Summary Information

Title: Tompkins County anti-slavery items,
Creator: Joel Charles Bernard, 1945-
Inclusive dates: 1834-1848.
.1 cubic ft.
Petitions, tax schedules, and photocopies of articles.
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.

Call number: 2735
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library