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William L. Clements Library. African American History collection, 1729-1970, bulk 1800-1865.

Title: African American History collection, 1729-1970, bulk 1800-1865.

The African American History collection is a miscellaneous collection of single items relating to slavery, abolition movements, and various aspects of African American life between 1729 and 1970.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450121 View

Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827. John D. Hunter letter to Mr. Bandinel [manuscript], 1824 November 20.

Title: John D. Hunter letter to Mr. Bandinel [manuscript], 1824 November 20.

Hunter sends a letter of introduction for his friend Elliott Cresson who is visiting England for "amusement and inprovement" and suggests sights for him to visit.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753978655 View

Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854. Letter to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1852.

Title: Letter to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1852.

Sends reports to the Society on draining marshes for farmland.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904704 View

Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854. Letter: Philadelphia to Dr. James Jones, Nottoway Court House, Va., 1835 Oct. 2.

Title: Letter: Philadelphia to Dr. James Jones, Nottoway Court House, Va., 1835 Oct. 2.

This letter from Cresson notes an upcoming sailing of blacks from Norfolk in November. Confides his hopes for the success of the colonization movement in Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555301 View

African American History collection 1729-1970 1800-1865 African American history collection

Title: African American History collection 1729-1970 1800-1865 African American history collection

The African American History collection is a miscellaneous collection of single items relating to slavery, abolition movements, and various aspects of African American life between 1729 and 1970.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 280 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-454.1afr?rgn=main;view=text View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId 1837-1844

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IId-ead.xml View

Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items, 1783-1794

Title: Robert Burns manuscript material : 3 items 1783-1794

Holograph poem, "On turning up a Mouse in her nest with the plough" : Nov 1783 : (MISC 2598) : 2 p.; begins, "Wee, sleeket, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie! / Thou need na start awa sae hasty / Wi' bickerin brattle." With a note in ink, in an unidentified hand, on the verso, "The original sketch of the 'Wee Mouse' by Burns presented by Earl of Shaftesbury to Elliott Cresson.".

ArchivalResource: 3 items

http://archives.nypl.org/cps/19474 View

American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964, (bulk 1823-1912)

Title: American Colonization Society Records 1792-1964 (bulk 1823-1912)

Organizational records of the society, including correspondence, financial and business papers, reports, and miscellaneous material relating to administrative and financial matters, membership, slavery and the status of slaves in the pre-Civil War period, and emigration, colonization, and education in Liberia. Includes the personal papers of William McLain and letterbooks of the Massachusetts Colonization Society.

ArchivalResource: 190,000 items; 717 containers; 168 linear feet; 331 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009329 View

Norgate, Elias, 1798-1833. Letters : W. Norwich and Westminister [England], to J.T. Pettigrew, 1824 Dec. 22-1826 May 24.

Title: Letters : W. Norwich and Westminister [England], to J.T. Pettigrew, 1824 Dec. 22-1826 May 24.

Two letters written by Elias Norgate in 1824 and 1826 to J.T. Pettigrew.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 folded sheets (3 p.)) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39186827 View