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1853/03/14
Scales, James H.
to Mr. Parkes re: furious bidding at slave auction
"Negroes are selling as wind here today, people are seemingly crazy."
GLC07414
1844/02/18
Anthony, Charles (fl. 1844)
to Albert Whitton re: murder of slave by overseer
"Your having shot my Negro man, Willett, I hereby dismiss you from my business as overseer." Written on a quarter sheet of paper.
GLC07415
[1847]/03/31
Rochester Daily Advertiser Extra. [Mexican War]
Taylor's "Repulse of Santa Anna's Army!!"
GLC07430
1854-6[?]
A Grand Slave Hunt or Trial of Speed for the Presidency... [cartoon]
Lithograph cartoon. Rest of title: "...between the celebrated Nags Black Dan [Webster], Lewis Cass and [Robert Y.] Hayne." Lithograph cartoon depicting the U.S. Capitol in background and Millard Fillmore carrying a copy of Fugitive Slave Bill.
GLC07432
1842
Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842)
Duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole
GLC07435
24 February 1838
Unknown
The Emancipator---Extra. February 24th 1838, Anti-Slavery Convention
Broadside inviting "Citizens of Connecticut friendly to immediate emancipation of the slaves of our Country, to send delegates to a convention to be held at Hartford" for establishing a state society. The names of the signers are printed in columns.
GLC07437
circa 1845.
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
The General Jackson. [hand-colored lithograph]
Lithograph by Black Artist Jules Lion after the battle of New Orleans. Printed by d'Aubertet de Jurica (?).
GLC07438
1833/10/26
Tibbles, Stephen
Deposition re: his services as a minuteman at Lexington and Concord
GLC07481.04
1854/01/26
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to W.W.R. Woodbury & Wm. Fithian re: legal advice in case of Doctor's estate
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 210
GLC07517
1830/05/17
Madison, James (1751-1836)
to James Hillhouse re: amendments to Constitution
Madison writes a detailed critique of amendments proposed by Senator Hillhouse of Connecticut. Hillhouse, a former Federalist, proposed the amendments first in 1808 and published them in 1830. He proposed eliminating the Electoral College and...
GLC07523
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