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Box 1

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Contains 25 Results:

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.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: 1834-1848.

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

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: May 7, 1834

1845 census for Tompkins County and New York State. Articles from the Ithaca Journal., 1845

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: 1845

Listing of New York State Senate districts, Dec. 1845 . Article from Ithaca Journal is incomplete., Dec. 1845

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: Dec. 1845

Call for county meeting of Democrats. Article from Sept. 16, 1840 Ithaca Journal., Sept. 16, 1840

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: Sept. 16, 1840

Announcements of Free Soil meetings, July 26-Sept. 27, 1848 . Articles from Ithaca Journal., July 26-Sept. 27, 1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: July 26-Sept. 27, 1848

Listing of 1848 Democratic nominations for federal, state, and local offices. Article from Oct. 25, 1848 Ithaca Journal., 1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: 1848

Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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
Dates: 1834-1848.

Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1837 ., Nov. 1837

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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
Dates: Nov. 1837

Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Sept. 1, 1835, Jan. 12, 1836, and undated.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
  1. Petitioners request:
  2. Outlawing of slavery and slave trade in District of Columbia
Dates: 1834-1848.