Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston

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 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.

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.

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].

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.

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.

Three-page resolution submitted by Charles Warren presented to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society opposing the admission of Texas into the Union as a Slave state.

List of donors to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in July 1849.

List titled "October 1857," listing Harriet C. Capen, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, Stimpson & Whiting, James W. Bates, Russell, Hennesey & Phelps, Willis & Co., Witherbee [Wetherbee] Bro., J. P. Polion Dubuc, Joel Brett, Jos. [Joseph] Russell, Jonathan, Cottle, David Kimball, Thomas E. Lillie, Duncan Cameron, Holmes Holden & Catler. Mrs. Phelan, Albany Block [residential building] and circa 50 others.

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

Letter from Edmund Quincy to J. Otis Williams, a librarian for the Public Library in Dedham [Massachusetts], in response to his request for volumes of literature produced by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

List of donors [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for July 1846. The list of donors includes Richard Hildreth, Harriet Capen, Robert Briggs, Thomas C. Wales, G. C. Leach, Paul Morrill, Artemas White, Willis & Co., Wells, Whetherbee & Co.[Wetherbee Bros.], Hiram Davis, Charles N. Chandler, David Kimball, Heman S. Doane, Thomas E. Lilley, Healy & Spaulding, Thomas Whittemore, Boyd & Beard, Henry Rice, A. B. Vose, William Underwood, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Cutter, and others.

Printed invitation from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison to represent the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the National Convention of Abolitionists in Albany, N.Y.

Four-page letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Andrew Robeson soliciting donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator, under the management of Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Edmund Quincy, William Bassett, and Loring.

Undated editorial letter addressed to "the editor of the Courier" regarding Miss [Harriet] Martineau's Martyr Age [in the United States], vindicating her support of the abolitionist movement. Signed "Xenius."

Undated draft of a petition by S. E. Sewall to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.

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.

List titled "November 1851," including Elizabeth Finn, George Dana, George Bothamly, William Underwood & Co., J.P. Polion Dubuc, Joseph Russell, Stratton, Sheriff & Co., Albany Block [residential building], and circa 40 others.