Box 1
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
- Petitioners request:
- Abolition of Slavery and slave trade in territory of Florida
Dates:
1834-1848.
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
- Petitioners request:
- Nonadmittance to any new state to the Union whose constitution allows domestic slavery
Dates:
1834-1848.
Petitions (5) to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
- 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
Dates:
1834-1848.
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County, Nov. 1, 1838 ., Nov. 1, 1838
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
- 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
Dates:
Nov. 1, 1838
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
- 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
Dates:
1834-1848.
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County. Undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
- Petitioners request:
- Regulation of commerce among states, so as to prohibit domestic slave trade
Dates:
1834-1848.
Petition to Congress from Residents of Tompkins County.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
- Petition request:
- Recognition of Haiti as independent
- Establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations on same footing as favored nations
Dates:
1834-1848.
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Aug. 28, 1839 ). Content: Announcement of Whig meeting., Aug. 28, 1839
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
Aug. 28, 1839
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Dec. 4, 1839 ). Content: List of officers for Tompkins County Colonization Society., Dec. 4, 1839
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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. 4, 1839
Page from Trumansburg Advertiser newspaper ( Apr. 8, 1940 ). Content: 2 articles., Apr. 8, 1940
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
- 1. "Harrison and Reform" - Call for general meeting of Whigs
- 2. Untitled - Endorsement of Harrison - Tyler presidential ticket
Dates:
Apr. 8, 1940