1873 February 6 . Wendell Phillips AQS; New Haven, Connecticut.
1 page
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Brief quotation of lines that Phillips attributed to John Brown.
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1874 December 2 . Flo ALS to Mary J. Mayhew; Savannah, [Georgia].
6 pages
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Flo describes her duties as principal at the Beach Institute for African American children. Provides a description of Savannah, mentions having been at the St. Augustine mission before her appointment as principal. Praises her maid, a colored woman "above her position. Social equality ideas to the contrary notwithstanding, I love her like my own sister."
1876 February 28 . W[illia]m Lloyd Garrison ALS to Benj[amin] Chase; Boston, [Massachusetts].
4 pages
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Received Chase's letter, which contained "anti-slavery reminiscences and suggestive reflections." Recognizes ongoing prejudices against African Americans. Underlines the distinctions between current oppressions and slavery. Happy to be invited to Chase's 50th wedding anniversary, but poor health prevents his attendance. Contains snippets of poetry, including James Thomson's "Spring." Reflects on the character of his late wife, Helen Eliza Garrison, and their marriage.
1878 October 29 . [Jean Lowry Rankin] ALS to John [Thompson Rankin]; Lyndon, Osage Co[unty], Kansas.
2 pages
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Family news from the wife of abolitionist John Rankin to their son.
1879 February 17 . N. Y. Cavill ALS to S. A. Champion; Washington, D.C..
4 pages
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Visited Rutherford B. Hayes. Attended a woman's suffrage convention and heard Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton speak. Notes Rep. John Atkins' service in Congress. Comments on "a little flutter in the color line," discussing [Bruce Kelso] Bruce, an African American Senator. Notes other Senators visiting and offense raised by Mrs. Bruce visiting around town with a "tolerable black" friend. Written on printed U.S. Coast Survey Office stationery.
1880 February 25 . United States Army Partially Printed DS to Augustus Smith; Deer Lick Creek, Texas.
2 pages
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Military discharge from 25th (Colored) Infantry; Smith had enlisted in 1875 to serve five years. On vellum.
1880 July 15 . Ed [Parteneke?] ALS to "Uncle Henry"; Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky.
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Concerning the death of three African Americans; "this month there were already 3 negroes killed all 3 shot 2 of died 3d expected to die 2 of them were shot in one day..." On printed "Wm. Davie & Co., Distillers" stationery.
1880 August 21 . Ebenezer Whittemore ADS; Sandwich, [Massachusetts].
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Inquest into the accidental drowning of Marcus Robbins, an African-American boy. Whittemore was a trial justice in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
1885 January 19 . United States Army, 25th Regiment Colored Infantry Partially Printed DS to Augustus Smith; Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
1 page
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Commissions Smith as a sargent in "C" Company of the 25th (Colored) Infantry Regiment. On Vellum.
[after 1886] . Mary Rankin Typescript to Lucien V. Rule.
8 pages
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Typescript of a biography of Rev. John Rankin, "Rev. John Rankin--February 4, 1793 - March 18, 1886". With an endorsement in the hand of Mary Rankin: "For Mr. Rule" [Lucien V. Rule].