A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

ROBERT PATTERSON: (1753 - 1827) American pioneer and author who served in Clark's 1778 Illinois expedition, and was second in command to Daniel ...

WILLIAM RAWLE: (1759 - 1836) American lawyer and abolitionist, appointed by Washington as US Attorney for Pennsylvania. A founder of the Penn. Academy

(JAMAICAN SLAVE TRADE): HENRY MOORE Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of Jamaica. Rare D.S. with large wax seal, 14pp. folio, , 17

(NEGRO LYNCHING ARCHIVE): A fascinating yet horrifying group of six newspapers, all printed between 1901 and 1902 of which five carry graphic front-pa

BLACK WOMAN SUES MAN FOR ILLEGAL ENSLAVEMENT: A fascinating document from a lawsuit brought before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in March of 1799, wh

(SLAVE AUCTIONEER`S TOKEN): A scarce relic of the slave trade of the mid-1800's, a copper promotional token, 1" dia., issued by the Charles...

(SLAVE AUCTIONEER IS PAID FOR SERVICES): Uncommon A.D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [Lincoln Co., Ky.], Aug. 30, 1819 in which one Jere Baddock is paid three sh

(NEGRO MURDER TRIAL): Manuscript D.S. 1p. small 4to., New London Oct. 6[?], 1784 ordering that Benjamin Huntington, the State Attorney for N London Co

(BLACK TEEN FROM LATE 19TH CENTURY): A great CDV featuring a bust portrait of a well dressed negro teenager from Connecticut. Upon his chest appears a

(SLAVE-STEALING YANKEES): Interesting D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], undated, but circa 1864, entitled "A. B. Nichol's list". The docu...