W. E. Abbott ALS to [Maria G.] Porter, November 29, 1856
Syracuse Fugitive Aid Society sends slaves on Underground Railroad. Requests for more funds. A possible reference to Harriet Tubman.
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W[illia]m J. Watkins ANS to Mrs. Armstrong, [August 1857]
Report of number of fugitive slaves passed to Canada, December 1856 to August 1857. One page of accounts pinned to note.
Frederick Douglass ALS to Maria [G.] Porter, October 13, 1857
Request for aid for William Oborne [Osborne?], a fugitive slave.
L[ewis] Tappan ALS to [Maria G.] Porter, February 4, 1859
Regarding money from the Irish Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society donated to the Rochester Society
Sarah Plummer ALS to The Ladies of the Rochester Anti Slavery Association, January 24, 1859
Request for fugitive slave case reports to be read before a meeting to raise emotional support.
George B[arrell] Cheever ALS to [Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society?], June 20, 1859
Accepting a speaking engagement to the [Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society]
Julia G[riffiths] Crofts ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, August 5, [1859]
Necessity for more personal contact via letters to keep interest high in England. Plans for an anti-slavery bazaar in Halifax. Ideas for sale items at bazaar
Rebecca Bailey ALS to Anna M. C. Barnes, September 21, 1859
Thanks for donation of money to anti-slavery work
Frederick Douglass ALS to [Maria G.] Porter, September 26, 1859
Request for financial assistance for his newspaper. Mentions leaving for England
Maria Webb ALS to A[nna] M. C. Barnes, October 10, 1859
Extending aid to Rochester Society and to the Frederick Douglass Paper. Remarks about Douglass's paper and other anti-slavery newspapers.