Tompkins County anti-slavery items, 1834-1848.
Collection Number: 2735

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tompkins County anti-slavery items, 1834-1848.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2735
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.
Creator:
Bernard, Joel, 1945-
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
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.
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Tompkins County anti-slavery items, #2735. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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Cornell University Class of 1967.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Free Soil Party (U.S.)
Subjects:
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
Abolitionists -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County.
Form and Genre Terms:
Petitions.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1, 1838 .
 Nov. 1, 1838
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. 1. Texas not be admitted into the Union
  3. 2. Congress use its powers to end slavery
  4. 3. Right of petitioning not be enjoyed
  5. 4. No state be admitted into Union that allows slavery
Box 1 Folder 2
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. 1. No state be admitted into the Union that allows domestic slavery
  3. 2. Rejection of all proposals for annexation of Texas
Box 1 Folder 3
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. 1. Abolition of slavery and slave trade in District of Columbia
  3. 2. Abolition of slavery and slave trade in territories where they exist
  4. 3. Regulation of commerce among the States, so as to prohibit domestic slave trade
Box 1 Folder 4
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1837 .
 Nov. 1837
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. 1. Abolition of slavery in District of Columbia
  3. 2. Abolition of internal slave trade between the States
Box 1 Folder 5
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Sept. 1, 1835, Jan. 12, 1836, and undated.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. Outlawing of slavery and slave trade in District of Columbia
Box 1 Folder 6
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. Abolition of Slavery and slave trade in territory of Florida
Box 1 Folder 7
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. Regulation of commerce among states, so as to prohibit domestic slave trade
Box 1 Folder 8
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. Nonadmittance to any new state to the Union whose constitution allows domestic slavery
Box 1 Folder 9
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petition request:
  2. Recognition of Haiti as independent
  3. Establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations on same footing as favored nations
Box 1 Folder 10
Petitions (5) to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Scope and Contents
  1. Petition marked in red "1a" - undated
  2. Petition marked in red "1b" - undated
  3. Petition marked in red "2a" - undated
  4. Petition marked in red "9a" - undated
  5. Petition marked in red "9c" - undated
  6. Petitions request rejection of any propositions to annex Texas
Box 1 Folder 11
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Aug. 28, 1839 ). Content: Announcement of Whig meeting.
 Aug. 28, 1839
Box 1 Folder 12
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Dec. 4, 1839 ). Content: List of officers for Tompkins County Colonization Society.
 Dec. 4, 1839
Box 1 Folder 13
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Apr. 8, 1940 ). Content: 2 articles.
 Apr. 8, 1940
Scope and Contents
  1. 1. "Harrison and Reform" - Call for general meeting of Whigs
  2. 2. Untitled - Endorsement of Harrison - Tyler presidential ticket
Box 1 Folder 14
Page from The Flag newspaper ( July 13, 1848 ). Content:
 July 13, 1848
Scope and Contents
  1. 1. Call for Democrats to rally
  2. 2. Two political poems
Box 1 Folder 15
Letter "To the Free Soil Whigs," Oct. 25, 1849 (3 pages). Content:
 Oct. 25, 1849
Scope and Contents
  1. Call for party unity by party regulars. They want a unified party to combat the victories of the Loco Focoi Party
Box 1 Folder 16
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).
 Nov. 20, 1841, 1849
Box 1 Folder 17
Statistics concerning the Presbyterian Church, 1843 (2 pages).
 1843
Box 1 Folder 18
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.
 Nov. 30, 1836-Nov. 22, 1848
Box 1 Folder 19
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 20
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.
 May 7, 1834
Box 1 Folder 21
1845 census for Tompkins County and New York State. Articles from the Ithaca Journal.
 1845
Box 1 Folder 22
Listing of New York State Senate districts, Dec. 1845 . Article from Ithaca Journal is incomplete.
 Dec. 1845
Box 1 Folder 23
Call for county meeting of Democrats. Article from Sept. 16, 1840 Ithaca Journal.
 Sept. 16, 1840
Box 1 Folder 24
Announcements of Free Soil meetings, July 26-Sept. 27, 1848 . Articles from Ithaca Journal.
 July 26-Sept. 27, 1848
Box 1 Folder 25
Listing of 1848 Democratic nominations for federal, state, and local offices. Article from Oct. 25, 1848 Ithaca Journal.
 1848