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Manuscripts
Material relating to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, particularly to the cases of Thomas Sims and Shadrach Minkins, both enslaved persons who self-emancipated and were later captured in Boston. The material documents efforts by U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts Charles Devens Jr. to recover expenses incurred during the extradition of Sims and during prosecutions against those who were charged with helping Minkins escape from jail. Items include: Millard Fillmore letter to Elisha Whittlesey, 1853 March 3 (letter signed, 2 pages and docket); Elisha Whittlesey letter to Charles Devens Jr., 1853 March 8 (contemporary copy, 2 pages and docket); two bills for expenses to Charles Devens Jr., received by clerk of District Court of the U.S., Massachusetts District, 1853 January 1 (1 page and docket) and approximately 1853 January (1 page and docket); abstract of compensation to Charles Devens Jr., approximately 1853 January (printed form, filled in, 1 page and docket); Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 printed copy (3 pages, with manuscript notations); Elisha Whittlesey letter to Franklin Pierce, 1854 March 15 (autograph letter signed, two pages and docket, signed by Pierce); abstracts of compensation, payments to guards in October 1850, 1851 April, includes lists of names of guards with payment amounts and signatures (2 items, 1 page each and docket).
mssShapiro
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189136
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Visual Materials
The American political cartoons collection contains approximately 530 printed items relating to politics in the United States from approximately 1767 to approximately 1950, with the bulk of the items dating from 1840 to 1870. Most items are engravings, but some lithographs are also included. The collection highlights both well-known and less recognized American political figures. Subjects addressed by the collection include American governance, presidents and politicians, and the American Civil War, as well as caricature and cartooning in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable printers represented in the collection are Henry R. Robinson, Currier & Ives, and E. W. Kemble. There is also a set of 58 cartoons from San Francisco based satirical magazine The Wasp; all are from 1881, and most by George Frederick Keller.
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