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Box 1

 Container

Contains 74 Results:

National Union Club Documents. Speeches of Hon. Edgar Cowan of Pennsylvania, Hon. Jas. R. Doolittle of Wisconsin, Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of Treasury; Letter of Hon. O. H. Browning, of Illinois, 1866

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The first series comprises two folders of eighteenth century printed works on slavery, abolition, emancipation, the assassination of President Lincoln, post-war reconstruction of the Union, civil rights, and African re-settlement of former slaves. Arrangement within the series is chronological.

Dates: Publication: 1866

Receipt for the sale of enslaved persons Matilda (age 17), Charles (14), Sam (13) and Lemon (11), to William H. Nelson, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1851 December 30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The second series comprises fourteen legal documents documenting the slave trade: wills, deeds, bills of sale, and manumission papers. Arrangement within the series is chronological.

Dates: 1851 December 30

Bill of sale of "one Negro woman Uny by name also her child Henry" to Beverly Daniel of Clark County, Kentucky, and a bill of sale of "one gray mare and one sorrel horse" to Jefferson Daniel, 1825 January 15-18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The second series comprises fourteen legal documents documenting the slave trade: wills, deeds, bills of sale, and manumission papers. Arrangement within the series is chronological.

Dates: 1825 January 15-18

Letter from James Nelson of Pleasant Hill, Clark County, Kentucky, to his son, discussing economic matters and family health, 1858 February 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The third series comprises personal letters that refer to enslaved persons, the institution of slavery, or the abolition of slavery. Arrangement within the series is chronological.

Dates: 1858 February 7