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1852/08/23
$2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves
Broadside advertising four runaway slaves and their characteristics, offering more compensation if captured in a free state. (With losses to text.)
GLC07238
24 November 1846
Lowrie, Walter (1784-1868)
to Hugh Auld
Lowrie, a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, informs Auld that Henry Richardson of England has sent him 150 pounds sterling for the purchase of Frederick Douglass. Asks that the legal transfer papers of Douglass from Thomas Auld to Hugh...
GLC07484.03
6 October 1846
Auld, Hugh (b. 1799)
to Amy [Anna] Richardson
Draft or retained copy of a letter to Anna Richardson, wife of Henry (refer to GLC07484.03). Accepts 150 pounds sterling for the manumission of Frederick Bailey (Frederick Douglass). Will present Richardson's agent with the papers as soon as the...
GLC07484.04
1860/08/13
Blamire, George W. (fl. 1860)
to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master
"Who would have thought...that I would be leading a band at one of the most fashenable [sic] watering holes in the state and I thank you for it and... do not think I ever shal[l] be able to pay you for the many favors you have sho[w]ne. I can never...
GLC07584
12 December 1846
Meredith, J. (fl. 1846)
[Receipt for $25 related to the manumission of Frederick Douglass]
Meredith received $25 from Hugh Auld, Frederick Douglass's former owner, for "professional service in relation to the manumission of his negro slave Frederick Baily [Douglass]." Written on a quarter sheet of paper.
GLC07484.05
4 October 1857
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Douglass writes to his former master after twenty years, admitting that he has often wanted to hold correspondence with Auld. Inquires after the Auld children, who are dear to Douglass: "...I feel nothing but kindness for you all- I love you, but...
GLC07484.06
20 November 1859
Doyle, Mahala (fl. 1859)
to John Brown
By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means...
GLC07590
1859/11/17
Brown, John (1800-1859)
to Thomas B. Musgrave re: imprisonment
"I do not feel myself the least degraded by my imprisonment, my chain, or the near prospect of the gallows. Men cannot imprison, or chain, or hang the soul." With engraving, photograph, and collateral paperwork. Per Lee Shepard, Asst. Director for...
GLC07638.01
12 December 1838
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
to John Brown Dillon
Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General...
GLC02946
17 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC02955
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