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Item #010559 1849 – A pamphlet incorporating resolutions passed by the Missouri Legislature...

1849 – A pamphlet incorporating resolutions passed by the Missouri Legislature regarding the Dred Scott decision into the official record of the U.S. House of Representatives

Washington DC: 1849. Slavery. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri on the Subject of slavery in the Territories, District of Columbia and States.” Miscellaneous No. 5, House of Representatives, 31st Congress 1st Session, December 31, 1849. Two-pages. In nice shape. This summary delineates the resolutions passed by the..... More

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Item #010425 Circa 1857 – Mail sent from Quindaro, a ‘Free Port’ on the Missouri River that...

Circa 1857 – Mail sent from Quindaro, a ‘Free Port’ on the Missouri River that funneled abolitionist ‘free staters into the Kansas Territory and became a major stop on the Underground Railroad, later a thriving African-American city and home of one of the first colleges for freedmen.

This letter was sent from Quindaro in the Kansas Territory to on of its residents, Richard W. Clark, at St. Louis, Missouri in care of Jonathan Jones. It bears a three-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) and a postmark with a manuscript date of “Dec 16”. Although there are..... More

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Item #009998 Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the...

Circa 1851-1857 – Letter sent via the Augusta & Atlanta Rail Road (later the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company) regarding the delay of a visit home because the family and its enslaved workers had contracted Scarlet Fever

Envelope or Cover. This stampless letter measures 15½” x 9¾“. It was sent by A. M. Fannin and M P Allen to their relatives, care of “Miss L. A. Fannin / Madison / Ga.” It bears a faint circular red “Augusta & Atlanta R.R.” station agent postmark and a manuscript..... More

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Item #010686 1864 – A New York soldier sarcastically describes life at Camp Wadsworth, which...

1864 – A New York soldier sarcastically describes life at Camp Wadsworth, which was a contraband holding encampment located in Fairfax, Virginia

Camp Wadsworth, Fairfax, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. During the early years of the Civil War, hordes of enslaved people from Northern Virginia escaped to the District of Columbia, becoming known as contraband. In order to provide a place these refuges could be cared for and controlled, D. B. Nichols, the Superintendent..... More

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