Title
Date
From Archive Folder
Document Type
$100.00 reward!
12 February 1861
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861
Broadside
$2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves
23 August 1852
Documents Relating to 1852
Broadside
13th annual report NAACP for the year 1922
1 January 1923
Documents related to the NAACP
Pamphlet
14th annual report NAACP for the year 1923
1 January 1924
Documents related to the NAACP
Pamphlet
178 Sugar and Cotton Plantation Slaves!... [Slave sale catalogue from Waverly and Meredith plantations]
13 March 1855
Documents Relating to 1855
Business and financial document
17th annual report NAACP for the year 1926
1 January 1927
Documents related to the NAACP
Pamphlet
18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy
November 1861-June 1862
Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates
Military document
1806 State of the Union Address
9 December 1806
Documents Relating to 1806
Government document
1870 Diary
1870
Diaries of James S. Kiger
Diary
19th annual report NAACP for the year 1928
1 January 1929
Documents related to the NAACP
Pamphlet
20th annual report of the NAACP for the year 1929
1 January 1930
Documents related to the NAACP
Pamphlet
50th Annual Report of the American Colonization Society
1867
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
A. A. Galpin to John D. Moore about his expedition to Santa Fe and plans in case he does not return
16 June 1841
Documents Relating to 1841
Correspondence; Military document
A. Ames to Travis Rhodes regarding submitting an application for Post Master
28 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A. B. Cummings to William McBlair regarding two drunk crewmen on board the "Dale"
1 June 1857
William McBlair collection
Military document
A. Burnwell to Blanche Kelso Bruce in great distress regarding his lack
22 January 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.A. Davis to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding making the post office a separating or distributing office
30 May 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.A. Shattuck to General A. Ames asking for a recommendation to the position of Post Master in West Point Mississippi
2 March 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.B. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce with an introduction of H.B. Bromwell
1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.B. Korris to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding passes to California
5 April 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.C. Ramsey, former Alabama slave owner, commenting on Reconstruction
3 January 1867
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Correspondence
A.E. Kilpatrick to Blanche Kelso Bruce to request help transferring from the 17th Infantry into the 7th Calvary
25 January 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.G. Packer to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
24 January 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.J. Pleasanton to Edwin M. Stanton recommending that General Brisbin be retained at his current post based on his meritorious service
29 June 1865
Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin
Correspondence
A.K. Daniel to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Robert Stewart
18 January 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.K. Davis to James Hill in hopes of a position in the consulship of Trinidad
28 July 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.P. Shattuck to Hon. James Hill regarding getting A. A Shattuck appointed Post Master of the WestPoint Mississippi post office
1 March 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.R. Howe to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to aid Saul B. Raymond
31 January 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.W. Burritt to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce for help in getting her papers back
11 January 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.W. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for his job to be made permanent
26 December 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
A.W. Tourgee to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the endorsement of the Republican party for a paper
June 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Aaron Burr to a client about recovering a slave
25 October 1815
Documents Relating to 1815
Correspondence; Legal document
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry concerning voting on the Lecompton Constitution
3 October 1857
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry justifying violence in the cause of abolition
2 August 1858
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on injuries at Harper's Ferry, life in jail and spiritual beliefs
30 January 1860
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on the prospect of facing death
23 February 1860
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry regarding tensions over slavery in Kansas
28 August 1856
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry with a farewell message shortly before his execution
13 March 1860
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his father on the fight against slavery
29 September 1857
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister discussing his trial and offering spiritual encouragement
18 January 1860
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on arguments over slavery and abolition in Kansas
29 April 1857
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on his dedication to the cause of freedom
8 April 1858
Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters
Correspondence
Abigail Adams to Hannah Cushing on the death of her nephew on the U.S.S. Constitution
ca. 17 February 1812-1813
Documents Relating to 1812
Non-governmental organization document
Abigail K. Foster to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson on abolition and women's suffrage
9 March 1881
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Correspondence
The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power.
1861
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861
Pamphlet
The Abolitionist
1833
Documents Relating to 1833
Newspapers and Magazines
Abolitionist broadside
1 December 1859
Documents Relating to 1859
Broadside
Abraham Bogart to his wife regarding the siege and fall of Fort Wagner
9 September 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865
1866
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Artwork
Abraham Lincoln speech delivered July 17, 1858
ca. 17 July 1858
Documents Relating to 1858
Pamphlet
Abraham Lincoln to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah
20 July 1857
Documents Relating to 1857
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler regarding "free black labor" in occupied Louisiana
6 November 1862
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to E. Malhiot on delaying vote in Louisiana until slavery is abolished
19 June 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton re: urging recruitment of black troops in Kentucky
28 March 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding churches in Port Royal, S.C.
29 September 1862
Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding transport to return black colonists from Haiti
1 February 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton
12 May 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Government document; Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton regarding African American regiments
23 June 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton, explaining how he has sent an 'intelligent colored man' to provide advice
11 April 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles discussing the Battle of Fort Pillow
3 May 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to John Eaton regarding supervision over Freedmen
10 February 1865
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to John P. Usher regarding the Battle of Fort Pillow
3 May 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville
17 March 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Correspondence
Abstract of incidental expenses in the Freedmen's Department, District of Memphis
January 1865
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis
Business and financial document
Abstract of monies received in the Freedmen's Department during December for the Memphis District
December 1864
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis
Business and financial document
Abstract of receipts from various sources on account of City Colored Schools
30 June 1865
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis
Business and financial document
Abstract of the returns of the fifth census, showing the number of free people, the number of slaves...
1832
Documents Relating to 1832
Government document; Pamphlet
Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn
ca. 1826
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn
30 June 1827
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account between John Winn and J. M. Wills
15 May 1823
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account between John Winn and J. N. Wills
ca. 1820
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account Book
1854-1856
Collection of Woodson Johnson
Business and financial document
Account figures for the hiring of slaves
ca. 1822
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account of the estate of J. Wills
ca. 1826
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians
24 May 1690
The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690
Business and financial document
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians
24 May 1690
The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690
Business and financial document
Account of payment made by Flucker to Samuel Dyer
31 May 1774
The Henry Knox Papers [0009] May-June 1774
Business and financial document
Account of payments made by Henry Knox
24 May 1780 - 5 June 1781
The Henry Knox Papers [0024] 1781
Business and financial document
Account of Robert Livingston
15 May 1790
The Livingston Family Papers [094] January-September 1790
Business and financial document
Account of sales and hiring negroes of Mildred Bradshaws estate, by J Winn for G Winn
17 October 1828
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account of sales of the personal estate of Thomas Winn
6 December 1824
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish]
24 February 1777
Documents Relating to 1777
Correspondence
Account sheet regarding fees required as Court Clerk
26 January 1703
The Livingston Family Papers [030] 1703
Business and financial document
Accounts for Jabez Champlin due from the estate of Joseph and William Wanton
1766-1787
Documents Relating to 1765-1774
Business and financial document
Accounts of John Winn, including rental of slaves
ca. 1820
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Acknowledgement of salary payments
20 July 1789
The Henry Knox Papers [0090] July-August 1789
Government document
An Act concerning the introduction of Negroes & Mulattoes into this Territory
17 September 1807
Documents Relating to 1807
Legal document
An act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the African slave trade
11 April 1843
Documents Relating to 1843
Pamphlet; Government document
An Act H.R. 4318 4th Congress 3rd Session.
5 February 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Government document
An Act in addition to "an act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from an after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight," and to repeal certain parts of the same
20 April 1818
Documents Relating to 1818
Government document
An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States
8 May 1792
Documents Relating to 1792
Military document; Government document
Act of a French society concerning the slave trade [In French]
1748-1750
Documents Relating to 1700-1753
Non-governmental organization document
An act of Parliament effecting a treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the slave trade
11 April 1843
Documents Relating to 1843
Pamphlet; Government document
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864.
22 November 1864
Confederate acts and resolutions
Military document
Act to carry into effect an additional article to..[a previous] treaty
29 June 1863
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
17 July 1862
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270
30 August 1861
Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws
Government document
An Act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270.
30 August 1861
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document
An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories
June 1862
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862
Government document
"AN ACT: To Protect all Persons in Their Civil Rights, in the State of Arkansas and to Furnish Means for Their Vindication" with endorsements by Charles Sumner and John H. Johnson
ca. February 1873
Charles Sumner-related items
Government document
Addie R Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that the class of the Terry Post Office be raised
2 December 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the Post Office
5 February 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the appointment of a new Post Master
8 September 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce resigning from the position of Postmaster in Terry
16 December 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and the vicinity in the south meeting-house, in Salem, February 24, 1834
24 February 1834
Documents Relating to 1834
Pamphlet
Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1883 : on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation, in the District of Columbia.
16 April 1883
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Pamphlet
An Address Delivered by Hon. William D. Kelley at Girard Avenue, Above Eleventh St. on October 3rd, 1856
1856
Civil war loyalty pamphlets
Pamphlet
An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies
1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Pamphlet
Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, before the Hamilton Club, Chicago
31 January 1896
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Miscellany
Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery
4 March 1850
Documents Relating to 1850
Pamphlet
Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry, to give deliverance to the captives, and to let the oppressed go free
December 1859
Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality
Broadside
The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States
1860
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860
Pamphlet
Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public
1835
Documents Relating to 1835
Pamphlet
Address to Abraham Lincoln regarding Freedman's Aid
1 December 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Correspondence
Address to the free colored people of the United States
1838
Documents Relating to 1838
Pamphlet
An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina
1805
Documents Relating to 1805
Pamphlet
An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina [anti-slavery]
1805
Documents Relating to 1805
Pamphlet
An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy. [a contemporary fake]
5 January 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Broadside
Address to the People of the United States, by the General Anti-Slavery Convention, of nearly 4,000 People, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1845
June 1845
Documents Relating to 1845
Broadside; Non-governmental organization document
An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob...
1838
Documents Relating to 1838
Pamphlet
Adiel Sherwood to Absalom Janes with various pieces of news, including the story of a runaway slave
25 February 1843
Documents Relating to 1843
Correspondence
Adjutant General's Office General Orders No. 1
2 January 1863
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
Administracion general de rentas reales maritimas [In Spanish]
27 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
26 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
26 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion General De Rentas Reales Marítimas [In Spanish]
26 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
27 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
27 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
27 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]
27 June 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Business and financial document
Advertisement for antislavery lecture
16 February 1857
Documents Relating to 1857
Broadside
Advertisement for the book Life at the South
1 July 1852
Documents Relating to 1852
Broadside
Advertisement for A Fool's Errand and A Compend of the Elements of Fact
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Advertisement for land in Rockingham county
n.d.
Collection of Woodson Johnson
Land transaction document; Business and financial document
Advertisement of personal property, including slaves, for the estate of Thomas Winn
22 November 1824
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Affadavit regarding the imprisonment of Jeremiah Sullivan and two other sailors on the African coast
4 February 1858
William McBlair collection
Legal document; Military document
Affidavit of sales agreement for a slave named Hannibal in St. Croix
4 April 1787
Documents Relating to 1787
Legal document
Africa and the American Flag. By Commander Andrew H. Foote. U.S. Navy, Lieutenant commanding U.S. Brig. Perry on the Coast of Africa, A.D. 1850-1851
1854
Documents Relating to 1854
Book
African Americans near canal in Richmond
April 1865
Selection of Civil War Era Photographs
Photograph
African-American soldiers digging graves
ca. 1860-1869
Selection of Civil War Era Photographs
Photograph
The African's right to citizenship.
1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
Africans taken in the Amistad: congressional document, containing the correspondence, & c., in relation to the captured Africans
1840
Documents Relating to 1840
Pamphlet
Afro-American Monument
1897
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Artwork
Agreement for sale of five slaves
24 August 1835
Documents Relating to 1835
Business and financial document
Agreement of registry
22 May 1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Military document
Agreement to be the carpenter and clerk at the forges at Maryburgh
26 February 1774
The Livingston Family Papers [082] 1774-1775
Business and financial document; Legal document
Ain't it strange
ca. 1901
Documents Relating to the 1900s
Newspapers and Magazines
Alabama woman writes to her cousin in Michiga
22 August 1871
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Correspondence
Albert D Thompson to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help securing a position as a school teaching in another county as he wishes to leave his current position due to threats of violence
27 November 1875
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Albert Pike to John Ross re: requesting necessary papers to capture fugitive slave
20 March 1862
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862
Correspondence
Albert Smith to Franklin Pierce discussing the possibility of appointing Watson Freeman as U.S. Marshall
3 December 1852
Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman
Correspondence
Albert to Father
19 October 1862
Letters from a Union soldier called Albert
Correspondence
Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady, including images of Lincoln, generals and freed slaves
ca.1865
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Album of approx. 250 cyanotypes of African-Americans, at Calhoun, Ala.
ca. 1896-1903
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Photograph
Albumen of members of the Louisiana Native Guard
ca. 1863
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Regiment
1864
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Alex Peterson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he send his lamps
11 January 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alex Seals to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to keep him updated on goings on in Washington
1 May 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alex W. Hardy to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for an appointment in order to avoid poverty
2 February 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alex Yerger to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position as superintendent of education in Mississippi
7 February 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alex Yerger to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a bill due
29 December 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alexander Hamilton Stephens to Henry Moore Teller introducing Henry Turner, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Chirch in the South
24 April 1882
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Correspondence
Alexander Hamilton Stephens to Thomas W. Thomas discussing the Kansas Nebraska Act
27 February 1854
Documents Relating to 1854
Correspondence
Alexander McDougall to Henry Knox requesting supplies and passing on gossip
19 October 1783
The Henry Knox Papers [0067] 11-20 October 1783
Correspondence
Alfred Bolling Holt to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a possible position in Mississippi
8 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alfred Bolling to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help gaining a position in Mississippi
8 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alfred Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding a ruined cotton crop
18 May 1857
Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves
Correspondence
Alfred Reed to Woody Johnson
n.d.
Collection of Woodson Johnson
Correspondence
Alice J Somerville to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding her application
8 April 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alice J Somerville to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting an appointment
28 January 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alice M. Kennedy to Blanche Kelso Bruce anxious about he position
23 December 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Alice Park to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an apology
16 February 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Allegorical verses on slavery
ca. 1850-1860
Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era
Miscellany
Allen P Huggins to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking if he will help him get an appointment as Postmaster
26 July 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Ambler L. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his influence to get Eugene O'Sullivan a pension
9 January 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Amendment for an act authorizing the employment of free African Americans
17 February 1864
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document; Legal document
Amendment to the negro soldier bill
14 February 1865
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865
Government document; Military document
Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill
14 February 1865
Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws
Government document
Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill
14 February 1865
Confederate acts and resolutions
Military document
Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country
12 December 1864
Confederate acts and resolutions
Military document
Amendment to senate bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country
ca. 15 December 1864
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document; Legal document
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.
ca. 1837
Documents Relating to 1837
Pamphlet
The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839
1839
Documents Relating to 1839
Pamphlet
The American Anti-Slavery Society
1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Non-governmental organization document
American Colonization Society circular proposing steamship line between the United States and Africa
31 May 1850
Documents Relating to 1850
Non-governmental organization document
American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank
ca. 1 December 1833
Documents Relating to 1833
Non-governmental organization document
The American Difficulty
11 May 1861
Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members
Artwork
The American Museum, or Universal Magazine
February 1791
Documents Relating to 1791
Newspapers and Magazines
The American Museum, volume 6
1789
Documents Relating to 1789
Book
American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime
1918
Documents Relating to the 1910s
Book
American slavery as it is: testimony of a thousand witnesses
1839
Documents Relating to 1839
Book
Ananias Cooper to Robert Livingston re: prescription for Robert's slave, Jack
30 June 1783
The Livingston Family Papers [087] 1783
Correspondence
Andrew Alfred Dexter to Simon Newton Dexter on a planting business
24 March 1849
Documents Relating to 1849
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Hardy Murfree Cryer regarding a runaway slave
12 July 1823
Documents Relating to 1823
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to John C. Calhoun regarding slavery
27 April 1820
Documents Relating to 1820
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to L. Jones cancelling a slave purchase
25 March 1832
Documents Relating to 1832
Correspondence; Business and financial document
Andrew Jackson to Maunsel White about cotton, crops, friends and relations with Britain
1 January 1842
Documents Relating to 1842
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Mr. Peal regarding the sale and delivery of slaves to his plantation
30 January 1819
Documents Relating to 1819
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Thomas J. Donelson regarding the duties of the latter
21 March 1843
Documents Relating to 1843
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to Tilghman Ashurst Howard about various matters
28 August 1833
Documents Relating to 1833
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to unknown regarding the movements of some former slaves
25 January 1838
Documents Relating to 1838
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to William B. Lewis on the nullification crisis
28 August 1832
Documents Relating to 1832
Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to William Russell desiring the annexation of Texas and other political matters
8 July 1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Correspondence
Andrew Johnson on Negro Suffrage. His letter to Gov. Sharkey of Mississippi.
15 August 1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Broadside
Andrew Johnson to Alfred O. Nicholson regarding the concept of popular sovereignty
18 January 1848
Documents Relating to 1848
Correspondence
Andrew Johnson to D. J. Patterson discussing appointments, politicians and the Democratic party
23 January 1858
Documents Relating to 1858
Correspondence
Andrew Knox to Sarah Knox mentioning watching for gun boats and a discussion with McClellan about African American troops
6 August 1862
Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery
Correspondence
Andrew Knox to Sarah Knox regarding the Christian faith of his African American servant William
9 January 1865
Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery
Correspondence
Andrew T. Judson to William S. Holabird suggesting a previous case that might offer precedent for the Amistad one
10 November 1839
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Correspondence
Ann W. Ancell to John Winn regarding the ownership of a slave
20 February 1836
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Correspondence
Anna Douglass, three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait
ca. 1880
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Photograph
Anna W. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding protection
5 January 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Anniversary Exercises of Greenwich Academy
16 June 1875
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Announcement of amendment to law on slave trials for capital crimes
15 November 1768
Documents Relating to 1765-1774
Government document; Legal document
Announcement of a reward for a runaway "negro man servant" named Peter
20 September 1781
Documents Relating to 1781
Business and financial document
Announcing pro-slavery meeting
20 July 1830
Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri
Non-governmental organization document
Anson Jones to N. P. Norton regarding a bill to move the capitol of Texas
21 January 1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Correspondence
Anthony Wayne to Henry Knox about the threat of the Creek nation to planters in Georgia
20 March 1790
The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790
Correspondence; Military document
Anti-15th Amendment
1870
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Broadside
Anti-fugitive slave law meeting: at a large meeting of persons from various parts of the state of New York, held in the City of Syracuse January 9th 1851...
9 January 1851
Documents Relating to 1851
Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, Number 11
November 1835
Documents Relating to 1835
Pamphlet
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 1, no. 7.
July 1835
Documents Relating to 1835
Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 2, no. 17.
May 1836
Documents Relating to 1836
Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society resolution approving of the principles and practice of Gerrit Smith
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 1
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 2
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 9
ca. 1841
Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York
Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document
Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird
January 1840
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Legal document
"Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder
ca. 1882
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Object
Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freed slaves
6 November 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Broadside
An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
1833
Documents Relating to 1833
Book
Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the people of the United States. Shall slavery be permitted in Nebraska?
19 January 1854
Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20]
Pamphlet
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
1836
Documents Relating to 1836
Pamphlet
An Appeal to the colored voters of Hart County
31 July 1891
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Broadside
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
ca. 1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Pamphlet
An appeal to the people of Massachusetts, on the Texas question
1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Pamphlet
Application for a bonus based on service for Jeremiah Boley
1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Legal document; Business and financial document
Appointees in Treasury Dept. Charged to Mississippi
ca.1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Appointment of commissioner Elijah Brigham [c/s Pickering]
29 August 1798
Documents Relating to 1798
Government document
Appointment of commissioners for Augusta County, Virginia
1 January 1784
Documents Relating to 1784
Government document
Appointment of George L. Stearns, Samuel Cabot Jr. and William H. Russell as trustees
14 April 1857
Documents Relating to 1857
Business and financial document; Legal document
Appointment of Gibson's aide-de-camp to serve as agent in matters pertaining to slaves
19 February 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Military document
Appointment of Samuel C. Crafts as Commissioner for fifth division of Vermont
7 March 1799
Documents Relating to 1799
Government document
Appraisement of negros
n.d.
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Appraisement of negros
n.d.
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Business and financial document
Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States : in the case of the United States, appellants, vs. Cinque, and others...
1841
Documents Relating to 1841
Pamphlet
The argument of Roger S. Baldwin, of New Haven, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans of the Amistad
1841
Documents Relating to 1841
Pamphlet
Argument of Wendell Phillips, Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations, (of the Massachusetts Legislature,) ...
20 February 1855
Documents Relating to 1855
Pamphlet
Arlena Dillard to Blanche Kelso Bruce
29 January 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Army expenses of various regiments
2 April - 28 September 1776
The Henry Knox Papers [0012] January-April 1776
Military document; Business and financial document
Army rations issued to Joseph Manning
4 June 1783
The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783
Military document
Army transport "Lookout" on the Tennessee River
n.d.
Photographs of Chattanooga and Knoxville
Photograph
Army transport "Wauhatchie" on the Tennessee River
n.d.
Photographs of Chattanooga and Knoxville
Photograph
Arrest Warrant for Cally a slave
9 April 1858
Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave"
Legal document
Arrest warrant for the slave Samuel for his role in the Easter Plot
19 April 1802
Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802
Legal document
"Arrival of first negroes in the lines."
ca. 1861-1865
Selection of Civil War Era Photographs
Photograph
Arthur Middleton to Lyman Hall asking him to resolve a debate over ownership of a slave
1 March 1783
Documents Relating to 1783
Correspondence
Articles established by the Colored Ladies Lincoln Association
October 1862
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Non-governmental organization document
Articles of Treaty between General Marion in behalf of the State of So. Carolina and Major Gainey & the Inhabitants under his Command which were Included in the Treaty made under the 17th day of June 1781
8 June 1782
Documents Relating to 1782
Government document; Military document
As one southerner to another: [Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence]
1943
Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s
Pamphlet
Asa Smith to his mother reagrding union soldiers tricking condfederate soliders out of money
8 June 1862
Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry
Correspondence
Ashur Shephard to Robert Livingston re: request for payment
8 May 1782
The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782
Correspondence
The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes
1713
Collection of important printed treaties
Pamphlet; Government document
Astounding Disclosures!
18 August 1858
Documents Relating to 1858
Broadside
Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 18, no. 110 (December 1866)]
December 1866
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Newspapers and Magazines
Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 19, no.111 (January 1867)]
January 1867
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Newspapers and Magazines
Atticus Slaughter to Tobias Gibson regarding his wife and plantation business
15 August 1858
Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves
Correspondence
Augustus Saint Guadens to Wm. R. Ware? re: illustrated letter on placement of Shaw 54th Mass. memorial
21 February 1890
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Correspondence
Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and others
1915
Documents Relating to the 1910s
Book
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding African Americans
5 May 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her first few days in Washington, Georgia
31 May 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her trip from New York to Savannah, Georgia
22 May 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding a voyage
1-2 May 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to James W. Hale regarding their brother's death
9 September 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding family matters
19 April 1823
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding life in Georgia
11 June 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding a Reverend Mr. Webster
20 August 1823
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding the school she teaches at
4 June 1823
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their family
3 August 1822
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their mother's health and Sarah's education
19 October 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding various matters, including marriage
4 December 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale discussing the concept of death and the recent passing of their mother
25 June 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale expressing feelings of sadness and loneliness
6 March 1830
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the death of her daughter
18-24 November 1832
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding health matters
25 July 1824
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her educational work
19 August 1825
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her move to Mount Meigs, Alabama
19 September 1829
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her sister's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs
10 October 1830
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her trip from Washington to White Hall, Georgia
18 September 1823
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her upcoming visit to Mount Meigs
11 August 1830
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding marriage
27 May 1828
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a planned visit to the north
4 March 1833
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding Sarah's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs
25 July 1830
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding several matters, including a delirious cousin
8 February 1833
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding slaves
2-16 September 1832
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm
29 June 1832
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm and subsequent damage to her property
22 May 1832
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's death
26 April 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's gravestone
23 January 1827
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the weather and its impact on a cotton crop
26-30 August 1832
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) cancelling her plans to go up north
4 May 1835
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the loss of two more children
28 January 1837
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned trip to go up north and Sarah's recent wedding
1 September 1833
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned visit to go up north and the activities of her slaves
29 January 1835
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her job as a teacher
23 December 1823
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her mother's ill health
10 April 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her social engagements in Georgia and her upcoming work as a teacher
11 June 1821
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding the school she teaches at
29 December 1822
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Aurelia to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the disappearance of two slaves
5 June 1836
Aurelia Hale letters
Correspondence
Austin Fenn re: response to rebel threats of shooting black prisoners of war
3 May 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Correspondence
Authentic and impartial narrative of the tragical scene which was witnessed in Southampton County (Virginia) on Monday the 22d of August last, when fifty-five of its inhabitants (mostly women and children) were inhumanly massacred by the blacks!
1831
Documents Relating to 1831
Book
Authentic speeches of S.P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, during his visit to Ohio, with his speeches at Indianapolis, and at the mass meeting in Baltimore, October, 1863
1863
Civil war loyalty pamphlets
Pamphlet
Authority to affix seal to additional article to slave trade treaty with Britain
5 March 1863
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document; Legal document
Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade
4 April 1862
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862
Government document
B.F. Trinwall to Blanche Kelso Bruce with explanation a debt collection
25 April 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.F. Trumble to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a conversation with Sterling, who owes the Senator money
20 January 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.F. Trumble to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the payment of a debt
11 April 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.I. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the case of Jerry Robinson
30 January 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.I. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding working on the possibility of the Vice Presidency for Bruce
9 April 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.J. James to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a copy of a publication for the Wilberforce Reading Room
9 December 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.J. James to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for the Congressional Record
8 August 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.J. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding tax payment data
9 September 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.P Slug to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the presidential elections
14 February 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.S. Schneck to George Besore requesting money to send a slave family to Africa
29 January 1855
Documents Relating to 1855
Correspondence
B.T. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding when Bishop Payne will be in Washington
28 January 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
B.T. Todd to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing his interest in the appointment for supervisor of the census
6 January 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions
1847
Documents Relating to 1847
Pamphlet
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state
4 June 1860
Collection relating to Charles Sumner
Pamphlet; Government document
The Barbarities of the Rebels...
1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Book
Behind the scenes.' By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
1868
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Book
Benjamin F. Butler to F. A. Angell discussing suffrage for African Americans
11 July 1865
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865
Correspondence
Benjamin F. Franklin to William Martin Dickson, discussing the creation of a separate state for former slaves
15 August 1865
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865
Correspondence
Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Huntington regarding the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
12 January 1788
Documents Relating to 1788
Correspondence
Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair ordering him to receive two prisoners, and to exchange drummer boys
25 March 1859
William McBlair collection
Military document
Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair regarding the sentences of Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf
25 March 1859
William McBlair collection
Correspondence; Military document
Benjamin Lundy to Elizur Wright regarding the establishment of an anti-slavery society in Pennsylvania
7 November 1836
Documents Relating to 1836
Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document
Benjamin Rush to Mr. Fitssimons about a funding act
19 February 1790
Documents Relating to 1790
Correspondence
Bettie W. Lybrook re: criticizing the KKK but without it the no white lady would be safe in Ala.
17 August 1870
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Correspondence
Bill for Blanche Kelso Bruce
23 March 1897
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Bill for Harvey and Johnson
17 November 1865
Collection of Woodson Johnson
Business and financial document
Bill for R.C. Bruce
31 March 1920
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Bill for R.C. Bruce
30 November 1920
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Bill for Roscoe C. Bruce
01 May 1920
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Bill for sale of eight slaves
26 April 1856
Abolitionists collection: letters and documents
Business and financial document
Bill of Cost
ca. 1858-1859
Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave"
Legal document
Bill of exchange related to captured slaves in Sierra Leone
1 April 1817
Documents Relating to 1817
Business and financial document
Bill of sale and receipt for $45, slave Samuel in Saddle River, New Jersey
August 1833
Documents Relating to 1833
Business and financial document
Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach
1780
Documents Relating to 1780
Business and financial document
Bill of sale for a female slave named America and her child
18 September 1852
Documents Relating to 1852
Business and financial document
Bill of sale for two slaves
22 March 1810
Documents Relating to 1810
Business and financial document
Bill of sale for two slaves sold to Rieneer Van Giesen
29 November 1760
Documents Relating to 1754-1764
Business and financial document
Bill of sale of slaves, livestock, and other goods to Robert Livingston
21 November 1782
The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782
Business and financial document
Bill of sale to Andrew Johnson for a slave girl named Dolly
2 January 1843
Documents Relating to 1843
Business and financial document
A bill to be entitled an act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities
5 January 1864
Confederate acts and resolutions
Military document
A Bill to be entitled an act to increase the military force of the Confederate States
10 February 1865
Confederate acts and resolutions
Military document
A bill to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, and to repeal an act for the enlistment of cooks
6 May 1864
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document; Legal document
A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and the defences of the country
15 December 1864
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document; Legal document
A Bill, to amend the act, entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"
25 February 1801
Documents Relating to 1801
Broadside
Bills of sale for negro
12 August 1844
Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves
Business and financial document
Biographical record of Andrew T. Judson
n.d.
Biographical notes on Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Americans
Miscellany
The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848
1848
Documents Relating to 1848
Government document; Legal document
The black phalanx; a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865.
1888
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Book
Black republican and office-holder's journal. [No. 4 (September 1865)]
September 1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Newspapers and Magazines
Black Republican Prayer
ca. 1863
Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers
Broadside
The Black troopers ... in the Spanish American War
1899
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Book
The black troopers, or the daring heroism of the negro soldiers in the Spanish-American War
1899
Books about African Americans
Book
Blanche Brown to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he look out for any suitable positions
24 February 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Blanche Kelso Bruce to F.E Smith regarding the health of Mr. Leachman
1 August 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Blank negro passport
1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Legal document
Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph
ca. 1826
Documents Relating to 1826
Business and financial document
"Bloody Colfax"
[1876]
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Broadside
Bombproof works occupied by U.S. Colored Troops, Petersburg, Va.
ca. August 1864
Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc.
Photograph
Booker T. Washington to Anne Abbott regarding female missionaries
23 April 1892
Documents Relating to the 1890s
Correspondence
The border ruffian code in Kansas
1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Pamphlet
The border ruffian code in Kansas
1856
Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20]
Pamphlet
Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall
8 December 1859
Documents Relating to 1859
Pamphlet; Newspapers and Magazines
Boston Gazette and Country Journal No. 1090
8 April 1776
Documents Relating to 1776
Newspapers and Magazines
Boston Gazette and Country Journal. [No. 1235 (April 27, 1778)]
27 April 1778
Documents Relating to 1778
Newspapers and Magazines
Bound collection of 45 Congressional speeches of various people
1840-1841
Documents Relating to 1840
Book; Government document
Boyle to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting payment
15 May 1875
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..."
ca. 1889
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Correspondence
Brief from the Circuit Court regarding the Amistad case
April-June 1840
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny
Legal document
Britannia Sympathises with Columbia
6 May 1865
Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members
Artwork
Broadside advertising the play "Slave life! or, Uncle Tom's cabin"
1852
Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Broadside
Broadside advertising Uncle Tom's cabin at the National Theatre, New York
1853
Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Broadside
Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service
1863
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863
Broadside
Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service
1863
Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers
Broadside
Broadside regarding recruitment of African Americans and celebrating emancipation in Maryland
ca. 1 November 1864
Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864
Broadside
Brown hung
December 1859
Documents Relating to 1859
Broadside
Brownlow's Knoxville whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 27 (July 9, 1864)]
9 July 1864
Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers
Newspapers and Magazines
Brutus and Caesar
15 August 1863
Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members
Artwork
Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. …
1856
Documents Relating to 1856
Pamphlet
Business card for Huntington & Brown Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
8 February 1876
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Business and financial document
Buying a substitute in the North during the war
ca. 1880-1890
Confederate war etchings
Artwork
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill complaining about the number of African Americans in the South and suggesting that they should be killed to prevent them from moving North after the war
24 November 1862
Collection of Byron E. Churchill
Correspondence
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing recruitment, Confederate prisoners and the sympathies that some generals seem to hold for slave owners
14 August 1862
Collection of Byron E. Churchill
Correspondence
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing an upcoming draft and his disagreement with the policy of arming African Americans, who he wishes would die instead of white soldiers
27 November 1862
Collection of Byron E. Churchill
Correspondence
Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill reassuring her of his safety, mentioning the polluted water supply and commenting on two African American cooks
21 September 1862
Collection of Byron E. Churchill
Correspondence
C Hitchcock to Gov O. P. Morton asking for help getting a position in government
25 December 1875
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C Sunny to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding meeting in his office after two
28 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
c. (Senate bill, no. 109.) . . . An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864
22 November 1864
Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws
Government document
C. B White to James L. Botsford regarding new scout information
n.d.
Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry
Correspondence; Military document
C. Collins to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he recommend Lee Jarvis
11 March 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C. Rosebaum to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a recommendation
16 November 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C. Rosenbaum to Blanche Kelso Bruce to ask once again for Senator Bruce's recommendation for a position in the Post office
20 December 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C. Rosenbaum to John R. Lynch asking that he write to Senator Bruce on his behalf for the position as Post Master
20 October 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C. Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his promotions
7 May 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.A. Sullivan to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking after an appointment
10 December 1878
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.C. Duncan to Blanche Kelso Bruce
14 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.C. Simms to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a Post Office at Pelahatchie
25 May 1880
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.E. Bent to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding favor for the current Post Master
10 March 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.E. Parker to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for flowers
19 January 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.G. Shockleford to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding seeing Mr. French
17 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.G. Shockleford to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he look out for a position for him in Mississippi
18 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.S. Bell to Blanche Kelso Bruce apologizing fro missing a meeting
11 November 1874
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.S. Bell to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce for help in keeping his government position
6 March 1875
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
C.S. Huntington to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Alexander's position as Post Master
14 March 1877
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Cabinet photograph of Cassius Clay
ca. 1873
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Photograph
Caleb Y Hale to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the establishment of a government daily paper
18 February 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California.
11 March 1850
Documents Relating to 1850
Pamphlet
Calling Card for James Hill
n.d.
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Calvin E. Stowe to Anson Rood discussing the controversy surrounding his representation in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
14 December 1852
Documents Relating to 1852
Correspondence
Calvin Smith to Jedediah Smith regarding the Mississippi territory, family matters and agriculture
11 December 1801
Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr
Correspondence
Camp scene
1860
Cartes de visites
Photograph
Camp scene
1860
Cartes de visites
Photograph
Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs
18 December 1857
Documents Relating to 1857
Broadside
Campaign ribbon on silk: "Old buck is coming"
1856
Documents Relating to 1856
Object
Captain R.W. Crockett, of the 81st U.S. Colored Troops, CDV in uniform
ca. 1863-1865
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Carrier's Address To the Patrons of the Boonsboro Odd Fellow
2 January 1860
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Broadside
Carte de visite bust portrait of Thaddeus Stevens
ca. 1861
Cartes de visite of Civil War era Northern statesmen and others
Photograph
Carte de visite of Andres B. Hall
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of Arman Martin
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of Francis Bridge
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of G.A. Foster
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of H.H. Rowe
1861
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of Mortimer G. Smith
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of N.B. Burtram
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of an officer
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of the organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, vignette bust
13 May 1881
Documents Relating to the 1880s
Photograph
Carte de visite of Robert G. Shaw, 3/4 length standing portrait by Whipple
ca.1863
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Carte de visite of S.P. Putnam
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of an unidentified officer
12 May 1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of William Greeley
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite of William Moore
1864
Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops
Photograph
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Charles Sumner
ca. 1861
Cartes de visite of Civil War era members of the U.S. Senate
Photograph
Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes
Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters
Photograph
Carte-de-visite of a black soldier in the Civil War
ca. 1864-1865
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Carte-de-visite of Osband Emory
ca. 1864-1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Photograph
Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth
1864
Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War
Photograph
Case history of the lawsuit over the "Mississippi Plan of 1875"
12 October 1875
Documents Relating to the 1870s
Legal document
Case of Fredk Breckendorf, seaman
24 February 1859
William McBlair collection
Legal document
Cass and Taylor on the slavery question
1848
Documents Relating to 1848
Pamphlet
Cavalry members in front of tent with Ku Klux Klan sign on tent
ca. 1861-1865
Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc.
Photograph
Cave Johnson to P. G. Washington regarding the ownership an unspecified paper and slavery
6 December 1859
Documents Relating to 1859
Correspondence
Certificate by Mary Dougherty, certifying that she wants her son to be apprenticed
7 November 1818
Documents Relating to 1818
Business and financial document
Certificate confirming the citizenship of John Harris, an African American
23 October 1824
Documents Relating to 1824
Government document; Legal document
Certificate of amnesty for Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles
24 June 1865
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Legal document
Certificate of emancipation for Priscilla a negro woman
20 January 1810
Middlesex County Virginia documents
Government document
Certificate of enlistment and discharge for Samson Cuff
9 January 1784
Documents Relating to 1784
Military document
Certificate of freedom for Peter, a free Negro
1 December 1786
Documents Relating to 1786
Legal document
Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night
6 October 1795
Documents Relating to 1795
Legal document
Certificate of service for African American soldier Primas Hubbell
ca. 3 March 1783
Documents Relating to 1783
Military document
Certification of Aurelia Hale's service at the academy
26 December 1826
Aurelia Hale letters
Miscellany
Certifies Cuffee Wells's purchase of freedom
30 April 1781
Documents Relating to 1781
Legal document
Certifying copy of New York resolution ratifying Fourteenth amendment
11 January 1867
Documents Relating to the 1860s
Government document
Charge Of Mr. Justice Wayne of the Supreme Court of the United States, given on the fourteenth day of November, 1859, to the grand jury of the sixth circuit court of the United States, for the southern district of Georgia
14 November 1859
Documents Relating to 1859
Pamphlet
Charles Anthony to Albert Whitton regarding the murder of a slave by an overseer
18 February 1844
Documents Relating to 1844
Correspondence
Charles B. Stearns to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting
20 March 1849
Documents Relating to 1849
Correspondence
Charles C. Morey to his parents describing in detail his march from Cold Harbor
19 June 1864
Collection of Charles C. Morey, E company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry
Correspondence
Charles C. Terry to James Hill regarding his application for Supervisor
26 March 1879
Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate
Correspondence
Charles Carroll to William Gibbons regarding the sale of 1455 barrels of flour to a nearby factory
11 May 1822
Documents Relating to 1822
Correspondence; Business and financial document
Charles Coit to his brother, stating that more men from Norwich should enlist in the army
18 July 1862
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, announcing a new rule regarding monthly reports
27 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, announcing that the regiment is getting ready to march
4 May 1864
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, commenting on his 'excellent new servant'
29 May 1863
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, commenting that General Foster spoke of condemning the regiment's arms during inspection
29 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, confirming that Daly will not be arriving
30 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, describing the trouble he is having using the $5 bills from Connecticut
22 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, discussing the acquisition of a camp stove, in addition to comments regarding his servant
20 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, discussing the difficulties he is having with his new position
13 May 1862
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, enclosing a certificate for Daly
23 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, in which he writes of arriving at Yorktown
22 June 1863
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, noting that 56 of the 100 recruits have arrived
10 August 1864
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, reacting to news of new recruits form Norwich
25 July 1862
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, regarding his servant, also speaks of the health problems of other men
20 May 1862
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, reporting that the execution has been postponed
17 April 1864
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, sending a slip that states that the bearer is his personal servant
30 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, writing about the issue of having a servant
29 November 1861
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, writing about the regiment's defeat
3 August 1864
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles Coit to his family, writing about the terrible crowding of the soldiers on the ship
8 January 1862
Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry
Correspondence
Charles E. Hawley to William McBlair requesting a medical survey
2 May 1858
William McBlair collection
Correspondence; Military document
Charles E. Howe to James S. Brisbin extending an invitation
25 January 1866
Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin
Correspondence
Charles E. Howe to James S. Brisbin extending an invitation
25 January 1866
Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin
Correspondence
Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about the capture of Atlanta and his attempts to find a substitute for his brother, George
4 September 1864
Charles E. Walbridge Collection
Correspondence
Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a plantation that has been abandoned and the slaves left behind
20 June 1862
Charles E. Walbridge Collection
Correspondence