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From Hornblower, Treasurer of the "b. dir. of the A.S." to Stone of the Female African Society of Union, Ohio. Acknowledges receipt of her letter "covering a ten dollar Bill as a further contribution for the benefit of the African School under the Care of the Synod of New York & New Jersey." States that "Africans have capacity to learn as well as hearts to love." Disappointment Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, discusses the impact of Christian schools on the colored populace, like the Female African Society in Union, Ohio.

Comments on the confusion regarding Jarvis's aunt's will and offers details about settling her estate. Discusses Jarvis's aunt's servants, accusing "Black Helen" of being an "artful thief" and notes her manumission from slavery. Mentions books.

Affidavit of freedom for William Daley.

Deed of Emancipation of the five-month-old "white Child Slave" Sarah Jane as Wilson was “upon principle opposed to holding any person in Slavery.” N.B.: Wilson had declared of “unsound mind” after a head injury allegedly caused by a Native American in 1764. She inherited 14 enslaved individuals, all of whom she freed. Upon her passing, they were re-enslaved which led to a lawsuit resulting in their freedom.

"Address to the Youth of the United States" entitled "Goodness and Greatness hostile to Slavery--" Essay on the injustice of slavery, rejecting the value of expanding slavery into Missouri, and urging young people to support liberty, not slavery. The manuscript is addressed to Joshua Whitall of Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, and signed "By a Native of Virginia."

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 January 29, 1823.

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."