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College of William and Mary

Abolitionist Movement Collection, 1834/1888

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Letters, a speech, and a photograph relating to the abolitionist movement in the United States. Correspondents include: Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) of Lane Seminary, Elizur Wright (1804-1885), Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), philanthropist and reformer, Henry Grew (1782-1862), Quaker abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), prominent abolitionist, and Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), abolitionist author. Subjects include abolition tactics and organizations, expressions of sympathy to Garrison on the death of his wife and publication of Pillsbury's work. Also includes a photograph of Mary Grew (1813-1896), daughter of Henry Grew and an abolitionist in her own right.

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

Letters, a speech, and a photograph relating to the abolitionist movement in the United States. Correspondents include: Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) of Lane Seminary, Elizur Wright (1804-1885), Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), philanthropist and reformer, Henry Grew (1782-1862), Quaker abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), prominent abolitionist, and Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), abolitionist author. Subjects include abolition tactics and organizations, expressions of sympathy to Garrison on the death of his wife and publication of Pillsbury's work. Also includes a photograph of Mary Grew (1813-1896), daughter of Henry Grew and an abolitionist in her own right.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Schoenbrun Collection of Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1813/1895

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This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a letter from Cyrus Hall McCormick. The material was found in upstate New York in the mid 20th century and given to Washington and Lee University Archives in 2013.

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Letter, Charles A. Davidson to Hannah Davidson, 1859 Box 1, Folder 4

A five page letter, dated December 2, 1859, written by Virginia Military institute cadet Charles A. Davidson, of Lexington, Va. to his mother Hannah. The letter documents the events leading up to and the execution of abolitionist John Brown at Charles Town. Davidson vividly describes the V.M.I. cadets' journey from Lexington to Charles Town including noteworthy events that transpired along the way, and offers a detailed account of the actual execution. Eighty-five V.M.I. cadets along with V.M.I. faculty attended the execution, by order of the governor of Virginia,to deter any potential protests or uprisings by Brown's supporters.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Philbrick Family Papers, 1841/1865, bulk 1841/1843

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This collection consists of a manuscript letter to Joseph Philbrick (Jan. 9, 1843) from the Massachusettes Anti-Slavery Society promoting William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper "The Liberator," an original copy of the July 8, 1842 edition of "The Liberator," a fragment of the Dec. 1, 1865 edition of "The Liberator", a receipt for payment for a subscription to The Liberator, and an albumen photograph of John C. Fremont and his wife taken in front of the "Fremont Tree." The "Freemont Tree" was a Redwood tree in Santa Cruz, California where Fremont purportedly camped with his party of explorers in 1846.

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Philbrick Family Papers, 1841/1865, bulk 1841/1843 4 Item

Philbrick, Richard

This collection consists of a manuscript letter to Joseph Philbrick (Jan. 9, 1843) from the Massachusettes Anti-Slavery Society promoting William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper "The Liberator," an original copy of the July 8, 1842 edition of "The Liberator," a fragment of the Dec. 1, 1865 edition of "The Liberator", a receipt for payment for a subscription to The Liberator, and an albumen photograph of John C. Fremont and his wife taken in front of the "Fremont Tree." The "Freemont Tree" was a Redwood tree in Santa Cruz, California where Fremont purportedly camped with his party of explorers in 1846.

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