Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Griffiths, Julia, d. 1895 Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Society Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Published / Created:
1854
Call Number:
Za Em34 854
Image Count:
1
Description:
"In commending this, the second volume of "The autographs for freedom," ... "The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society" would congratulate themselves and the friends of freedom generally on the progress made ... by the cause to which the book is devoted"--Preface. 'Second volume' probably refers to an 1853 publication of the same title, also edited under the auspices of The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, but published by J.P. Jewett in Boston. The contents of each work are unique, although some of the authors are the same., "On freedom" [poem] by R.W. Emerson, p. [235]-236; "A day ... at Playford Hall," by H.B. Stowe, p. [277]-303., "Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith, 216 William St., N.Y."--Title page verso., A collection of signed articles, poems, etc., by men and women prominent in the anti-slavery movement. Most of the signatures are in facsimile., and Edited "on behalf of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society"--P. vi.
Publisher:
Alden, Beardsley & Co. ; and Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic):
Antislavery movements--United States and Slavery--United States
Introduction -- Nature -- The American scholar -- An address to the senior class in Divinity College, Cambridge, July 15, 1838 -- Literary ethics -- The method of nature -- Man the reformer -- Introductory lecture on the times -- The conservative -- The transcendentalist -- The young American.
"Paintings from the N. Yosemite region, calligraphy & binding: Donna Thomas. Handmade paper: Peter Thomas ... edition of 50 copies"--Colophon., Contains 4 double-spread watercolors of Sierra scenes: Tower Peak, Matterhorn Canyon, High Emigrant Lake, and Otter Lake., Copy 6., and Printed watercolors on one side of an accordion-folded sheet. First and last folded pages mounted on wood covers with a leather spine. Col. ill. paper label mounted on front cover.
Publisher:
P. & D. Thomas,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Yosemite Valley and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue) and Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
Autograph manuscript letter, signed, praising Ellen Sturgis Hooper's poetry. Enclosed with the letter are autograph manuscript copies of three recent poems of his own in return: "Forerunners", "The House", and "Loss and Gain". Also includes a manuscript poem in an unidentified hand, possibly Ellen Sturgis Hooper's, titled "Persephone". With envelope
Description:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American author., Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812-1848) was an American poet and transcendentalist., and In English.
Subject (Name):
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882., Hooper, Ellen Sturgis, 1812-1848., and Persephone (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Poets, American, Transcendentalists (New England), and Women poets, American
