Box 27

From a member of the Society of Friends, Nova Scotia.

Notes of evidence in the case of Charles W. Glanding v. Thomas Garrett, a suit for value of seven freedom seekers who Garrett aided in their escape from slavery. Also 3 newspaper clippings on the subject of slavery and the “underground railroad”

Living conditions on the reservation, with mention of the school and of Joseph S. Walton. From Minutes of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), Indian Affairs, 1848-1850, p.274,275.

Gift of Hugh S. Walker, 1942.

Includes a copy of a sermon given by Benjamin Seebohm, Quaker minister from England, at New York Yearly Meeting. Seebohm (1798-1871), visited the U.S. 1846-1851. Taber's letter mentions that she stayed with her brother, Joel Batey, who then left to attend the opening of the new Quarterly Meeting in Upper Canada and proceeded onto a religious visit. Gift of NYYM, 1997.

To Nephew in Ohio commenting on the financing of the Sandy and Beaver Canal and specifying subjects to be studied in school. Purchased from Twelmeyer-Krumbholz, 1984

Contains a brief mention of sentiments for free produce movement and the Presidential election of 1848. Purchase, 1986.

Expressing his views on atonement. Received from Aprille Powell Claggett, 1984.

Gift of W.W. Hancock, 1923

Collection is in McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Illinois. Received from Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1979