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He has been lecturing in the service of abolitionists in Iowa. Describes the geography and settlers of Iowa, listing Burlington and Madison as its two prominent communities. Iowa also has "very many--negro haters, willing & ready to trample on any human being, 'guilty of a skin not colored like their own." He has been mobbed three times and had his "liberty of speech cloven down."

Abolitionist writing to his sister, urging her to move to Iowa from Massachusetts.

Abolitionist writing to his sister; mentions that he is "speaking every day" and traveling.

Discusses a trip by train from Virginia to Pittsburgh and his impressions of the city; Mentions different rates of admission for whites and blacks; a theater he attended charged "colored people 50 cents and white 25 cents." He is stopping at Striclands hotel, a public house "kept by a coloured man."

Concerning his exhaustive lecturing throughout several Illinois counties against slavery before the election; "I spoke about nine weeks, in the North West corner of this big Prairie State, speaking every day, often twice and, sometime three times, seldom sleeping two nights in the same town..."

Bill of Sale for a slave named Jacob, between 27 and 30 years old, for $900.

Address to"My Dear Wife," but regarding her last letter where she wrote that she was married or getting married to another man. Instructs her to"send for Master William to read this letter for your Satisfaction." He is very unhappy and wants her to write to him immediately; if she does not answer him he is unsure if he will come home for Christmas.

Abolitionist writing to his sister; he mentions his plans to "enter the field again for the oppressed, and plead the coming fall and winter for liberty."

Document detailing the sale and succession of the property of a Damacine Simon, a deceased free black woman. Family members were brought together to decide such matters as the tutoring of her children, that slaves be sold on a credit, and that "the tract of land on which the deceased resided . . . should be returned in kind..."

Letter to his sister; discusses the weather and agriculture, and plans to meet her in Des Plaines, Illinois. He mentions a visit from a man who took his place as editor of the"Iowa Freeman," the only antislavery paper in the Northwest.