Tompkins County anti-slavery items
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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.
Dates
- 1834-1848.
Creator
- Bernard, Joel, 1945- (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)
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.
Physical Description
Petitions, tax schedules, and photocopies of articles.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- C. Bennett
- Date completed:
- April 1973
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, November 2002
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, June 2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by C. Bennett
- Date
- November 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu