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Bill of slave for 19 slaves for the sum of $6,840.

Depositions from a slander case, in which Hutchinson accused William McCurdy of telling others that Hutchinson had impregnated Elizabeth Nelson, an African American woman. See also depositions dated September 20, 1822.

Essays "Was the banishment of Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena justifiable?" and "On the immediate emancipation of the slaves"; condemns the institution for the way it callouses the heart and consigns the "sons of Africa . . . to all the horrors of Southern slavery."

Personal thanks to Gibson and the Whitehaven Committee [on the abolition of slavery]. He plans on traveling to see Gibson and would like to meet a few members of the committee in a private room during his short visit. Extols what "your little Committee at Whitehaven have done to our common cause."

Effort to organize committees for emancipation throughout the British empire; "I have been engaged for some months on a Tour in behalf of the 'radical abolition of slavery in the Dutch Colonies.'" Voices his intent on sending more petitions to Parliament and establishing committees in every county in the Kingdom to distribute antislavery books that would contribute to this purpose.

Circular articulating the aims of Colonization Society and requests for donations; "the pioneers have located the colony, begun the settlement, and are now ready to receive colonists." [Montserrado, Liberia] Includes handwritten note addressed to Rev. Chapin of Wethersfield-Rocky Hill, Connecticut, requesting that he preach on the nation's birthday that there are 1.5 million slaves in the country.

Resolutions for the "gradual emancipation of the people of Colour."

The Quaker grammarian and moralist gives his opinion against immediate emancipation in the West Indies; "such a measure, would ultimately prove destruction of both the Whites and the Blacks, and the total ruin of the cause, in which we are engaged." However, he believes that Heyrick could publish a "plausible and humane" work on the subject and requests that she send him two copies of the work.

Binding Betsey, a free African-American girl, to Cox as his apprentice to learn the art of housekeeping until she has reached the age of 21. Signed by William Hardin, George Cox, and Samuel Phillips.

"Brechin Castle Estates Journal." Overseer's report for a sugarcane plantation, detailing information on slaves, plantation production, livestock, articles received and delivered, a white worker, and general observations on slave health, weather, and sugar cane cultivation. Accounts for the 55 enslaved men, women, boys, girls, and children, and details the location and type of their labor. Includes a note about retaining some rum "for Estates use – for the slaves." Details number of acres of sugarcane and plantains under cultivation. Comments on illnesses, including dysentery, sores, and fevers, and mentions one elderly man who is believed to be faking sickness. "Teddy has been since June last in the hospital the Doctor Can see nothing the matter with him but Laziness to move about, and this I am obliged to Indulge him with on consequence of his old age."