene
Ko´sciuszko, a colonel and engineer in the Continental Army, discusses military preparations for the Yorktown campaign. Comments on his earthworks and the need for more troops to protect them. Written "at Colo. Mayens."
GLC05545
29 July 1673
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676
to John Berry
Winthrop, the royal governor of Connecticut, responds to a letter from Captain John Berry, the royal governor of New Jersey, to correct "misinformations." Denies that he has encouraged emigration from Connecticut to New Jersey and reiterates his...
GLC05550
circa 1850s
Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882
[Allegorical verses on slavery]
Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry...
GLC05570
8 June 1890
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to May Delany
To "the daughter of the daughter of my friend who sheltered me forty and five years ago, when I was a man without a country, a stranger and or sojourner, with little money and few friends, shall now have my autograph. No effort of memory is required...
GLC05906
1856
Schade, Louis, fl. 1856
The Immigration into the United States of America
Disbound. Title continued: "From a statistical and national-economical point of view." Printed at the Union Office.
GLC05942
2 December 1859
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Martyrdom of John Brown
Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...
GLC05925.02
circa 1837
Southard, Nathaniel, fl. 1837
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.
Labeled Vol. 1 no. 3. Southard serves as editor. Published by D. K. Hitchcock. With front paper engraving depicting William [Lloyd] Garrison attempting to chop down a tree labeled "Slavery" while a minister, soldier, businessman and President Van...
GLC05939
1827
Prison Discipline Society
Second annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society Boston, June 1, 1827
Describes theories and practices of housing criminals. Includes a financial review of the Prison Discipline Society for the year including funds collected, funds appropriated, etc. Other sections are titled, "Principle Evils," in which problems at...
GLC05947
1829
House of Refuge, fl. 1860
The First annual report of the House of Refuge of Philadelphia with an appendix
Summarizes the management of the House of Refuge for the first year, a juvenile detention center. Details the accounts for the year, prints the members of the board, and has illustrations and diagrams of the building and grounds. Lists donations...
GLC05948
1854
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Dedication of Antioch College, and Inaugural address of its president
[title continued] "Hon. Horace Mann; with other proceedings." Printed by O. S. Dean. Education reform.
GLC06027.01
1859/09/08
Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891
Integral education. An inaugural address, delivered at Antioch College...
[title continued] "... , of Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio." Published by Little Brown. Education reform.
GLC06027.02
January 1854
Hastings & Green
Catalogue of Antioch College for 1853 - 1854
List of faculty by "class" (of knowledge), with admissions, course requirements and information on preparatory school and coeducation.
GLC06027.03
1861
Campbell, Robert, fl. 1859-1861
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60.
Published by Thomas Hamilton in New York and by the author in Philadelphia. Contains a frontispiece print of Campbell, and a fold out map of Yoruba country near the Niger River (attached to front flyleaf). In the introduction, Campbell writes,...
GLC06171
1864
Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894
Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.
First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.
GLC06188
1870 ca.
Frederick Douglass
With printed title "Fred[.] Douglass." on front, and gold printed border (where the photograph would normally be placed) on verso. Dark, rich image. No imprint. This image was used by the engraver Ritchie for a silhouette bust portrait of Douglass...
GLC06198
American Anti-Slavery Society
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833.
Leaflet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by William S. Dorr. Concludes with "We charge upon the existing national government, that it is an insupportable despotism, wielded by a power which is superior to all legal and...
GLC06200
6 January 1796 - 9 May 1797
Poulson, Zachariah, 1761-1844
To the free Africans and other people of color in the United States
Two addresses by the conventions of delegates of the Abolition Societies of the United States. The first is dated 9 May 1797 and signed by Joseph Bloomfield as President of the Convention. The second is dated 6 January 1796 and signed by Theodore...
GLC06212
1850/09/30
Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore [slavery]
Certificate countersigned by William McLain. Certificate made out to Fillmore as President of the US. Damaged, with slight loss of paper at top center.
GLC06216
1845
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880
Letters from New York : Second series.
Second volume of journalism published by author and abolitionist Child. Includes a chapter on the rights of women. First edition. Printed by C.S. Francis (New York) and J. H. France (Boston). BAL 3152.
GLC06218
1862
The right way the safe way, proved by emancipation in the British West Indies, and elsewhere.
Regarding emancipation, Child writes, "Leaving the obvious considerations of justice and humanity entirely out of the question, I ask whether experience has not proved it to be a measure of plain, practical good sense, and sound policy... Free labor...
GLC06219
1860
Dall, Caroline H., fl. 1860
"Woman's right to labor," or, Low wages and hard work : in three lectures, delivered in Boston, November, 1859.
First edition. Published by Walker, Wise and Company.
GLC06220
1855
Fuller, Margaret, fl. 1855
Woman in the nineteenth century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition and duties of woman
Edited by her brother, Arthur B. Fuller. Introduction by Horace Greeley.
GLC06221
1919
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
Deportation, its meaning and menace; last message to the people of America.
Written by Berkman and Emma Goldman. After the author statement, the title continues: "Ellis Island, New York, U.S.A., December 1919." Colophon reads: "Ten cents a copy. Order from M. E. Fitzgerald, 857 Broadway, New York City."
GLC06222
1851-1854
[The Proceedings of the woman's rights conventions].
Compilation of the 1850 through 1854 women's rights conventions. Contents include the 1850 convention held at Worcester; the 1851 convention held at Worcester; the 1852 convention held in Syracuse; the 1853 convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle...
GLC06228
Ninth annual report of the General Agent of the Board of National Popular Education, with the constitution of the board; January 1856.
The Board was founded to send New England women to teach in the American West. In original tan wrappers.
GLC06232.01
16 April 1883
Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1883 : on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation, in the District of Columbia.
"What Abraham Lincoln said in respect of the United States is as true of the colored people as of the relations of those States. They cannot remain half slave and half free. You must give them all or take from them all. Until this half-and-half...
GLC06116
3 January 1840-31 Decemeber 1847
The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 17. no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]
Run of 416 weekly issues of the famous anti-slavery newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison.
GLC06109
1934
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965
Negro anthology made by Nancy Cunard 1931-1933
Published by Cunard at Wishart & Company in London, England. In the foreword, Cunard states "It was necessary to make this book ... for the recording of the struggles and achievements, the persecutions and the revolts against them, of the Negro...
GLC06115
1850
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
Elihu Burritt's miscellaneous writings
Published by Thomas Drew, Jr. Printed wrappers with illustration, including a print of Burritt. Second edition. Includes the essay "Buying a Brother from Bondage" which describes the purchase of Frederick Douglass' freedom. Cover and some inner...
GLC06118
26 April 1887
A sketch of Henry Franklin and family
Date written as "4 mo., 26th, 1887." Contains an extract from the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the death of Henry Franklin's son. The extract is included as a reflection of the lack of racial prejudice in France, where Franklin's son died....
GLC06120
30 September 1962
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Fight for freedom: the story of the NAACP
Published by W. W. Norton & Company. Signed on the front flyleaf by Hughes, who inscribed the copy to Raymond Johnson. Signed and inscribed 30 September 1962 on the inner back cover by Evangeline Upshur Truman in Little Rock, Arkansas. Foreword...
GLC06123
4 April 1968
Allied Printing Trades Council
I am a man
Printed by Allied Printing in large black letters on white posterboard. Poster dates from the day of Dr. King's assassination. Refer to GLC05954 for a different printing of this poster.
GLC06124
8 April 1968
Honor King, End Racism
Large black letters printed on white posterboard state "HONOR KING: END RACISM!" Contains strings intended to suspend the poster from a marcher's neck. Poster designed for a march on April 8, 1968, 4 days after Martin Luther King's Jr.'s...
GLC06125
1923-1940
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Documents related to the NAACP [Decimalized .01-.08.02]
Created in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois.
GLC06135
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