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23 June 1855
Stearns, George L. (1809-1867)
to Samuel Johnson
Stearns, an abolitionist, asks if Reverend Johnson would like him to join Johnson on a trip to Niagara.
GLC00680.01
28 November 1863
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)
to Joseph Knight
Informs Knight that he has "no autograph of the revered Wilberforce to send" but will instead send "one of George Thompson, whose long continued and wonderfully efficient labors in the cause of freedom and humanity you so fittingly eulogise."
GLC00680.02
1858-1909
Powell, George May (1835-1905)
Papers of George May Powell [decimalized]
The George May Powell collection contains personal and family correspondence. Also included are business papers relating to his Thirteenth Amendment anti-slavery photograph, his inventions, and his publications; a diary, letters, and essays...
GLC00687
1 October 1877
Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club
[Statement of the Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club]
re: This is a statement of the Philadelphia Temperance Reform Club, which has organized meetings and gatherings in adjoining counties and states. They are concerned with the Sabbath Question, and they are soliciting funds to support the movement to...
GLC00687.103
9 December 1891
Haskell, C. J.
to George May Powell
He invites him to participate in the Prohibition Park Management's 1892 Summer Meeting program. He asks that he state the lowest price expected for payment of such services. Written on National Prohibition Camp-Ground Association letterhead.
GLC00687.109
10 March 1892
Stevenson, T. P.
He returns the copy of something loaned to him months ago, and reports that the work is progressing. The back of the letter has notes for a religious speech handwritten. The speech condemns hypocrisy with political overtones. Written on National...
GLC00687.111
21 February 1903
Goodwin, Elizabeth H.
She encourages him to read information on Mrs. Striver, the national president of the WCTU, and a great example of sacrifice. She reports on their local work. Written on New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union Y Branch letterhead.
GLC00687.112
[3 June 1893]
Christian Arbitration and Peace Society
They protest the discrimination against Chinese people from and on American shores, citing statistics of imports and exports with Hong Kong. There are two copies.
GLC00687.145
18 June 1899
Gilbert, Mary L.
to Mrs. George May Powell
She has invited her to participate in a conference of the "Newfield Y's." She hopes that Mrs. Powell's paper, originally intended to discuss the Peace question, will not interfere with another paper on peace.
GLC00687.147
no date
to unknown
card introducing George May Powell as "a friend of every good cause."
GLC00687.153
circa 1863-1874
Various
Check and three prints pertaining to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC00723
31 July 1832
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Edward C. Delavan
Adams thanks Delavan for the 5th number of the Temperance Recorder, a publication of the New York State Temperance Society of which Delavan was chairman. Assures Delavan that he will distribute copies of the issue as "may fulfill the humane and...
GLC01409
12 January 1852
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
[Good Works!...]
A sentiment by Charles Sumner: "Good works! Such even now is the Heavenly ladder on which angels are ascending & descending while weary Humanity on pillows of stone slumbers heavily at its feet."
GLC05508.240
17 January 1863
[They are men by the grace of God and this is enough.]
Sentiment by Sumner written in the Senate Chamber.
GLC05508.241
24 January 1963
Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925-1968)
[Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights]
A signed carbon copy. Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, describes 1962 as "a year of great progress in civil rights, in large measure because of the responsibility and respect for law displayed by the great majority of the citizens of the South."...
GLC05630
5 February 1861
Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903)
to Frank W. Ballard
Clay, an abolitionist, informs his friend Ballard that he was misrepresented by the New York Tribune. Discusses the possibility of New Mexico entering the Union as a free or slave state, and the Compromise of 1850. Defends himself from Horace...
GLC05692
27 August 1884
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
to Amy Post
Douglass writes to Post, a New York abolitionist and suffragist. Had been to Post's home in Rochester, and regretted her absence. Relates that he and Helen, his wife (they married in January 1884) had for their honeymoon traveled through Chicago...
GLC05819
8 June 1890
to May Delany
To "the daughter of the daughter of my friend who sheltered me forty and five years ago, when I was a man without a country, a stranger and or sojourner, with little money and few friends, shall now have my autograph. No effort of memory is required...
GLC05906
13 April 1820
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
[Preamble and resolution]
Printed petition signed by William Rawle as President of the Abolition Society and [Benjamin] Williams as secretary. Sent to Jacob H. De Witt, member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of New York. Petition states that the society...
GLC00777
24 July 1839
Dresser, Amos (1812-1904)
to Hiram Wilson
Writes to Reverend Wilson about two slaves travelling to him in Canada on the underground railroad. Writes, "I rejoice in the privilege of handing over to you two more Daughters of affliction who can tell you their own tale of suffering. They are in...
GLC00867
2 October 1857
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
to Harriet Weed
Writes to the daughter of Thurlow Weed, a fellows journalist and founder of the Albany Evening Journal, about a meeting. Regrets that he could not visit sooner and arranges to have the meeting when he comes to Albany, New York. Mentions talking...
GLC00930.03
13 October 1862
Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882)
to John Dennison Baldwin
Discusses his recollection of an anti-slavery convention and his support for President Abraham Lincoln. Dana was currently U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts, appointed by Lincoln.
GLC00978
13 March 1837
Whittier, John G. (1807–92)
to Samuel Joseph May
Invites May to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Lynn, Massachusetts. Indicates that "Stanton, Garrison, Loring, Sewall, everybody wishes thee to be with us on the occasion." Mentions a Missouri statement from years...
GLC00979
4 September 1838
to Joseph Gales, Jr.
Previously received one hundred copies of a pamphlet, sent by a Mr. Franklin. Only recently had time to revise it, and transmits his corrections. Notes that he will free frank the pamphlets, saving Mr. Franklin the trouble. The Executive Committee...
GLC01194
2 November 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Timothy L. Woodruff
Writes to Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York regarding political reform and democracy. As a candidate for president, he stresses the right of people to rule themselves. In the 1912 presidential election Roosevelt ran and lost under the...
GLC02372
1911/04/25
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
to Rev. John Wesley Hill re: declining to speak at Hadley Rescue Mission
Signed as President. Accompanied by a note on verso of recipient attesting to the President's unexpected appearance at midnight, despite his schedule.
GLC02793.059
14 November 1890
to Mr. Johnson re: work on civil service reform
Written as Civil Service Commissioner
GLC03339
23 February 1924
Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr. (1877-1952)
to Oliver K. Hand
Thanks Hand, a New York City lawyer, for a letter received 21 February. Writes "Naturally I am glad to know that you and I are so nearly in agreement with reference to the constitutional amendment which I have been pressing, and the education bill....
GLC03481.29
11 February 1866
to Henry Wilson
Replies to a letter Wilson wrote when Garrison discontinued publication of the Liberator, his anti-slavery newspaper. Writes that he so values Wilson's letter, he will ask his children to preserve it with other valuable autographs and memorials....
GLC08888
Purvis, Robert (1810-1898)
to Wendell P. Garrison
Answers questions about William Lloyd Garrison. Comments on his 1833 trip to England, at which time "he was indicted for a libel, by several of the persecutors, of Miss." Explains how he, Lewis Tappan, and others helped Garrison escape apprehension...
GLC08944
10 June 1862
to Aaron M. Powell
Discusses an abolitionist meeting he attended, where a memorial was drafted calling on President Lincoln to immediately abolish slavery. Now in New York, an "immense, dirty, bustling, turbulent city." Says of Theodore Tilton, one of his companions...
GLC08958
1910
Lincoln Said Women Should Vote
Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."
GLC09103
15 October 1885
[Clipped signature]
GLC03893.02
1811-1884
Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
Collection level record (decimalized).
GLC03998
circa 27 October 1858
to Lucretia Mott
Encloses a sum of money. "I need none other than the wish to help the cause to make me do so the moment it shall be in my power."
GLC03998.01
circa 1847-1878
to Dr. Howe
Phillips indicates that he has consigned Howe's excellent letter to George Thompson, M.P., who will put it "into the night train to reach as many English eyes as possible." Thompson was elected a member of Parliament in 1847 for the Tower Hamlets....
GLC03998.02
18 April 1860
to Oliver Johnson
Requests Johnson to mail him a copy of the "Independent" containing Beecher's speech at Cooper Institute on women's rights.
GLC03998.03
6 June 1883
to Mr. Kip
Declines an invitation from H. G. Chapman to attend the Hemenway Gymnasium on class day.
GLC03998.04
1 October 1850
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's neice's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
Peace if possible -- Justice at any rate.
GLC03998.06
circa 1871
to George William Curtis
Requests details on Curtis's interview with Grant. Asks if he has heard anyone besides Grant assert that Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was removed from chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations because of negligence. Curtis was...
GLC03998.07
circa 1833
Madison, James (1751-1836)
[Temperance document]
Urges Americans, especially young men, to refrain from drinking alcohol. Signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Docket on verso.
GLC04006.01
17 November 1868
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
to Campbell
Regarding a petition to Congress for women's suffrage. Written on "The Revolution" printed stationery, listing their platform. Written at the time when New York state was revising its Constitution (the revisions were rejected).
GLC05178
31 January 1904
Horsfall, Charles G. (fl. 1900-1910)
to Owen Horsfall
Writes that he is proud of Owen's studies and not surprised at Eddie "having a girl." Read that a captain is going to leave Port Clarence and try to reach the North Pole by the Northwest Passage. Mentions that anthracite was used as coal for the...
GLC05245.26
10 February 1846
Blanchard, Jonathan (1811-1892)
to Homer H. Stuart
Blanchard discusses living the Christian life. He focuses on how worldly suffering brings you closer to salvation, because it is partaking in Christ's suffering. Last page of a longer letter.
GLC05508.040
circa 1843
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)
[Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's 'Past and Present'].
From chapter 8 "Unworking Aristocracy," on p. 172-74 of Carlyle's 1843 book, "Past and Present." A note on the top identifies the content: "A scrap of T. Carlyle's manuscript of 'Past and Present.' RW. Emerson," although, it is probably not in...
GLC05508.060
14 July 1830
to Ebenezer Dole
Signed twice (once struck out) by the famous abolitionist editor Garrison to Dole. Was writing to thank Dole for the 100 dollars he sent. Garrison did not know Dole before he sent the money. Speaks of his prison time for libel in Baltimore a month...
GLC04516
12 April 1866
Tillotson, Mary (fl. 1861-1898)
To her sister
Regarding spring planting, current prices and events. Mentions sending representatives to the "Woman's Rights Convention in N.Y. May 10th (possibly the First Women's National Loyal League Convention); opening correspondence with Mrs. Stanton, Lucy...
GLC04558.173
13 April 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
[Address of the President to the Young Democratic Club of Maryland]
Discusses the challenges facing young men and women at the bottom of the Great Depression. Gives some solutions to improving unemployment problems such as finding ways to keep children in school longer and curtailing working hours. Urges the young...
GLC04600
14 December 1852
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
to Ralph Wardlaw
Writes to thank Wardlaw for his invitation to visit Scotland. Mentions her surprise at the success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," her belief that the work was divinely inspired, and her hope that its popularity shows Christ has mercy to the cause of...
GLC04631
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