Circulars

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

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.

Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and participation in abolitionist conferences in New England.

Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and additional subscribers. Includes quotes of praise from several well-known abolitionists, such as Gerrit Smith and George Thompson.

Circular letter from the committee of The Liberator, Samuel E. Sewall, Joseph Southwick, and John Cutts Smith soliciting donations to support the operation of The Liberator.

Resolutions and numbered proposals for the management and promotion of the anti-slavery publication The Liberator.

Three-page printed circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations that will support the "gratuitous distribution" of anti-slavery publications in pro-slavery areas. Followed by manuscript note from H. B. Stanton to Francis Jackson in Boston, Mass., with a personal appeal for funds.

Circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society and committee chairman Lewis Tappan, of New York, to Francis Jackson [of Boston] regarding general operations of the Society.

Circular letter from the New England Anti-Slavery Society announcing the appointment of Rev. Samuel J. May to General Agent and soliciting funds to pay for his yearly salary.

Undated and unsigned printed circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society for distribution among auxiliary societies, outlining plans of operation including distibution of material, collection of funds, and reports to the Executive Committee.

Resolutions agreed upon during a January 25, 1838, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting criticizing the Congressional Gag Law and slaveholding in general.

Manuscript draft of a [Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] circular to solicit donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator.

Three-page circular soliciting donations and support for abolitionist publication The Liberator.

Printed circular by Elizur Wright, Jr., Secretary of the Anti-Texas Committee, asking Massachusetts citizens to collect signatures for petitions against the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state. On back, list of circa 40 names of participants.