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May 18, 1849
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on May 18, 1849, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox of Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders details the sale of two enslaved men at a total of $355.00 profit while expressing concerns about the current market. The paper…
March 9, 1847
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on March 9, 1847, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox of Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders discusses the purchase and subsequent sale of an enslaved woman as well as several other enslaved people he has purchased and…
March 21, 1847
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on March 21, 1847, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox of Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders describes receiving a check for $700 from Fox. Saunders also stated that seven (7) enslaved people were recently sent home and…
June 30,1840
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single-sided handwritten letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro police. There is a signature at the lower right of the main text, and a notation in a separate hand at the bottom left corner of the document. Both texts include the…
September 11, 1856
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter, handwritten in black ink on white paper, offering the condolences of James F. Legate to the parents of David Hoyt on the occasion of Hoyt's death. The letter is written in brown ink on a single sheet of white paper, folded to make four pages. The…
1842
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyamba V to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyamba and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. The letter or note only indicates…
1842-1845
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyo and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. An excerpt from this letter…
1843
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyo and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. In this short letter Eyo…
1845
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyo and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. The letter is dated 23 February…
April 17, 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter written on April 17, 1865, from Washington, D.C., signed by "Sarah" and addressed to "My dear friend." Sarah thanks her friend and the friend's "Society" for sending clothing and asks for future donations of sheeting or cloth to make sheets and…
January 30, 1858
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter written by John Brown and Frederick Douglass from Rochester, New York, on January 30, 1858, to Brown's wife and children. The letter is handwritten in black ink on the front and back sides of a single sheet of paper. The letter is first written by…
September 7, 1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter written by Mrs. Marion Potter addressed to "Messrs. De Rosset & Brown" dated September 7, 1857. The letter is written in brown ink on one side of a single sheet of off-white paper with a black border. The text of the letter discusses Mrs. Potter…
August 16, 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter (a) with envelope (b) written by John Stagenwalt, a 1st U.S. Infantry soldier stationed at New Orleans during its occupation by the Union Army. Written in blue ink on one sheet of wove paper folded to form four pages, the letter is addressed to…
March 19, 1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter (a) with envelope (b) written by John Stagenwalt, a 1st U.S. Infantry soldier stationed at New Orleans during its occupation by the Union Army. Written in brown ink on one sheet of wove paper folded to form four pages, the letter is addressed to…
September 20, 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter (a) with envelope (b) written by John Stagenwalt, a 1st U.S. Infantry soldier stationed at New Orleans during its occupation by the Union Army. Written in brown ink on one sheet of lined wove paper folded to form four pages, the letter is…
July 30, 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letter written by John Stagenwalt, a 1st U.S. Infantry soldier stationed at New Orleans during its occupation by the Union Army. Written in brown ink on one sheet of lined wove paper folded to form four pages, the letter is addressed to John Sheaffer, of…
August 21, 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA letterwritten by John Stagenwalt, a 1st U.S. Infantry soldier stationed at New Orleans during its occupation by the Union Army. Written in brown ink on both sides of a single sheet of wove paper with a torn edge, the letter is addressed to John Sheaffer,…
1851
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLetter of introduction written by William Lloyd Garrison on March 29,1851 for Rev. Thomas H. Jones who fled Salem, MA for England after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. The letter consists of a bi-folded sheet with handwriting in black ink on one…
November 15, 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLetter written to Robert Bell from the Freedmen's Bureau. The one-page handwritten letter to Robert Bell from the Freedmen's bureau includes a dispute with a woman identified as "Eliza." The top proper left side of the front of the letter has black…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of letters and circulars received, March–November 1866 (175), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains special orders and circulars received, July 1865–November 1866, arranged chronologically.
Feb. 1866–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound letters and circulars received, February 1866–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of letters and endorsements received and sent (67), January 1866–July 1867, is arranged chronologically. There are a few entries after July 1867, but these are duplicated in either the single volume of letters received (69) or the single…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of letters and endorsements sent, February–September 1866 (214), is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. This volume has a name index. The volume also contains registers of contracts, Mar.–Nov. 1867 and Jan.–Sept. 1868.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of letters and endorsements sent and a register of subsistence stores received and issued, 1865–1868 (113) 2, is arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically. The letters and endorsements sent, September 1865 to May 1867, are…
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