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Alexander Hamilton.

Engraved from the original miniature by Arch. Robertson. From the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, conducted by James B. Longacre and James Herring under the superintendence of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. Accompanied...

GLC04842.08.02

The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 31, whole no. 135 (November 29, 1838)]

Contains an article on "The Whigs and the Abolitionists," the election in Massachusetts, and miscellaneous other reports. Leavitt serves as editor. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.07

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 31, whole no. 499 (December 27, 1849)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains an article on "The Peculiar Institution." Includes a message to Congress by President Zachary Taylor, among miscellaneous other reports. Edited by...

GLC08875.15

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 18, whole no. 538 (September 26, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains articles on "Pro-Slavery: The Agitators and The Union," "The Fugitive Slave Bill" and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell...

GLC08875.32

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 29, whole no. 549 (December 12, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes articles on the "The Fugitive Slave Law: Its Abortion and Failure!," "The Boston Slavehunt," and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and...

GLC08875.36

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 18, whole no. 486 (September 27, 1849)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article on "The Southern Press," an advertisement for the fourteenth Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair, and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by...

GLC08875.08

to Caesar A. Rodney

Written as Speaker of the House. Acknowledges Rodney's letter of 22 May 1820. Rodney asked Clay to hold off on retiring from the House of Representatives, but Clay is adamant, saying "I have reasons, altogether of a private nature, for retiring from...

GLC05265

to unknown

Written by Key, the penman of the Star Spangled Banner and a founding member of the American Colonization Society, as an attorney to an unknown reverend. Says he would like to join him on the 30th, but cannot because court will be in session. Appears...

GLC07483.02

Mrs. Sue Fity and Aunt Lucy

A photograph of two African American women standing in front of the steps to a house. The one on the left wears a pearl necklace and earrings, holding a cane. The one on the right wears a patterned dress and holds a book. On the reverse, "Mrs. Sue...

GLC09587.407