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List of members and rules for an antislavery society; member list includes John G. Palfrey, Horace Mann, Charles Sumner, John G. Whittier, and Charles Sedgwick.

Receipt for healthcare for “negro boy” and “negro girl.” Health care provided includes multiple visits, administering medicine, and “opening negro girls finger” as well as “vial digitalis.” The total bill was $17.50 and covered care provided between 1854 and 1855.

Considering how to handle Sam, a 17-year-old enslaved man hired out to Mr. Bean to thrash rye, who has turned himself in to jail in protest of abuse. Mr. Bean struck Sam with a brush after finding him avoiding work. "...he had previously said no man should whip him this year, if they did he would go to Leesburg & be sold." Has left Sam in jail, hoping "he would come too but you know the Devil is in the whole of Matilda's breed & I expect we will have to sell him, or perhaps loose him as soon as he can find some one who will go with him to Penna." Thoughts on how to handle the other "shareholders" who have invested in Sam. "We own one half of him & I am not disposed to run the risk of loosing him entirely." Notes the popularity of enslaved people turning themselves in to jail, "& I expect in 20 years Loudoun will have no slaves in it this I attribute to the prevailing abolition feeling in the Co." A "negro buyer" suggests Sam is "too bright for the highest market price."

Concerning the attempt to make Kansas a slave state; he has seen 52 emigrants pass through the town on their way to Kansas. He hopes that a large number of southerners can go there, "so enough can be crowded in to make Kansas a slave state."

Letter from the Overseer of the Poor of Bloomfield Township to the Overseer of the Poor of Acquackanonk Township regarding a Black woman named Sally Ann Pierson. Pierson had been removed via warrant from Bloomfield and sent to Acquackanonk, but she had returned to Bloomfield. Baldwin requests provisions for her financial support.

Farmer with abolitionist tendencies reporting on the generally good health of his family after his wife’s recovery from illness. References Bloody Kansas and the assault of Senator Charles Sumner in Washington as well as the “Tyrany [sic.] of the Slave Power.” Planning to cast votes for Freemont & Dayton, the Republican Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates.

Regarding purchase of a horse; Douglass is on his way to New Bedford and the "price is higher than I wish . . . I can not allow myself more than two hundred dollars in horse flesh." Pasted onto a sheet also containing, on verso, James Redpath ALS to A. Leffingwell; Boston, [Mass.], August 19, 1863.

Notice of meeting for opponents of slavery; "The Republicans of Standish, and all others opposed to the further extension of Slavery are requested to meet at the Town House . . . for the purpose of nominating a Candidate for Town Representative."

Depredations caused by border ruffians in Kansas; their locality was secured from Kansas' borders but reported that his team had been stopped on six different occasions. One man who was told that "he had but five minutes to live, he however by referring to his children . . . saved his life." He and his friends had also been threatened but noted that their experiences paled in comparison to the"outrages perpetrated upon Free State Men in other parts..."

Anecdote about a speech Sprague wrote on George Washington that was sent to a southern editor that contained a sentence on slavery. The man sent him a furious letter in response to this passage. Sprague wrote to him again, "expressing...regret at having wounded his feelings..." The man responded "as kindly as if I had been a slave-holder all my life."