Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Hon. D. [David] Wilmot, in which he responds to a letter from Wilmot discussing slavery and the United States Constitution, and sends him a copy of Lysander...
Antislavery movements--United States; American Abolition Society; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Eight-page letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated September 10, 1857, in which he encourages Smith to put forward a motion at the American Abolition Society annual meeting in Syracuse to purchase...
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 13, 1858, responding to Spooner's pamphlet written on American banking systems.
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 13, 1860, regarding a published retraction by [Royal Phelps] and others involved in Smith's libel suit.
Admissions (Law)--United States; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 25, 1860, reagarding his settlement received from a libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others and discussing payment to his counsel.
Extradition--Canada--Toronto; Fugitive slaves--Canada-Toronto; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated December 21, 1860, dicussing an extradition case in Canada [involving slave John Anderson].
