Abolitionists--United States

Correspondence, including letters received and copies of letters sent by Boston lawyer and abolitionist Lysander Spooner (1808-1887). Many of the letters pertain to Spooner's activities as an abolitionist and author of works opposing slavery. Included are 100 letters to or from George Bradburn, 106 letters to or from Gerrit Smith, 7 pieces of correspondence with Charles D. Cleveland, 7 with Daniel Drayton, 19 with Richard Goodell, 10 with Charles D. Miller, 9 with John A. Thomson, 11 letters from Daniel McFarland, and 4 letters from Lewis Tappan.

Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.

Four-page letter from Lewis Tappan of New York [City] to Theodore D. Weld in Cincinatti, Ohio, regarding Antislavery demonstrations at Lane Seminary that outraged administrators Lyman Beecher and Franklin Youngs Vail. Includes mention of several famous members of the American Antislavery Society and other abolitionists.

Four-page letter from Theodore D. Weld to his sister [probably Sarah Grimke] regarding the advisory contents of his previous letter, also dated September 6, 1837. Addressed to both Sarah and Angelina Grimke in Boston [Massachussets].

Four-page letter from Theodore D. Weld to his sister [probably Sarah Grimke] advising on antislavery rehtoric, particularly in relation to women's rights.

Three-page letter from Theodore D. Weld to R. J. Judd in Brooklyn [New York] regarding appointments to speak on antislavery issues.

Three-page letter from Theodore D. Weld in Belleville [New Jersey] to Reverend R. J. Judd in Brooklyn [New York] to ask for a loan on behalf of brother Kanasales [?]. Describes Weld's own financial difficulties.

Four-page letter from Theodore D. Weld on the Erie Canal Packet Boat Oneida near Schenectady [New York] to Lewis Tappan in New York City regarding the business of the Antislavery Society.

Four-page letter from Lewis Tappan in Harrisburgh [Pennsylvania] to Theodore D. Weld in New York regarding abolitionist acitvity in Pennsylvania, including the adoption of an antislavery Constitution with Executive Committees in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Includes mention of speeches by several famous abolitionists.

Four-page agreement between William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Jackson, Isaac Knapp, Edmund Quincy, and William Bassett [of Boston, Massachusetts] for the financial and physical operation of The Liberator. Followed by additional agreement dated December 22, 1838.

Unsigned and undated anti-slavery resolutions.

Signed petition addressed the the Mayor and Alderman [of Boston, Massachusetts] to deny a particular group the use of Faneuil Hall on the grounds that "the meeting to be of such an exciting character as to endanger the peace of the City." The petition was signed by Arnold Charles, Austin Edward, H. A. Andrews, C. F. Adams, Andrew J. Allen, Sam A. Appleton, I. S. B. Alleyne, William P. Andrews, Sam L. Abbott and circa 186 others.

Manuscript copy of a signed petition against the removal of Judge Edward G. Loring from office.

Two unsigned and undated resolutions on one page [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] condemning the "system of slavery."

Two-page letter from Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Ellis Gray Loring, William Bassett, and Edmund Quincy of Boston, [Massachusetts] to an unnamed addressee soliciting funds for the operation of The Liberator, an explaining a new subscription service.

Unsigned and undated petition letter the the United States Congress, arguing for the abolition of slavery.

Petition [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] to Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton to appoint Amos B. Merrill to act as an agent for "colored seamen" in the ports of Charleston [South Carolina] and New Orleans [Louisiana].

Two-page manuscript poem about the abolition of slavery. Docket reads, "Poetry, 1843. Weymouth. Bard Aldlington."

Letter from Hamlett Bates in Boston to [secretary of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] friend [James Caleb] Jackson, listing unpaid pledges made to The Liberator in 1839 and identifying those that may be collected.

List titled "December 1846," including John Hanson, J. K. Blaisdell, Tenants [of] 45 Congress St, Sylvester Phelps, Earl W. Johnson, Olive Hanson, James Bullard, Benjamin Jones, Hugh McCabe, Nelson Smith, Patrick Rogers, William A. Howard and circa 25 others.

Unsigned and undated two-page manuscript regarding the return of Anthony Burns to slavery, and the wrongful circumstances of his arrest and trial.

Three-page manuscript circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations to sustain operation of the organization.

Unsigned manuscript list of circa 115 "military actors" in the trial of Anthony Burns, copied from the Boston Courier. Includes names, military title, and occupation with some addresses.

Printed resolution from the General Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London between June 12 and June 23 in London, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society [later the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society] conceming the slave trade. Signed by Society President Thomas Clarkson.

Copy of a petition signed by William Ellery Channing, William Carleton, and circa 500 others.

Letter from Francis Jackson, Ellis Gray Loring, Amos B. Merrill, and S. E. Sewall to Stephen S. Foster, requesting that he address the public at an assembly at Faneuil Hall, Boston [Massachusetts] on October 30, 1842.

List titled "January 1851," listing Harriet C. Capen, Robert Briggs, Stimpson & Whiting, James Bates, Edward Hennessey, Willis & Co., Wetherbee Brothers, Joel Brett, Smith & Swift, Jonathan Cottle, David Kimball, Thomas E. Lillie & Co., Mrs. Cameron, John Kuhn, Holman, Holden, Hatler, Thomas Whittmore, Solomon Guess, George L. Thayer, Albany Block [residential building], and circa 40 others.

Unsigned and undated draft of a note addressed "to the Ed. Of the Evg Post" arguing for the abolition of slavery.

List of names titled "April 1857." On back, list of names titled "Albany Block Receipts."

Six pages of unsigned and undated drafts of resolutions arguing for the abolishment of slavery.