Several laws and orders made at the General Court, holden at Boston th...
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The general laws and liberties of the Massachusets Colony : revised & ...
The general laws and liberties of the Massachusetts Colony Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The book of the general laws of the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of...
Book of the general laws of the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of New-Plymouth Courtesy of Boston Public Library
![Several laws and orders made at the General Court, the 8th of October i672 [sic] : as also several laws and orders made at the General Courts, holden at Boston the 7th of May and 15th of October, 1673 : and printed by their order. Edward Rawson Secr.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzMvMDEvMDEvc2V2ZXJhbC1sYXdzLWFuZC1vcmRlcnMtbWFkZS1hdC10aGUtZ2VuZXJhbC1jb3VydC10aGUtOHRoLW9mLW9jdG9iZXItaTY3Mi1zaWMtNWQ1NDRkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/60/webp "Several laws and orders made at the General Court, the 8th of October i672 [sic] : as also several laws and orders made at the General Courts, holden at Boston the 7th of May and 15th of October, 1673 : and printed by their order. Edward Rawson Secr.")
Several laws and orders made at the General Court, the 8th of October ...
Several laws and orders made at the General Court, the 8th of October 1672 Courtesy of Boston Public Library
An Act for Punishment of Scandalous Persons
In: A Complete Collection of the Laws of Virginia at a Grand Assembly held at James City 23 March 1662. London, [between 1684 and 1687], p. 26. [LCCN: unk85000571]
Le code noir ou Edit du roy - Public domain document scan
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In Congress, July 4, 1776 : a declaration by the representatives of th...
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A bill for establishing religious freedom : printed for the considerat...
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![Letter from William P. Weeks, Canaan, [New Hampshire], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1830 July 19](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzAvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20td2lsbGlhbS1wLXdlZWtzLWNhbmFhbi1uZXctaGFtcHNoaXJlLXRvLWFtb3MtYXVndXN0dXMtcGhlbHBzLTE4MzAtYzMzOGIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/47/webp "Letter from William P. Weeks, Canaan, [New Hampshire], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1830 July 19")
Letter from William P. Weeks, Canaan, [New Hampshire], to Amos Augustu...
William P. Weeks writes Amos A. Phelps upset by a previous letter Phelps had written him discussing politics. He writes about their political disagreements with regards to Weeks new position as Postmaster in Ho... More
![Letter from Harriet Martineau, Sydenham, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, August 21](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzIvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20taGFycmlldC1tYXJ0aW5lYXUtc3lkZW5oYW0tZW5nbGFuZC10by1tYXJ5LWFubmUtZXN0bGluLWF1Z3VzdC0yMS03YTVkMDMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from Harriet Martineau, Sydenham, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, August 21")
Letter from Harriet Martineau, Sydenham, [England], to Mary Anne Estli...
Harriet Martineau writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to hearing Mr. Pillsbury's talk on "Mary and her father." She writes about the Anthony Burns kidnapping case and remarks that "Mr. P did not sleep a wink-... More
![Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 21st 1849](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDkvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tcGxhY2lkZS1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtcGEtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1qdWx5LTIxc3QtMTg0OS03ZWIwNGItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 21st 1849")
Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, J...
Writing under the nom de plume of "Placide", the author addresses William Lloyd Garrison to present a "candid statement" on the "late insurrection" in the Charleston Work House, as well as to highlight the "doi... More
![Letter from William Francis Channing, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1850 Nov[ember] 5](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20td2lsbGlhbS1mcmFuY2lzLWNoYW5uaW5nLWJvc3Rvbi1tYXNzYWNodXNldHRzLXRvLXRoZW9kb3JlLXBhcmtlci1lZjI5Y2UtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "Letter from William Francis Channing, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1850 Nov[ember] 5")
Letter from William Francis Channing, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Theo...
William Francis Channing writes to Theodore Parker in regards to the South's decision to "exclude Massachusetts manufacturers & to cease to trade with Boston, unless the fugitive law is enforced." He warns that... More
Citizens of Boston! : A free citizen of Massachusetts--free by Massach...
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Public meeting : kidnappers in Boston : Men of Boston, one of your fel...
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The plot exploded! : John H. Pearson & the bloodhounds : the Vigilance...
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The plot exploded! : John H. Pearson & the bloodhounds : the Vigilance...
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![Letter from Theodore Parker to Francis Jackson, [1851] April 19](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tdGhlb2RvcmUtcGFya2VyLXRvLWZyYW5jaXMtamFja3Nvbi0xODUxLWFwcmlsLTE5LWQ3Y2VhMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "Letter from Theodore Parker to Francis Jackson, [1851] April 19")
Letter from Theodore Parker to Francis Jackson, [1851] April 19
Theodore Parker writes to Francis Jackson in regards to a handbill that needs to be printed warning African Americans to beware of police officers due to the recent laws imposed in Boston concerning the Fugitiv... More
Public meeting! A number of citizens of Weymouth will address the citi...
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![Letter from George Thompson, Syracuse, [New York], to Anne Warren Weston, 1851 March 7](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZ2VvcmdlLXRob21wc29uLXN5cmFjdXNlLW5ldy15b3JrLXRvLWFubmUtd2FycmVuLXdlc3Rvbi0xODUxLW1hcmNoLTRlYTk3Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from George Thompson, Syracuse, [New York], to Anne Warren Weston, 1851 March 7")
Letter from George Thompson, Syracuse, [New York], to Anne Warren West...
George Thompson writes to Anne Warren Weston in regards to speaking at a convention in Petersboro, New York. Frederick Douglass also spoke at this convention on the second day. He spoke of Henry Clay's scheme o... More
First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Bost...
Call to a meeting at the Melodeon to be addressed by Rev. Theodore Parker to memorialize the arrest of the fugitive slave Thomas Sims and to express outrage at the action. Thomas Sims (b. 1834) escaped slavery ... More
First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Bost...
Call to a meeting at the Melodeon to be addressed by Rev. Theodore Parker to memorialize the arrest of the fugitive slave Thomas Sims and to express outrage at the action. Thomas Sims (b. 1834) escaped slavery ... More
Kidnapping again!! : A man was stolen last night by the Fugitive Slave...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
![Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1854 Dec[ember] 27](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTQvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tdGhlb2RvcmUtcGFya2VyLWJvc3Rvbi1tYXNzYWNodXNldHRzLXRvLXRob21hcy13ZW50d29ydGgtaGlnZ2luc29uLWIxNmFiNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1854 Dec[ember] 27")
Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentwo...
Theodore Parker writes to Thomas Wentworth Higginson in regards to his own approaching trials for his indictment. Parker was indicted for giving a speech at Fanueil Hall on the Anthony Burns case which incited ... More
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts! : Read and consider
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
Letter from Francis Jackson to Theodore Parker, 1854 June 11
Francis Jackson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to finding a list of 230 fugitive slave names "which have been assisted by the vigilance committee since the passage of the Fugitive BIll, nearly all of whom... More
Letter from Francis Jackson to Theodore Parker, 1854 June 11
Francis Jackson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to finding a list of 230 fugitive slave names "which have been assisted by the vigilance committee since the passage of the Fugitive BIll, nearly all of whom... More
The man is not bought! : He is still in the slave pen in the courthous...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
![Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTQvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tdGhvbWFzLXdlbnR3b3J0aC1oaWdnaW5zb24td29yY2VzdGVyLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtdG8tdGhlb2RvcmUtMTg4Y2UyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1")
Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to...
Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to Parker's indictment for a speech made at Fanueil Hall on the Anthony Burns case. His speech incited a riot resulting in the death of one of the... More
The man is not bought! : He is still in the slave pen in the courthous...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts! : Read and consider
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
A man kidnapped! : A public meeting at Faneuil Hall will be held.. to ...
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
![Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Robert Folger Wallcut, Feb[ruary] 26 [18]55](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tc2FtdWVsLWpvc2VwaC1tYXktc3lyYWN1c2UtbnktdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1zYW11ZWwtZDkyZTgzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Robert Folger Wallcut, Feb[ruary] 26 [18]55")
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Roger Folger Wallcut informing them of the petitions before the New York State Legislature to pass a set of laws protectin... More
![Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1855 July 17](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tdGhlb2RvcmUtcGFya2VyLWJvc3Rvbi1tYXNzYWNodXNldHRzLXRvLXRob21hcy13ZW50d29ydGgtaGlnZ2luc29uLTBjNGRmZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1855 July 17")
Letter from Theodore Parker, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Thomas Wentwo...
Theodore Parker writes to Thomas Wentworth Higginson advising him on conduct for his upcoming trial. He writes, "I did not say half what I wanted the other night, touching your defence. It seems to me that if y... More
![Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Robert Folger Wallcut, Feb[ruary] 26 [18]55](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tc2FtdWVsLWpvc2VwaC1tYXktc3lyYWN1c2UtbnktdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1zYW11ZWwtZWQ1Y2ExLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Robert Folger Wallcut, Feb[ruary] 26 [18]55")
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May, Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Roger Folger Wallcut informing them of the petitions before the New York State Legislature to pass a set of laws protectin... More
Today Massachusetts erects the statue of Daniel Webster
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Today Massachusetts erects the statue of Daniel Webster
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![Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1859 March 24th](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZ2VvcmdlLXRob21wc29uLXNvdXRoLWxhbWJldGgtbG9uZG9uLWVuZ2xhbmQtdG8td2lsbGlhbS1sbG95ZC1nYXJyaXNvbi1iOWI1OTktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1859 March 24th")
Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, London, [England], to Will...
George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him and his "beloved coadjutors in the Anti Slavery cause" for the money they have sent to assist him, promising that any funds will be used "with the m... More
![Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[us]t 29th [1859]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20td2VuZGVsbC1waGlsbGlwcy10by13aWxsaWFtLWxsb3lkLWdhcnJpc29uLWF1Z3VzdC0yOXRoLTE4NTktNzUxZWMzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/63/webp "Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[us]t 29th [1859]")
Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[us]t 29th...
Wendell Phillips forwards to William Lloyd Garrison a "form of Petition", and advises Garrison to refer to the Fugitive Slave Act as a "Bill not a Law", and to refer to fugitive slaves as "men" rather than "sla... More
![Letter from Elizabeth L. Palmer, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 21st 1879](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzkvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tZWxpemFiZXRoLWwtcGFsbWVyLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LXRvLXdpbGxpYW0tbGxveWQtZ2Fycmlzb24tZmVicnVhcnktMGZjMWI4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Letter from Elizabeth L. Palmer, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 21st 1879")
Letter from Elizabeth L. Palmer, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Ga...
Elizabeth L. Palmer informs William Lloyd Garrison that his "clear, definite, dignified" appeal to the public "comes like a bugle call" amidst the "uncertain, indefinite protests" against the Chinese Exclusion ... More
![TR speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill [1917] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTE3LzAxLzAxL3RyLXNwZWFraW5nLXRvLWEtZ3JvdXAtb2Ytc3VmZnJhZ2V0dGVzLWZyb20tdGhlLXBvcmNoLWF0LXNhZ2Ftb3JlLWhpbGwtMTkxNy0yMDAuZ2lm/40/40/webp "TR speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill [1917] /")
TR speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill...
TR addresses a group of men and women at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill. Film includes a side view of TR and a frontal view shot from the rear of th... More
![Women suffragettes visit TR at Sagamore [1917] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTE3LzAxLzAxL3dvbWVuLXN1ZmZyYWdldHRlcy12aXNpdC10ci1hdC1zYWdhbW9yZS0xOTE3LTIwMC5naWY%3D/40/40/webp "Women suffragettes visit TR at Sagamore [1917] /")
Women suffragettes visit TR at Sagamore [1917] /
Film is the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on Sept. 8, 1917 at Sagamore Hill. The first campaign, beginning in 1913, was unsuccessful; the woman suffrage amendment was rejected by the vo... More
Speech of Mr. Vanderpoel, of New York, on the resolution declaring tha...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy inscribed in pencil on t.p.: Aug 1 1876. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16896. Source: Source unknown.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers: Miscellany, 1840-1946; Clippings
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Proceedings at the presentation to the Hon. Robert Dale Owen of a silv...
In 1851, Indiana adopted a state constitution that included a measure protecting the property rights of married women. Robert Dale Owen was the chief architect of this provision and the women of Indiana honored... More
The proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Worcester, O...
This pamphlet includes addresses by Paulina Wright Davis, Abby Price, and Harriet K. Hunt. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly owned by Lucy Stone. Includes tipp... More
The proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Akron, Ohio,...
This state conference included reports on education, labor, and common law, as well as letters from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Amelia Bloomer. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.... More
