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Letter From Daniel Webster Concerning The Word "Slavery" In Constitution, Dated 1850, Daniel Webster

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Daniel Webster writes Reverand S. K. Lothrop to question where to find the observation from Mr. Madison that states the reason to keep the word "slavery" from the Constitution, dated Feb. 27, 1850.

Spc Ms 1688 Sc, Bill Of Lading For Ninety-Three Slaves, Joseph S. Donovan

19th Century Maine

Bill of lading dated Oct. 24, 1850 for shipment of ninety-three slaves from Baltimore to New Orleans on the ship John C. Calhoun, master Captain John C. Lowell. The slaves were to be delivered to J.M. Wilson in New Orleans. Document lists names of slaves, their ages and their price.

PDF provides scans of the original document (a printed form completed in handwriting) and a transcript prepared by Special Collections in 2021.

Part of the Francis O'Brien Collection purchased in 1968.

An Oration, Delivered Before The Two Societies Of The South Carolina College, James Henry Hammond

Rare Books

An Oration, Delivered Before the Two Societies of the South-Carolina College on the Fourth of December, 1849, is a speech by James Henry Hammond discussing history, Francis Bacon, and other philosophers and statesmen. The speech includes some of Hammond's pro-slavery views.