Guide to the Tompkins County Anti-slavery Items,
1834-1848

Collection Number: 2735

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
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Compiled by:
C. Bennett
Date completed:
April 1973
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2002
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tompkins County anti-slavery items, 1834-1848.
Collection Number:
2735
Creator:
Joel Charles Bernard, 1945-
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Petitions, tax schedules, and photocopies of articles.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Petitions to Congress from inhabitants of Tompkins County concerning abolition of slavery in Washington, DC, the annexation of Texas, and other anti-slavery issues, 1836-1845; tax schedules, and photocopies of articles from the Ithaca Chronicle, Ithaca Journal, Trumansburg Advertiser, and The Flag, containing speeches, letters, essays, election results and reports of anti-slavery and Free Soil meetings.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Petitions to Congress from inhabitants of Tompkins County concerning abolition of slavery in Washington, DC, the annexation of Texas, and other anti-slavery issues, 1836-1845; tax schedules, and photocopies of articles from the Ithaca Chronicle, Ithaca Journal, Trumansburg Advertiser, and The Flag, containing speeches, letters, essays, election results and reports of anti-slavery and Free Soil meetings.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bernard, Joel Charles, 1945-
Free Soil Party (U.S.)

Titles:
Ithaca chronicle.
Ithaca journal.
Trumansburg advertiser.
The flag.

Subjects:
Abolitionists--New York (State)--Tompkins County.
Antislavery movements--New York (State)--Tompkins County.

Form and Genre Terms:
Petitions.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Tompkins County anti-slavery items, #2735. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1, 1838 .
Box 1 Folder 1
  • Petitioners request:
  • 1. Texas not be admitted into the Union
  • 2. Congress use its powers to end slavery
  • 3. Right of petitioning not be enjoyed
  • 4. No state be admitted into Union that allows slavery
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
 Box 1 Folder 2
  • Petitioners request:
  • 1. No state be admitted into the Union that allows domestic slavery
  • 2. Rejection of all proposals for annexation of Texas
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
 Box 1 Folder 3
  • Petitioners request:
  • 1. Abolition of slavery and slave trade in District of Columbia
  • 2. Abolition of slavery and slave trade in territories where they exist
  • 3. Regulation of commerce among the States, so as to prohibit domestic slave trade
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1837 .
Box 1 Folder 4
  • Petitioners request:
  • 1. Abolition of slavery in District of Columbia
  • 2. Abolition of internal slave trade between the States
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Sept. 1, 1835, Jan. 12, 1836, and undated.
 Box 1 Folder 5
  • Petitioners request:
  • Outlawing of slavery and slave trade in District of Columbia
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
 Box 1 Folder 6
  • Petitioners request:
  • Abolition of Slavery and slave trade in territory of Florida
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
 Box 1 Folder 7
  • Petitioners request:
  • Regulation of commerce among states, so as to prohibit domestic slave trade
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
 Box 1 Folder 8
  • Petitioners request:
  • Nonadmittance to any new state to the Union whose constitution allows domestic slavery
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
 Box 1 Folder 9
  • Petition request:
  • Recognition of Haiti as independent
  • Establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations on same footing as favored nations
Petitions (5) to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
 Box 1 Folder 10
  • Petition marked in red "1a" - undated
  • Petition marked in red "1b" - undated
  • Petition marked in red "2a" - undated
  • Petition marked in red "9a" - undated
  • Petition marked in red "9c" - undated
  • Petitions request rejection of any propositions to annex Texas
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Aug. 28, 1839 ). Content: Announcement of Whig meeting.
Box 1 Folder 11
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Dec. 4, 1839 ). Content: List of officers for Tompkins County Colonization Society.
Box 1 Folder 12
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Apr. 8, 1940 ). Content: 2 articles.
Box 1 Folder 13
  • 1. "Harrison and Reform" - Call for general meeting of Whigs
  • 2. Untitled - Endorsement of Harrison - Tyler presidential ticket
Page from The Flag newspaper ( July 13, 1848 ). Content:
Box 1 Folder 14
  • 1. Call for Democrats to rally
  • 2. Two political poems
Letter "To the Free Soil Whigs," Oct. 25, 1849 (3 pages). Content:
Box 1 Folder 15
  • Call for party unity by party regulars. They want a unified party to combat the victories of the Loco Focoi Party
Two town assessments: Ithaca, Nov. 20, 1841 ; Towns in Tompkins County, 1849 (Note: Though these two items are includedin the same folder, they may not be related to one another).
Box 1 Folder 16
Statistics concerning the Presbyterian Church, 1843 (2 pages).
Box 1 Folder 17
Tompkins County Election Returns, Nov. 30, 1836-Nov. 22, 1848 . Folder contains returns for various town, county, state, and federal elections held during this period. Articles from Ithaca Daily Chronicle and Ithaca Journal.
Box 1 Folder 18
Articles on slavery, abolition, and colonization, Apr. 5, 1837-Apr. 18, 1838. Folder contains assorted articles on the issues surrounding slavery. Articles from Ithaca Daily Chronicle and The Ithaca Journal and Herald.
Box 1 Folder 19
Residents of Tompkins County call meeting to discuss fiscal problems they believe caused by politicians in Albany. Article appears in May 7, 1834 Ithaca Daily Chronicle.
Box 1 Folder 20
1845 census for Tompkins County and New York State. Articles from the Ithaca Journal.
Box 1 Folder 21
Listing of New York State Senate districts, Dec. 1845 . Article from Ithaca Journal is incomplete.
Box 1 Folder 22
Call for county meeting of Democrats. Article from Sept. 16, 1840 Ithaca Journal.
Box 1 Folder 23
Announcements of Free Soil meetings, July 26-Sept. 27, 1848 . Articles from Ithaca Journal.
Box 1 Folder 24
Listing of 1848 Democratic nominations for federal, state, and local offices. Article from Oct. 25, 1848 Ithaca Journal.
Box 1 Folder 25