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to Edwin McMasters Stanton

President Lincoln states that Judge William Darrah Kelley, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania, is attempting to raise African American regiments in Philadelphia. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that Milton [M. Herpert?] is a friend...

GLC06678

[Pardon of John Miller]

Convicted of violation of "the Enforcement Act." Miller's crime was intimidation and violence against an African American in attempting to prevent the former slave from voting. Klan related.

GLC08384

Slave trade.

Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from...

GLC00267.035

A report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in the summer of 1820 , under a commission from the President of the United States, for the purpose of ascertaining, for the use of the government, the actual state of the Indian tribes in our country: Illustrated by a map of the United States; ornamented by a correct portrait of a Pawnee Indian

Printed by S. Converse, published by Howe & Spalding. Signed by M. H. White on the title page. Reverend Morse presents a detailed study on Native American Tribes to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Information in this work is based on Morse's...

GLC04135

The Journal of Negro Education [Volume VI, No. 1 (January 1937)]

One issue of The Journal of Negro Education dated January 1937. Includes essays along the topics of public education, vocational choices, future of academic studies including African American culture, doctorates and cultural trends.

GLC09640.098

Propositions to the River Indians, Mohicans, and Skachtkook Indians

The 4 Commissioners, John Pynchon, Thomas Savage, Andrew Belcher, and Jonathan Bull write to the Indians to include them in the chain and covenant with the 5 Nations. They explain that they expect their loyalty and assistance in a war against the...

GLC03107.02022

[Broadside regarding recruitment of African Americans and celebrating emancipation in Maryland]

Printed in commemoration of the adoption of emancipation in Maryland. The print incorporates five illustrations, three documenting African American combat valor and two related to emancipation and the future of African Americans. At the top of the...

GLC05701

Revolutionary war pay warrants

Five Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrants issued to African American soldiers. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, and docketed every year to 1789 when interest was paid. Four of the five have signatures of...

GLC09132

The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (November 10, 1836)]

Some waterstaining, some faint penciled notes in an unknown hand to some paragraphs of text. Devoted mostly to the proceedings of the Second Annual New York State Anti-Slavery Society. Phelps serves as editor. Published weekly for the American...

GLC08875.01