Four-page letter dated February 23, 1846, from George Bradburn in Lowell [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts], in which he copies a letter received by James Haughton [?] of Dublin, who discusses Spooner's work, and metions...
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...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Overall in good condition, some smudges on cover. Papers are yellowing, darkening around edges. Dark stain on middle right section of outside cover. Outside back cover has some tears, adhesive and paper residue. Enclosed in a polyester jacket,...
This copy has been washed and deacidified. It has been trimmed along the edges (with page numbers cut off the bottom), and bound. Cover has stains and discoloration. Information written in pencil on front cover. Enclosed in a polyester jacket,...
Advertising--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Billboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Signs and signboards--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works; New York...
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Letter of support sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student:
"Dear Mother Dammann,
I have received through the mail an anonymous printed communication asking me to protest the admission of a colored girl into...
