Slavery

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Moore Grimkè and Angelina Emily Grimkè write a rough draft with several incomplete paragraphs on resolutions for the course of the desolute & oppressed slave, calling for "this convention view with warm a More

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

On the reverse of an unsigned, undated letter, May writes notes for a sermon or lecture on the slaveholders' responsibility for causing the Civil War. In the unsigned letter to May, the writer arranges for May More

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A Committee from Pine Street Church and Congregation (Eliphalt Kimball and others) writes to Amos A. Phelps to invite him as a pastor of the church. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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George Thompson writes to John Bishop Estlin regarding "the next advocate, if you approve it, and it be not too late, a notice of my recent lecture of A.S." He writes of delivering addresses in other parts of t More

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This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This fragment may have been wrapped around a roll of papers. It is addressed to Samuel May at No. 1 Broad Street, Boston. A note in May's hand reads, "Materials for a history of the Boston Anti-Slavery Fairs." More

Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp sending them a letter from Lowell to include in the Liberator (the letter appears in the Liberator of October 27, 1832 [Vol. II, no. 43]) and expla More

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In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Nathaniel Loring describes the difficulty the parish is having in getting a minister, and expresses his desire to have Phelps back. He then discusses his plan to sell Phelps’s More

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This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A. A. Phelps writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he takes exception to [Oliver] Johnson’s remark that antislavery “has moved forward thus far not only without the aid, but against the combined influence of th More

May says that Senator Henry Wilson desired to forward a copy of his book to Burleigh. May also asks about Burleigh's progress on the annual report. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

J. Waring writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to a trip to Mrs. Chapman. Waring writes, "Most of what she said has occupied my mind since, especially that about Mr. Garrison." Waring writes, "I have so satisf More

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This clipping contains undated annotations in the hand of Samuel May. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

May tells Burleigh that Francis Jackson has paid May the money owed to Burleigh in order to account for the payment in the year's financial statements. May asks Burleigh to respond with a receipt for the amount More

Charles Fitch writes to Amos A. Phelps about his new post. During his recent journey through New York and New Jersey, Fitch delivered sermons in many different places, which led to a job offer at Batavia. He in More

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Harriet Winslow Sewall regrets not having been inspired to write anything suitable for the Liberty Bell. She encloses a "trifle which may assist in the bodily development of the little book tho' I cannot contri More

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Unknown writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to their illness. The author writes about Miss Massie and how she promised the author for the next Bazaar "some fine pictures." The author has the five dollars th More

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Susan B. Hunt writes to Maria Weston Chapman on behalf of a meeting at the Female Junvenile Antislavery Society of Weymouth, Massachusetts, thanking her for presenting materials for the society so that they may More

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a work Garrison is about to publish (likely his "Thoughts on African Colonization"), sharing his hope that it "may be the means of opposing, in full, the More

The heading of these notes is "Foreign Interference." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

These notes are a brief outline of the reasons for preaching an anti-slavery sermon. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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Report of "the committee appointed by the Society to consider the subject of the fair." This report, written by Maria Weston Chapman and other female abolitionists, discusses the raising of funds and remarks, " More

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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James K. Camp writes to Amos A. Phelps about a new church to be started in New York. He heard about this from a couple from Wrentham with whom Camp got acquainted while visiting New York, and recommended Phelps More

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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Decided not to attend the fair this year, and therefore declined Mrs. [Ann Shaw] Green's hospitality. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing an address he heard from "friend [Joshua Noble] Danforth". Buffum quotes from the address, including a theoretical story about the result of immediate e More

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In her husband's absence, Mary Fitch writes to answer Amos A. Phelps's inquiry about the result of the church meeting. She says there was some debate regarding whether or not they should grant Phelps's request. More

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This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps praising him for his anti-slavery circular which was "highly acceptable. The names above were obtained among the clergymen who attended our anti-slavery convention." H More

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The heading of these notes is "What Slavery is doing, No. 2." See also MS B.1.6 v.13, p.35. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This item contains bits and pieces of notes by Amos A. Phelps for his sermons. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This manuscript is a draft of resolutions condemning slavery that is labeled, "Paper No. 1 of Resolutions." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This manuscript is a rough draft of a biographical sketch of Cassius Marcellus Clay that May was presumably working on for insertion in "The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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Henry Brewster Stanton writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to thanking the ladies who gave him an "acceptable present." Both he and the moccasins "shall be worn out in the cause of impartial righteousness." More

Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to her lack of participation at Weston's anti-slavery fair. She wishes Mrs. Follen to write the tract as she can add nothing more to it and wants an More

In this handwritten copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan asks Garrison to write to Thedore Dwight Weld and offer to pay his expenses. Tappan says he will then pay Garrison. Courtesy of Bost More

Maria Weston Chapman writes to Emma Weston and Lucia Weston in regards to Lucretia [Mott] insisting that she write them a letter as she has kept no log during her travels and antislavery events. She updates the More

Theodore Parker writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to tell "Mr. Jackson & Capt[ain] Bearse that I can't go with the pleasant company tomorrow - I must attend a funeral." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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Samuel J. May writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting a copy of an earlier Liberator as he "wish[es] to preserve a complete file." He then comments on some recent articles in the Liberator before discussing More

C.A. Wellington writes to Deborah Weston in regards to travel arrangements. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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This fragment reads, "Hassett-Slatter's slave prison at B. is a true type and exponent of these United States." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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