May Anti-Slavery manuscript collection, 1749-1933 (bulk 1840-1880)

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Anti-slavery advocate. From the description of Circular and letter, 1848 Jan. 21, Boston, to Rev. Mr. Russell, South Hingham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231311718 Abolitionist and reformer William Lloyd Garrison was founder of the Boston abolitionist paper, The Liberator, and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1873 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007257 Abolitionist and lectur...

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...

Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

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American clergyman, author, and editor who worked with Henry Ward Beecher as co-editor of the "Christian Union." From the description of Autograph, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367554802 American author. From the description of Letter : Cornwall on Hudson, [N.Y.] to Mr. Bok, 1908 Oct. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33376379 Lyman Abbott was an influential American pastor and author. Born in Massachusetts and educated i...

May, Joseph

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Wright, Theodore G.

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) May, 1797-1871.

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Samuel Joseph May (1797-1871) was an American Unitarian minister and civil libertarian, one of the founders of the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832 and of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833; he also worked for women's rights. From the guide to the May Anti-Slavery manuscript collection, 1749-1933, (bulk 1840-1880), (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Harris, George William, 1849-1917

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Cornell University Librarian. Inventor of the Harris system of book classification, which was used at Cornell from the 1880s until the 1940s. From the description of George William Harris papers, 1868-1914. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63933989 ...

Freedmen's Aid Organization.

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Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904

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The coins were purchased by Willard Fiske from H. H. I. Lynge of Copenhagen in 1899. From the description of Runic coins, circa 1047-1076. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 489960820 Linguist, bibliophile, chess expert. First university librarian at Cornell University. Assembled impressive collections of Dante, Petrarch, Icelandia, etc. From the description of Willard Fiske letters [manuscript], 1875 and 1879. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

Mitchell, William Forster, 1825-1892

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Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889

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American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My dear Frank", 1882 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488964 American reformer and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My Dear Old Friend" [Jacob Heaton], 1884 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639563106 From the description of Autograph entry signed : Salem, Ohio, 1856 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639578...

Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885

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Maria Weston Chapman was a New England anti-slavery activist, writer, and editor. From the description of Maria Weston Chapman letters, 1839 and 1884. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49016462 Abolitionist Maria Weston Chapman was born in Weymouth, Mass., to Warren and Anne (Bates) Weston. In 1830 she married Henry Grafton Chapman, who encouraged her interest in abolition. She helped organize the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and was active...

McKim, James Miller, 1810-1874

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Tomlinson, Reuben.

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May, Samuel, 1810-1899

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Child, David Lee, 1794-1874

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Abolitionist David Lee Child married Lydia Maria Frances Child in 1828. From the description of Papers, 1854-1857 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007175 ...

May, Lucretia F., d. 1865.

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Ward, George Cabot.

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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...

Chapman, Henry Grafton

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Cornell University, Library

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The Book Collection Contest was instituted in 2003 continuing the tradition of the Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Book Collection Contest that was helf from 1966 to 1987. It provides Cornell students with the opportunity of displaying their aptitude in assembling and organizing book collections and articulate their interest in books and reading. In 2006 the contest expanded to include a separate category for graduate students. From the description of Cornell University Library and Li...

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...