Box 29
Contains 15 Results:
Emancipation Papers by Members of Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1776-1783
Includes emancipation papers signed by Robert Pleasants.
Exiles in Virginia, 1776-1778
Papers regarding individuals exiled to Winchester, Virginia.
Includes correspondence with Robert Pleasants and Henry Drinker and others in exile.
Robert Pleasants Vs. Mary Logan Lawsuit, 1798
Disownment of Edwin W. Brevitt for Purchasing a Negro Slave, 1828-1834
Includes the bill of sale of a sixteen year old woman named Emaline to Edwin W. Brevitt dated 1828. This bill of sale was sent along with a daguerreotype of Emaline by Kathryn Brevitt to the Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends in 1938.
Francis T. King, Descriptions of Nine Civil War Incidents, 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln Papers, 1864
Includes a pass for Francis T. King, October 25, 1864, and a letter to Eliza Gurney September 24, 1864, both items signed by Abraham Lincoln.
List of 17 "City Negroes," from 1728-1755, undated
Typed list of children's names and birth dates.
Minutes of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Burlington, 1750
Minute addresses the concern over the increasing practice of importing, buying, selling, and keeping of slaves.
Letter to the Printer from "Humanity", 1790
Original of a letter published in the Virginia Gazette.
