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Includes letter from Phoebe Hathaway about raising funds for Chaplin while he was imprisoned, likely referring to William Chaplin who was imprisoned for assisting enslaved people; letters from Henry Ince (1852) regarding the Young Ladies Anti-Slavery Sewing Society and fundraising for escaped enslaved people.

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Includes a photocopy of a letter from Josiah Letchworth about the failed apprehension of an enslaved man from Auburn Prison under the Fugitive Slave Act (March, 1854).

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Includes letters from Miles S. Griswold discussing politics and slavery and mentioning the Frederick Douglass lecture in Auburn, NY (1856).

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Includes a letter from abolitionist Caroline F. Putnam discussing literature; a detailed letter from Putnam describing the lecture of Wendell Phillips about world history and the advancements of civilization; and a letter from Sallie Holley, among others.

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Includes correspondence from Sallie Holley and Caroline Putnam, among others.

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Includes a letter from Emma V. Brown discussing her thoughts on slavery (April 8); correspondence with Samuel Rhoads, Gulielma Breed, and Emma V. Brown regarding the building of a new school house by Myrtilla Miner; a letter from Caroline F. Putnam referencing Harriet Tubman as "Moses" and her desire to purchase a home in Auburn (June 18); and correspondence from former students at the Normal School for Colored Girls, among other letters.

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Includes correspondence from students at Oberlin; discussions of Howland starting a new school; discussions of the political situation and Civil War; and correspondence from former students at the Normal School for Colored Girls. Correspondents include Gulielma Breed, Emma V. Brown, and Samantha Nivison among others.

Scope and Contents Includes a copy of a letter from Sayles Jenks Bowen discussing proposed anti-slavery bills, schools for formerly enslaved peoples in Washington, DC, and politics (May 31, 1862); discussions of the political situation and Civil War; a letter from Emma V. Brown describing the news of emancipation in DC and how she had stones thrown at her as she walked to the Normal School for Colored Girls, and another describing a banquet given for "contrabands" (formerly enslaved peoples). Correspondents...

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Includes a copy of a letter from Howland to her parents, and from Howland to Sarah Baker. Correspondents include Emma V. Brown, Sallie Holley, and Amanda Sanford among others.

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Includes correspondence about the Civil War and the formation/function of schools in the north and in Washington DC. Correspondents include Emma V. Brown and Amanda Sanford, among others.