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11 January 1893
Unknown
Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross
One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 11, 1893.
GLC03007.56.34
1893
United States Ex-Slave Owners Registration Bureau
[Reconstruction broadside]
Reconstruction broadside re: compensation for lost property. Urges reply " ... the time is fast approaching when it will be impossible to obtain an authentic record of slaves owned and recognized as property by law at that time ... "
GLC09019
n.d.
One undated envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada.
GLC03007.56.32
no date
[Names and addresses of John Brown collector and two others]
Lists the names and addresses of Dr. C. W. Olsen, Boyd Stutler, and Mrs. M. Winchester. Boyd Stutler, 1889-1970, was a famous collector of John Brown documents, the other two are unknown.
GLC03007.54
1885 ca.
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893)
[Frederick Douglass]
Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.
GLC05146
22 May 1885
Purvis, Robert (1810-1898)
to Wendell P. Garrison
Writing to the son of William Lloyd Garrison, Purvis, an abolitionist and civil rights leader, answers several queries about the birth dates and places, deaths, and locations of important events among old guard abolitionists. He mentions James...
GLC08943
1889 ca.
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..."
Includes envelope addressed to Charles Peirce, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
GLC07762
24 January 1895
Thompson, Ruth Brown
to F.B. Sanborn
John Brown's daughter assisting his biographer in locating various siblings of Brown because "yours is a perfect truthful history of him and his deeds."
GLC08262
3 April 1878
Brown, Owen (1824-1889)
to Alexander Milton Ross
One letter from Owen Brown to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 3, 1878. Discusses mutual acquaintances, Ross' book and the struggle for abolition.
GLC03007.56.16
1 December 1892
Rust, Horatio (fl. 1892)
One letter from Horatio Rust to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 1, 1892. Concerns John Brown.
GLC03007.56.17
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