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1848/07/05
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Pardon of Edward King (c/s James Buchanan)
Convicted of transferring forged papers to the treasury in exchange for money
GLC06868.03
1833/08/17
De Iturbide, Augustin, fl. 1833
A Secularizar Las Misiones De Alta y...California" ...
15 Articles of Secularization Law, opening way for colonization of California. Printed document.
GLC06796
1828 ca.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
An account of some of the bloody deeds of Gen. Jackson [with coffins, response]
Dramatic broadside. A sarcastic rejoinder to the broadside "An Account of the Bloody Deeds of Gen. Jackson." Features coffin surrounded by dozens of smaller black coffins. With a pro-Jackson text that ironically describes the "slaughter" of the...
GLC06797
1819/01/30
to Mr. Peal re: sale and delivery of slaves to his plantation
Letter in the third person, signed in the text.
GLC06800
1852/06/19
Bibb, Henry, fl. 1813-1852
to John Calkins re: how his money was used for fugitive slaves
A long, detailed letter from Bibb, the noted runaway slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad, telling Calkins of Wilbraham, Mass., how his money was spent in aiding runaway slaves who had traveled on the Underground Railroad, particularly...
GLC06834
1842
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
The duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole
In original wrappers. Channing argues in favor of the slaves who had taken over the Creole, a slave ship. Steering towards the British West Indies, they won freedom under British law, even though the U.S. attempted to reclaim them. Blockson...
GLC06835
1856/07/29
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to J. S. Foy re: politics, slavery and morality in North and South
"I am quite aware that the people of the South are not all 'slave drivers' or 'slave holders,' but the non-slaveholders allow the slave drivers to rule them and rule us by means of them.... We have prostitution and other evils here, but our laws are...
GLC06837
1843
Lattimer, George, fl. 1843
Massachusetts Congress "House No. 41" [slave case]
Account of slave case of George Lattimer. First and only edition. Original wrappers. Lattimer, a free black Boston resident, had been arrested on application of James Gray of Norfolk, Va., as his escaped slave. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story...
GLC06838
1836
Stuart, Charles, fl. 1836
A memoir of Granville Sharp
First edition; early publisher's cloth. Includes Patrick Reason's first published portrait engraving. Reason was an black artist. Collateral to Lincoln manuscript GLC 5302, referring to Granville Sharp.
GLC06841
1820-1879
Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894
[Diaries and journals of Sarah Lydia Gilpin] [word processed inventory available]
Diary of a woman who was a close friend of Sophie Du Pont. Writings span with gaps, 1820-21, 1863-72, 1874-75, 1879. Diaries are written from Wilmington, Delaware and New York City. The author of the later diaries corresponded with Admiral S.F. Du...
GLC06846
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