Joshua Leavitt family papers, 1812-1901 (bulk 1824-1871).

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Joshua Leavitt family papers, 1812-1901 (bulk 1824-1871).

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Chiefly correspondence of Leavitt with his brother, Roger Hooker Leavitt, as well as correspondence of their sister, Chloe Maxwell Leavitt Field, and parents, Chloe Maxwell Leavitt and Roger Leavitt. Also includes a number of speeches and articles. Subjects include the abolitionist movement; free trade; the Free Soil Party; James Gillespie Birney and the Liberty Party; the schism in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in the 1830s; the founding of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; rioting in New York, N.Y., in 1837; Joshua Leavitt's editorship of periodicals including the New York Evangelist, the Emancipator, and the Independent; and Leavitt family affairs. Other correspondents include Samuel C. Allen, George Grennell, Jr., and Moses Smith.

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Oberlin College

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Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857

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Biographical Note: James G. Birney was an attorney, an abolitionist writer and publisher. He was born in Kentucky in 1784 to a wealthy, slaveholding family, but he abandoned a successful law practice to become an agent for abolitionism. Birney hoped to accomplish the abolition of slavery through political means and through the publication of books, pamphlets, and newspapers. He was the Liberty Party's unanimous presidential nominee in 1840 and 1844. James G. Birney died in 1853. From...

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Leavitt, Roger Hooker, 1805-1885

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Leavitt, Chloe Maxwell, 1772-1851

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Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873

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Abolitionist, Congregational clergyman, and editor. From the description of Joshua Leavitt family papers, 1812-1901 (bulk 1824-1871). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980150 ...