The documents in this collection of primary source material are only available to affiliates of subscribing academic institutions. If you think your institution has access, please click here to Login.
| Title | Date | From Archive Folder | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100.00 reward! | 12 February 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Broadside | |
| $2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves | 23 August 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Broadside | |
| 13th annual report NAACP for the year 1922 | 1 January 1923 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| 14th annual report NAACP for the year 1923 | 1 January 1924 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| 178 Sugar and Cotton Plantation Slaves!... [Slave sale catalogue from Waverly and Meredith plantations] | 13 March 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Business and financial document | |
| 17th annual report NAACP for the year 1926 | 1 January 1927 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| 18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy | November 1861-June 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Military document | |
| 1806 State of the Union Address | 9 December 1806 | Documents Relating to 1806 | Government document | |
| 1870 Diary | 1870 | Diaries of James S. Kiger | Diary | |
| 19th annual report NAACP for the year 1928 | 1 January 1929 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| 20th annual report of the NAACP for the year 1929 | 1 January 1930 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| 50th Annual Report of the American Colonization Society | 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| A. A. Galpin to John D. Moore about his expedition to Santa Fe and plans in case he does not return | 16 June 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| A. Ames to Travis Rhodes regarding submitting an application for Post Master | 28 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A. B. Cummings to William McBlair regarding two drunk crewmen on board the "Dale" | 1 June 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| A. Burnwell to Blanche Kelso Bruce in great distress regarding his lack | 22 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.A. Davis to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding making the post office a separating or distributing office | 30 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.A. Shattuck to General A. Ames asking for a recommendation to the position of Post Master in West Point Mississippi | 2 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.B. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce with an introduction of H.B. Bromwell | 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.B. Korris to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding passes to California | 5 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.C. Ramsey, former Alabama slave owner, commenting on Reconstruction | 3 January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| A.E. Kilpatrick to Blanche Kelso Bruce to request help transferring from the 17th Infantry into the 7th Calvary | 25 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.G. Packer to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson | 24 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.J. Pleasanton to Edwin M. Stanton recommending that General Brisbin be retained at his current post based on his meritorious service | 29 June 1865 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| A.K. Daniel to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Robert Stewart | 18 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.K. Davis to James Hill in hopes of a position in the consulship of Trinidad | 28 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.P. Shattuck to Hon. James Hill regarding getting A. A Shattuck appointed Post Master of the WestPoint Mississippi post office | 1 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.R. Howe to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to aid Saul B. Raymond | 31 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.W. Burritt to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce for help in getting her papers back | 11 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.W. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for his job to be made permanent | 26 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A.W. Tourgee to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the endorsement of the Republican party for a paper | June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Aaron Burr to a client about recovering a slave | 25 October 1815 | Documents Relating to 1815 | Correspondence; Legal document | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry concerning voting on the Lecompton Constitution | 3 October 1857 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry justifying violence in the cause of abolition | 2 August 1858 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on injuries at Harper's Ferry, life in jail and spiritual beliefs | 30 January 1860 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry on the prospect of facing death | 23 February 1860 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry regarding tensions over slavery in Kansas | 28 August 1856 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his brother Henry with a farewell message shortly before his execution | 13 March 1860 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his father on the fight against slavery | 29 September 1857 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his sister discussing his trial and offering spiritual encouragement | 18 January 1860 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on arguments over slavery and abolition in Kansas | 29 April 1857 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Aaron D. Stevens to his sister on his dedication to the cause of freedom | 8 April 1858 | Letters from Aaron D. Stevens to his brother and sisters | Correspondence | |
| Abigail Adams to Hannah Cushing on the death of her nephew on the U.S.S. Constitution | ca. 17 February 1812-1813 | Documents Relating to 1812 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Abigail K. Foster to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson on abolition and women's suffrage | 9 March 1881 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power. | 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Pamphlet | |
| The Abolitionist | 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Abolitionist broadside | 1 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Broadside | |
| Abraham Bogart to his wife regarding the siege and fall of Fort Wagner | 9 September 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865 | 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Artwork | |
| Abraham Lincoln speech delivered July 17, 1858 | ca. 17 July 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Abraham Lincoln to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah | 20 July 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F. Butler regarding "free black labor" in occupied Louisiana | 6 November 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to E. Malhiot on delaying vote in Louisiana until slavery is abolished | 19 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton re: urging recruitment of black troops in Kentucky | 28 March 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding churches in Port Royal, S.C. | 29 September 1862 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton regarding transport to return black colonists from Haiti | 1 February 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton | 12 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Government document; Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton regarding African American regiments | 23 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Edwin McMasters Stanton, explaining how he has sent an 'intelligent colored man' to provide advice | 11 April 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles discussing the Battle of Fort Pillow | 3 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to John Eaton regarding supervision over Freedmen | 10 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to John P. Usher regarding the Battle of Fort Pillow | 3 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville | 17 March 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Abstract of incidental expenses in the Freedmen's Department, District of Memphis | January 1865 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Abstract of monies received in the Freedmen's Department during December for the Memphis District | December 1864 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Abstract of receipts from various sources on account of City Colored Schools | 30 June 1865 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Abstract of the returns of the fifth census, showing the number of free people, the number of slaves... | 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn | ca. 1826 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account between the estate of Horatio Wills and John Winn | 30 June 1827 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account between John Winn and J. M. Wills | 15 May 1823 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account between John Winn and J. N. Wills | ca. 1820 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account Book | 1854-1856 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Account figures for the hiring of slaves | ca. 1822 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account of the estate of J. Wills | ca. 1826 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians | 24 May 1690 | The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690 | Business and financial document | |
| An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians | 24 May 1690 | The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690 | Business and financial document | |
| Account of payment made by Flucker to Samuel Dyer | 31 May 1774 | The Henry Knox Papers [0009] May-June 1774 | Business and financial document | |
| Account of payments made by Henry Knox | 24 May 1780 - 5 June 1781 | The Henry Knox Papers [0024] 1781 | Business and financial document | |
| Account of Robert Livingston | 15 May 1790 | The Livingston Family Papers [094] January-September 1790 | Business and financial document | |
| Account of sales and hiring negroes of Mildred Bradshaws estate, by J Winn for G Winn | 17 October 1828 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account of sales of the personal estate of Thomas Winn | 6 December 1824 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish] | 24 February 1777 | Documents Relating to 1777 | Correspondence | |
| Account sheet regarding fees required as Court Clerk | 26 January 1703 | The Livingston Family Papers [030] 1703 | Business and financial document | |
| Accounts for Jabez Champlin due from the estate of Joseph and William Wanton | 1766-1787 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Business and financial document | |
| Accounts of John Winn, including rental of slaves | ca. 1820 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Acknowledgement of salary payments | 20 July 1789 | The Henry Knox Papers [0090] July-August 1789 | Government document | |
| An Act concerning the introduction of Negroes & Mulattoes into this Territory | 17 September 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Legal document | |
| An act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the African slave trade | 11 April 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| An Act H.R. 4318 4th Congress 3rd Session. | 5 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Government document | |
| An Act in addition to "an act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from an after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight," and to repeal certain parts of the same | 20 April 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Government document | |
| An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States | 8 May 1792 | Documents Relating to 1792 | Military document; Government document | |
| Act of a French society concerning the slave trade [In French] | 1748-1750 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| An act of Parliament effecting a treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the slave trade | 11 April 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864. | 22 November 1864 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| Act to carry into effect an additional article to..[a previous] treaty | 29 June 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade | 17 July 1862 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270 | 30 August 1861 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| An Act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270. | 30 August 1861 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories | June 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Government document | |
| "AN ACT: To Protect all Persons in Their Civil Rights, in the State of Arkansas and to Furnish Means for Their Vindication" with endorsements by Charles Sumner and John H. Johnson | ca. February 1873 | Charles Sumner-related items | Government document | |
| Addie R Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that the class of the Terry Post Office be raised | 2 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the Post Office | 5 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the appointment of a new Post Master | 8 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Addie R. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce resigning from the position of Postmaster in Terry | 16 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and the vicinity in the south meeting-house, in Salem, February 24, 1834 | 24 February 1834 | Documents Relating to 1834 | Pamphlet | |
| Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1883 : on the twenty-first anniversary of emancipation, in the District of Columbia. | 16 April 1883 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Pamphlet | |
| An Address Delivered by Hon. William D. Kelley at Girard Avenue, Above Eleventh St. on October 3rd, 1856 | 1856 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Pamphlet | |
| Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, before the Hamilton Club, Chicago | 31 January 1896 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Miscellany | |
| Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery | 4 March 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry, to give deliverance to the captives, and to let the oppressed go free | December 1859 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality | Broadside | |
| The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States | 1860 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 | Pamphlet | |
| Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public | 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Pamphlet | |
| Address to Abraham Lincoln regarding Freedman's Aid | 1 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Address to the free colored people of the United States | 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Pamphlet | |
| An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina | 1805 | Documents Relating to 1805 | Pamphlet | |
| An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina [anti-slavery] | 1805 | Documents Relating to 1805 | Pamphlet | |
| An Address to the People of the Free States by the President of the Southern Confederacy. [a contemporary fake] | 5 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Broadside | |
| Address to the People of the United States, by the General Anti-Slavery Convention, of nearly 4,000 People, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1845 | June 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Broadside; Non-governmental organization document | |
| An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob... | 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Pamphlet | |
| Adiel Sherwood to Absalom Janes with various pieces of news, including the story of a runaway slave | 25 February 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Correspondence | |
| Adjutant General's Office General Orders No. 1 | 2 January 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales maritimas [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion General De Rentas Reales Marítimas [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Advertisement for antislavery lecture | 16 February 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Broadside | |
| Advertisement for the book Life at the South | 1 July 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Broadside | |
| Advertisement for A Fool's Errand and A Compend of the Elements of Fact | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | ||
| Advertisement for land in Rockingham county | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Land transaction document; Business and financial document | |
| Advertisement of personal property, including slaves, for the estate of Thomas Winn | 22 November 1824 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Affadavit regarding the imprisonment of Jeremiah Sullivan and two other sailors on the African coast | 4 February 1858 | William McBlair collection | Legal document; Military document | |
| Affidavit of sales agreement for a slave named Hannibal in St. Croix | 4 April 1787 | Documents Relating to 1787 | Legal document | |
| Africa and the American Flag. By Commander Andrew H. Foote. U.S. Navy, Lieutenant commanding U.S. Brig. Perry on the Coast of Africa, A.D. 1850-1851 | 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Book | |
| African Americans near canal in Richmond | April 1865 | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs | Photograph | |
| African-American soldiers digging graves | ca. 1860-1869 | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs | Photograph | |
| The African's right to citizenship. | 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Africans taken in the Amistad: congressional document, containing the correspondence, & c., in relation to the captured Africans | 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Pamphlet | |
| Afro-American Monument | 1897 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Artwork | |
| Agreement for sale of five slaves | 24 August 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Business and financial document | |
| Agreement of registry | 22 May 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| Agreement to be the carpenter and clerk at the forges at Maryburgh | 26 February 1774 | The Livingston Family Papers [082] 1774-1775 | Business and financial document; Legal document | |
| Ain't it strange | ca. 1901 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Alabama woman writes to her cousin in Michiga | 22 August 1871 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Albert D Thompson to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help securing a position as a school teaching in another county as he wishes to leave his current position due to threats of violence | 27 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Albert Pike to John Ross re: requesting necessary papers to capture fugitive slave | 20 March 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Albert Smith to Franklin Pierce discussing the possibility of appointing Watson Freeman as U.S. Marshall | 3 December 1852 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| Albert to Father | 19 October 1862 | Letters from a Union soldier called Albert | Correspondence | |
| Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady, including images of Lincoln, generals and freed slaves | ca.1865 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Album of approx. 250 cyanotypes of African-Americans, at Calhoun, Ala. | ca. 1896-1903 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Photograph | |
| Albumen of members of the Louisiana Native Guard | ca. 1863 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Regiment | 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Alex Peterson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he send his lamps | 11 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alex Seals to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to keep him updated on goings on in Washington | 1 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alex W. Hardy to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for an appointment in order to avoid poverty | 2 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alex Yerger to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position as superintendent of education in Mississippi | 7 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alex Yerger to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a bill due | 29 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens to Henry Moore Teller introducing Henry Turner, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Chirch in the South | 24 April 1882 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens to Thomas W. Thomas discussing the Kansas Nebraska Act | 27 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Alexander McDougall to Henry Knox requesting supplies and passing on gossip | 19 October 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0067] 11-20 October 1783 | Correspondence | |
| Alfred Bolling Holt to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a possible position in Mississippi | 8 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alfred Bolling to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help gaining a position in Mississippi | 8 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alfred Gibson to Tobias Gibson regarding a ruined cotton crop | 18 May 1857 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Alfred Reed to Woody Johnson | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Correspondence | |
| Alice J Somerville to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding her application | 8 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alice J Somerville to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting an appointment | 28 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alice M. Kennedy to Blanche Kelso Bruce anxious about he position | 23 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Alice Park to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an apology | 16 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Allegorical verses on slavery | ca. 1850-1860 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Miscellany | |
| Allen P Huggins to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking if he will help him get an appointment as Postmaster | 26 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ambler L. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his influence to get Eugene O'Sullivan a pension | 9 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Amendment for an act authorizing the employment of free African Americans | 17 February 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| Amendment to the negro soldier bill | 14 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Government document; Military document | |
| Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill | 14 February 1865 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| Amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill | 14 February 1865 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country | 12 December 1864 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| Amendment to senate bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country | ca. 15 December 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States. | ca. 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet | |
| The American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839 | 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Pamphlet | |
| The American Anti-Slavery Society | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| American Colonization Society circular proposing steamship line between the United States and Africa | 31 May 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank | ca. 1 December 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| The American Difficulty | 11 May 1861 | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members | Artwork | |
| The American Museum, or Universal Magazine | February 1791 | Documents Relating to 1791 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The American Museum, volume 6 | 1789 | Documents Relating to 1789 | Book | |
| American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime | 1918 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Book | |
| American slavery as it is: testimony of a thousand witnesses | 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Book | |
| Ananias Cooper to Robert Livingston re: prescription for Robert's slave, Jack | 30 June 1783 | The Livingston Family Papers [087] 1783 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Alfred Dexter to Simon Newton Dexter on a planting business | 24 March 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to Hardy Murfree Cryer regarding a runaway slave | 12 July 1823 | Documents Relating to 1823 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to John C. Calhoun regarding slavery | 27 April 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to L. Jones cancelling a slave purchase | 25 March 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Andrew Jackson to Maunsel White about cotton, crops, friends and relations with Britain | 1 January 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to Mr. Peal regarding the sale and delivery of slaves to his plantation | 30 January 1819 | Documents Relating to 1819 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to Thomas J. Donelson regarding the duties of the latter | 21 March 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to Tilghman Ashurst Howard about various matters | 28 August 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to unknown regarding the movements of some former slaves | 25 January 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to William B. Lewis on the nullification crisis | 28 August 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Jackson to William Russell desiring the annexation of Texas and other political matters | 8 July 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Johnson on Negro Suffrage. His letter to Gov. Sharkey of Mississippi. | 15 August 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Andrew Johnson to Alfred O. Nicholson regarding the concept of popular sovereignty | 18 January 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Johnson to D. J. Patterson discussing appointments, politicians and the Democratic party | 23 January 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Knox to Sarah Knox mentioning watching for gun boats and a discussion with McClellan about African American troops | 6 August 1862 | Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery | Correspondence | |
| Andrew Knox to Sarah Knox regarding the Christian faith of his African American servant William | 9 January 1865 | Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery | Correspondence | |
| Andrew T. Judson to William S. Holabird suggesting a previous case that might offer precedent for the Amistad one | 10 November 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| Ann W. Ancell to John Winn regarding the ownership of a slave | 20 February 1836 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| Anna Douglass, three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait | ca. 1880 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Photograph | |
| Anna W. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding protection | 5 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Anniversary Exercises of Greenwich Academy | 16 June 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Announcement of amendment to law on slave trials for capital crimes | 15 November 1768 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Announcement of a reward for a runaway "negro man servant" named Peter | 20 September 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Business and financial document | |
| Announcing pro-slavery meeting | 20 July 1830 | Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anson Jones to N. P. Norton regarding a bill to move the capitol of Texas | 21 January 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| Anthony Wayne to Henry Knox about the threat of the Creek nation to planters in Georgia | 20 March 1790 | The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Anti-15th Amendment | 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Broadside | |
| Anti-fugitive slave law meeting: at a large meeting of persons from various parts of the state of New York, held in the City of Syracuse January 9th 1851... | 9 January 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, Number 11 | November 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Pamphlet | |
| The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 1, no. 7. | July 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 2, no. 17. | May 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society resolution approving of the principles and practice of Gerrit Smith | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 1 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 2 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 9 | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird | January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| "Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder | ca. 1882 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Object | |
| Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freed slaves | 6 November 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Broadside | |
| An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans | 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Book | |
| Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the people of the United States. Shall slavery be permitted in Nebraska? | 19 January 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Appeal to the Christian women of the south | 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Pamphlet | |
| An Appeal to the colored voters of Hart County | 31 July 1891 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Broadside | |
| An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers | ca. 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Pamphlet | |
| An appeal to the people of Massachusetts, on the Texas question | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Pamphlet | |
| Application for a bonus based on service for Jeremiah Boley | 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document; Business and financial document | |
| Appointees in Treasury Dept. Charged to Mississippi | ca.1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Appointment of commissioner Elijah Brigham [c/s Pickering] | 29 August 1798 | Documents Relating to 1798 | Government document | |
| Appointment of commissioners for Augusta County, Virginia | 1 January 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Government document | |
| Appointment of George L. Stearns, Samuel Cabot Jr. and William H. Russell as trustees | 14 April 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Business and financial document; Legal document | |
| Appointment of Gibson's aide-de-camp to serve as agent in matters pertaining to slaves | 19 February 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Appointment of Samuel C. Crafts as Commissioner for fifth division of Vermont | 7 March 1799 | Documents Relating to 1799 | Government document | |
| Appraisement of negros | n.d. | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Appraisement of negros | n.d. | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States : in the case of the United States, appellants, vs. Cinque, and others... | 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Pamphlet | |
| The argument of Roger S. Baldwin, of New Haven, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States, Appellants, vs. Cinque, and others, Africans of the Amistad | 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Pamphlet | |
| Argument of Wendell Phillips, Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations, (of the Massachusetts Legislature,) ... | 20 February 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Pamphlet | |
| Arlena Dillard to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 29 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Army expenses of various regiments | 2 April - 28 September 1776 | The Henry Knox Papers [0012] January-April 1776 | Military document; Business and financial document | |
| Army rations issued to Joseph Manning | 4 June 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 | Military document | |
| Army transport "Lookout" on the Tennessee River | n.d. | Photographs of Chattanooga and Knoxville | Photograph | |
| Army transport "Wauhatchie" on the Tennessee River | n.d. | Photographs of Chattanooga and Knoxville | Photograph | |
| Arrest Warrant for Cally a slave | 9 April 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Arrest warrant for the slave Samuel for his role in the Easter Plot | 19 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| "Arrival of first negroes in the lines." | ca. 1861-1865 | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs | Photograph | |
| Arthur Middleton to Lyman Hall asking him to resolve a debate over ownership of a slave | 1 March 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Correspondence | |
| Articles established by the Colored Ladies Lincoln Association | October 1862 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Articles of Treaty between General Marion in behalf of the State of So. Carolina and Major Gainey & the Inhabitants under his Command which were Included in the Treaty made under the 17th day of June 1781 | 8 June 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Government document; Military document | |
| As one southerner to another: [Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence] | 1943 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Pamphlet | |
| Asa Smith to his mother reagrding union soldiers tricking condfederate soliders out of money | 8 June 1862 | Collection of Asa Smith, K company, 16th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ashur Shephard to Robert Livingston re: request for payment | 8 May 1782 | The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 | Correspondence | |
| The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes | 1713 | Collection of important printed treaties | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Astounding Disclosures! | 18 August 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Broadside | |
| Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 18, no. 110 (December 1866)] | December 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Atlantic Monthly. [Vol. 19, no.111 (January 1867)] | January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Atticus Slaughter to Tobias Gibson regarding his wife and plantation business | 15 August 1858 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Augustus Saint Guadens to Wm. R. Ware? re: illustrated letter on placement of Shaw 54th Mass. memorial | 21 February 1890 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and others | 1915 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Book | |
| Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding African Americans | 5 May 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her first few days in Washington, Georgia | 31 May 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding her trip from New York to Savannah, Georgia | 22 May 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Horatio Hale regarding a voyage | 1-2 May 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to James W. Hale regarding their brother's death | 9 September 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding family matters | 19 April 1823 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding life in Georgia | 11 June 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding a Reverend Mr. Webster | 20 August 1823 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding the school she teaches at | 4 June 1823 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their family | 3 August 1822 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding their mother's health and Sarah's education | 19 October 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Hale regarding various matters, including marriage | 4 December 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale discussing the concept of death and the recent passing of their mother | 25 June 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale expressing feelings of sadness and loneliness | 6 March 1830 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the death of her daughter | 18-24 November 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding health matters | 25 July 1824 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her educational work | 19 August 1825 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her move to Mount Meigs, Alabama | 19 September 1829 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her sister's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs | 10 October 1830 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her trip from Washington to White Hall, Georgia | 18 September 1823 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her upcoming visit to Mount Meigs | 11 August 1830 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding marriage | 27 May 1828 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a planned visit to the north | 4 March 1833 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding Sarah's upcoming visit to Mount Meigs | 25 July 1830 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding several matters, including a delirious cousin | 8 February 1833 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding slaves | 2-16 September 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm | 29 June 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding a storm and subsequent damage to her property | 22 May 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's death | 26 April 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding their mother's gravestone | 23 January 1827 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding the weather and its impact on a cotton crop | 26-30 August 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) cancelling her plans to go up north | 4 May 1835 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the loss of two more children | 28 January 1837 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned trip to go up north and Sarah's recent wedding | 1 September 1833 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding a planned visit to go up north and the activities of her slaves | 29 January 1835 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her job as a teacher | 23 December 1823 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her mother's ill health | 10 April 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding her social engagements in Georgia and her upcoming work as a teacher | 11 June 1821 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia Hale to Sarah Woodbridge regarding the school she teaches at | 29 December 1822 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Aurelia to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the disappearance of two slaves | 5 June 1836 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Austin Fenn re: response to rebel threats of shooting black prisoners of war | 3 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Authentic and impartial narrative of the tragical scene which was witnessed in Southampton County (Virginia) on Monday the 22d of August last, when fifty-five of its inhabitants (mostly women and children) were inhumanly massacred by the blacks! | 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Book | |
| Authentic speeches of S.P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, during his visit to Ohio, with his speeches at Indianapolis, and at the mass meeting in Baltimore, October, 1863 | 1863 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Authority to affix seal to additional article to slave trade treaty with Britain | 5 March 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade | 4 April 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Government document | |
| B.F. Trinwall to Blanche Kelso Bruce with explanation a debt collection | 25 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.F. Trumble to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a conversation with Sterling, who owes the Senator money | 20 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.F. Trumble to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the payment of a debt | 11 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.I. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the case of Jerry Robinson | 30 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.I. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding working on the possibility of the Vice Presidency for Bruce | 9 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.J. James to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a copy of a publication for the Wilberforce Reading Room | 9 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.J. James to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for the Congressional Record | 8 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.J. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding tax payment data | 9 September 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.P Slug to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the presidential elections | 14 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.S. Schneck to George Besore requesting money to send a slave family to Africa | 29 January 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Correspondence | |
| B.T. Tanner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding when Bishop Payne will be in Washington | 28 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| B.T. Todd to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing his interest in the appointment for supervisor of the census | 6 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions | 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state | 4 June 1860 | Collection relating to Charles Sumner | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| The Barbarities of the Rebels... | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Book | |
| Behind the scenes.' By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln | 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Benjamin F. Butler to F. A. Angell discussing suffrage for African Americans | 11 July 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Benjamin F. Franklin to William Martin Dickson, discussing the creation of a separate state for former slaves | 15 August 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Huntington regarding the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery | 12 January 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Correspondence | |
| Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair ordering him to receive two prisoners, and to exchange drummer boys | 25 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Benjamin J. Totten to William McBlair regarding the sentences of Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf | 25 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Benjamin Lundy to Elizur Wright regarding the establishment of an anti-slavery society in Pennsylvania | 7 November 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Benjamin Rush to Mr. Fitssimons about a funding act | 19 February 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Correspondence | |
| Bettie W. Lybrook re: criticizing the KKK but without it the no white lady would be safe in Ala. | 17 August 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Bill for Blanche Kelso Bruce | 23 March 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Bill for Harvey and Johnson | 17 November 1865 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Bill for R.C. Bruce | 31 March 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Bill for R.C. Bruce | 30 November 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Bill for Roscoe C. Bruce | 01 May 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Bill for sale of eight slaves | 26 April 1856 | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of Cost | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Bill of exchange related to captured slaves in Sierra Leone | 1 April 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale and receipt for $45, slave Samuel in Saddle River, New Jersey | August 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach | 1780 | Documents Relating to 1780 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale for a female slave named America and her child | 18 September 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale for two slaves | 22 March 1810 | Documents Relating to 1810 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale for two slaves sold to Rieneer Van Giesen | 29 November 1760 | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale of slaves, livestock, and other goods to Robert Livingston | 21 November 1782 | The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 | Business and financial document | |
| Bill of sale to Andrew Johnson for a slave girl named Dolly | 2 January 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Business and financial document | |
| A bill to be entitled an act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities | 5 January 1864 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| A Bill to be entitled an act to increase the military force of the Confederate States | 10 February 1865 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| A bill to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, and to repeal an act for the enlistment of cooks | 6 May 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and the defences of the country | 15 December 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| A Bill, to amend the act, entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters" | 25 February 1801 | Documents Relating to 1801 | Broadside | |
| Bills of sale for negro | 12 August 1844 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Business and financial document | |
| Biographical record of Andrew T. Judson | n.d. | Biographical notes on Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Americans | Miscellany | |
| The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848 | 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Government document; Legal document | |
| The black phalanx; a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865. | 1888 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Book | |
| Black republican and office-holder's journal. [No. 4 (September 1865)] | September 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Black Republican Prayer | ca. 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Broadside | |
| The Black troopers ... in the Spanish American War | 1899 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Book | |
| The black troopers, or the daring heroism of the negro soldiers in the Spanish-American War | 1899 | Books about African Americans | Book | |
| Blanche Brown to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he look out for any suitable positions | 24 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Blanche Kelso Bruce to F.E Smith regarding the health of Mr. Leachman | 1 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Blank negro passport | 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document | |
| Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph | ca. 1826 | Documents Relating to 1826 | Business and financial document | |
| "Bloody Colfax" | [1876] | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Broadside | |
| Bombproof works occupied by U.S. Colored Troops, Petersburg, Va. | ca. August 1864 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Booker T. Washington to Anne Abbott regarding female missionaries | 23 April 1892 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| The border ruffian code in Kansas | 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| The border ruffian code in Kansas | 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall | 8 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet; Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Boston Gazette and Country Journal No. 1090 | 8 April 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Boston Gazette and Country Journal. [No. 1235 (April 27, 1778)] | 27 April 1778 | Documents Relating to 1778 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Bound collection of 45 Congressional speeches of various people | 1840-1841 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Book; Government document | |
| Boyle to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting payment | 15 May 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..." | ca. 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Brief from the Circuit Court regarding the Amistad case | April-June 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Britannia Sympathises with Columbia | 6 May 1865 | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members | Artwork | |
| Broadside advertising the play "Slave life! or, Uncle Tom's cabin" | 1852 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Broadside | |
| Broadside advertising Uncle Tom's cabin at the National Theatre, New York | 1853 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Broadside | |
| Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Broadside | |
| Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service | 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Broadside | |
| Broadside regarding recruitment of African Americans and celebrating emancipation in Maryland | ca. 1 November 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Broadside | |
| Brown hung | December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Broadside | |
| Brownlow's Knoxville whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 27 (July 9, 1864)] | 9 July 1864 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Brutus and Caesar | 15 August 1863 | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members | Artwork | |
| Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. … | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Business card for Huntington & Brown Attorneys and Counsellors at Law | 8 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | |
| Buying a substitute in the North during the war | ca. 1880-1890 | Confederate war etchings | Artwork | |
| Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill complaining about the number of African Americans in the South and suggesting that they should be killed to prevent them from moving North after the war | 24 November 1862 | Collection of Byron E. Churchill | Correspondence | |
| Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing recruitment, Confederate prisoners and the sympathies that some generals seem to hold for slave owners | 14 August 1862 | Collection of Byron E. Churchill | Correspondence | |
| Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill discussing an upcoming draft and his disagreement with the policy of arming African Americans, who he wishes would die instead of white soldiers | 27 November 1862 | Collection of Byron E. Churchill | Correspondence | |
| Byron Churchill to Drazilla Churchill reassuring her of his safety, mentioning the polluted water supply and commenting on two African American cooks | 21 September 1862 | Collection of Byron E. Churchill | Correspondence | |
| C Hitchcock to Gov O. P. Morton asking for help getting a position in government | 25 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C Sunny to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding meeting in his office after two | 28 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| c. (Senate bill, no. 109.) . . . An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864 | 22 November 1864 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| C. B White to James L. Botsford regarding new scout information | n.d. | Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry | Correspondence; Military document | |
| C. Collins to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he recommend Lee Jarvis | 11 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C. Rosebaum to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a recommendation | 16 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C. Rosenbaum to Blanche Kelso Bruce to ask once again for Senator Bruce's recommendation for a position in the Post office | 20 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C. Rosenbaum to John R. Lynch asking that he write to Senator Bruce on his behalf for the position as Post Master | 20 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C. Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his promotions | 7 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.A. Sullivan to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking after an appointment | 10 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.C. Duncan to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 14 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.C. Simms to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a Post Office at Pelahatchie | 25 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.E. Bent to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding favor for the current Post Master | 10 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.E. Parker to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for flowers | 19 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.G. Shockleford to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding seeing Mr. French | 17 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.G. Shockleford to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he look out for a position for him in Mississippi | 18 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.S. Bell to Blanche Kelso Bruce apologizing fro missing a meeting | 11 November 1874 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.S. Bell to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce for help in keeping his government position | 6 March 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| C.S. Huntington to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Alexander's position as Post Master | 14 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Cabinet photograph of Cassius Clay | ca. 1873 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Photograph | |
| Caleb Y Hale to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the establishment of a government daily paper | 18 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California. | 11 March 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Calling Card for James Hill | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Calvin E. Stowe to Anson Rood discussing the controversy surrounding his representation in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | 14 December 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Calvin Smith to Jedediah Smith regarding the Mississippi territory, family matters and agriculture | 11 December 1801 | Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr | Correspondence | |
| Camp scene | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Camp scene | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs | 18 December 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Broadside | |
| Campaign ribbon on silk: "Old buck is coming" | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Object | |
| Captain R.W. Crockett, of the 81st U.S. Colored Troops, CDV in uniform | ca. 1863-1865 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Carrier's Address To the Patrons of the Boonsboro Odd Fellow | 2 January 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Carte de visite bust portrait of Thaddeus Stevens | ca. 1861 | Cartes de visite of Civil War era Northern statesmen and others | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of Andres B. Hall | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of Arman Martin | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of Francis Bridge | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of G.A. Foster | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of H.H. Rowe | 1861 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of Mortimer G. Smith | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of N.B. Burtram | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of an officer | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of the organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, vignette bust | 13 May 1881 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of Robert G. Shaw, 3/4 length standing portrait by Whipple | ca.1863 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of S.P. Putnam | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of an unidentified officer | 12 May 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of William Greeley | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite of William Moore | 1864 | Photographs of officers in the 20th U.S. Colored troops | Photograph | |
| Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Charles Sumner | ca. 1861 | Cartes de visite of Civil War era members of the U.S. Senate | Photograph | |
| Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Photograph | ||
| Carte-de-visite of a black soldier in the Civil War | ca. 1864-1865 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Carte-de-visite of Osband Emory | ca. 1864-1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Photograph | |
| Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth | 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Case history of the lawsuit over the "Mississippi Plan of 1875" | 12 October 1875 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Legal document | |
| Case of Fredk Breckendorf, seaman | 24 February 1859 | William McBlair collection | Legal document | |
| Cass and Taylor on the slavery question | 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Cavalry members in front of tent with Ku Klux Klan sign on tent | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Cave Johnson to P. G. Washington regarding the ownership an unspecified paper and slavery | 6 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Certificate by Mary Dougherty, certifying that she wants her son to be apprenticed | 7 November 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Business and financial document | |
| Certificate confirming the citizenship of John Harris, an African American | 23 October 1824 | Documents Relating to 1824 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Certificate of amnesty for Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles | 24 June 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document | |
| Certificate of emancipation for Priscilla a negro woman | 20 January 1810 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Government document | |
| Certificate of enlistment and discharge for Samson Cuff | 9 January 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Military document | |
| Certificate of freedom for Peter, a free Negro | 1 December 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Legal document | |
| Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night | 6 October 1795 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Legal document | |
| Certificate of service for African American soldier Primas Hubbell | ca. 3 March 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Military document | |
| Certification of Aurelia Hale's service at the academy | 26 December 1826 | Aurelia Hale letters | Miscellany | |
| Certifies Cuffee Wells's purchase of freedom | 30 April 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Legal document | |
| Certifying copy of New York resolution ratifying Fourteenth amendment | 11 January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Charge Of Mr. Justice Wayne of the Supreme Court of the United States, given on the fourteenth day of November, 1859, to the grand jury of the sixth circuit court of the United States, for the southern district of Georgia | 14 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Charles Anthony to Albert Whitton regarding the murder of a slave by an overseer | 18 February 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| Charles B. Stearns to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting | 20 March 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| Charles C. Morey to his parents describing in detail his march from Cold Harbor | 19 June 1864 | Collection of Charles C. Morey, E company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles C. Terry to James Hill regarding his application for Supervisor | 26 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Charles Carroll to William Gibbons regarding the sale of 1455 barrels of flour to a nearby factory | 11 May 1822 | Documents Relating to 1822 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Charles Coit to his brother, stating that more men from Norwich should enlist in the army | 18 July 1862 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, announcing a new rule regarding monthly reports | 27 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, announcing that the regiment is getting ready to march | 4 May 1864 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, commenting on his 'excellent new servant' | 29 May 1863 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, commenting that General Foster spoke of condemning the regiment's arms during inspection | 29 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, confirming that Daly will not be arriving | 30 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, describing the trouble he is having using the $5 bills from Connecticut | 22 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, discussing the acquisition of a camp stove, in addition to comments regarding his servant | 20 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, discussing the difficulties he is having with his new position | 13 May 1862 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, enclosing a certificate for Daly | 23 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, in which he writes of arriving at Yorktown | 22 June 1863 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, noting that 56 of the 100 recruits have arrived | 10 August 1864 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, reacting to news of new recruits form Norwich | 25 July 1862 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, regarding his servant, also speaks of the health problems of other men | 20 May 1862 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, reporting that the execution has been postponed | 17 April 1864 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, sending a slip that states that the bearer is his personal servant | 30 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, writing about the issue of having a servant | 29 November 1861 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, writing about the regiment's defeat | 3 August 1864 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles Coit to his family, writing about the terrible crowding of the soldiers on the ship | 8 January 1862 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Hawley to William McBlair requesting a medical survey | 2 May 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Charles E. Howe to James S. Brisbin extending an invitation | 25 January 1866 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Howe to James S. Brisbin extending an invitation | 25 January 1866 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about the capture of Atlanta and his attempts to find a substitute for his brother, George | 4 September 1864 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother about a plantation that has been abandoned and the slaves left behind | 20 June 1862 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother describing the Battle of Olustee and the distinguished service of African-American troops | 29 February 1864 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother describing the charge on Fort Wagner | 14 July 1863 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother discussing the capture of Confederates, the bombardment of Fort Wagner and the siege of Charleston | 5 September 1863 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother discussing his plans to educate his "boy" | 2 January 1864 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother discussing his small pox vaccination, freed African Americans contracting with planters and a church service | 28 January 1866 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother mentioning the cost of meals shipboard and the failed attempt of a black servant to make apple dumplings | 18 January 1863 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother mentioning the ill health of a tent mate, his hopes to be paid soon and his disapproval of a corporal's promotion | 25 September 1863 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles E. Walbridge to his mother offering an account of the capture of Folly Island, the bombardment of Charleston and seeing an armed, black Confederate soldier | 14 April 1863 | Charles E. Walbridge Collection | Correspondence | |
| Charles F. Richard to Eliakim P. Scammon introducing himself for the military examination | 19 July 1865 | Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Charles F. Suttle to James Buchanan regarding the support for Watson Freeman and Benjamin F. Hallett from the south | 14 March 1857 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| Charles Francis Adams to Edward Augustus Stansbury concerning his opposition to slavery | 2 January 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Charles G. Halpine to William Watts Hart Davis concerning rations for the army | 6 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Charles G. Horsfall to Owen Horsfall regarding vegetarianism, race hatred, installing electricity and Owen's work with the church | 27 March 1909 | Collection of letters of Charles Horsfall | Correspondence | |
| Charles G. Sawtellet to Perley P. Pitkin about rations for freed slaves working for the Union Army | 24 July 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Military document | |
| Charles H. Hasker to William McBlair regarding a disobedient boy named Samuel Brown | 18 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Charles H. Hasker to William McBlair reporting against Clement Brooke for drunken behaviour | 15 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Charles J. Hutson to Richard W. Hutson discussing suffering in the South and the development of the war | 16 March 1865 | Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles J. Hutson to Richard W. Hutson regarding fighting to the end and the troubles of the South | 20 March 1865 | Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles J. Hutson to Sarah McLeod Hutson regarding life in Fredericksburg | 9 December 1862 | Collection of Charles J. C. Hutson, H company, 1st regiment, South Carolina, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Charles L. Remond to David P. Harmon regarding an anti-slavery society meeting in Haverhill | 23 September 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Charles L. Remond to David P. Harmon regarding the next quarterly meeting in Salem of the Essex county anti-slavery society | 10 December 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Correspondence | |
| Charles LeClerc to General Jean Rochambeau [in French], regarding the Haitian Revolution | 6 August 1802 | Documents Relating to 1802 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting for help in Colorado that he can provide by letter or otherwise | 23 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Charles Lenox Remond to Mr. West requesting the postponement of the Essex county anti-slavery society meeting | 15 May 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Pinckney to Joseph Gales, Jr. with a speech on prohibiting slavery | 4 June 1821 | Documents Relating to 1821 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Scott to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a debt owed to Bruce by J.E. Ousley | 3 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Epes Sargent regarding poetry and their relationship | 15 September 1863 | Collection relating to Charles Sumner | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Frederick Douglass about the right to express opinions | ca. December 1870 | Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Frederick Douglass requesting a meeting | ca. December 1870 | Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Robert Adams regarding Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts | 3 July 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Silas Ketchum concerning a freed slave | 16 December 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to T. P. Chandler regarding the Senate | ca. 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Theseus Apoleon Cheney on the election and Civil War | 9 October 1864 | Collection relating to Charles Sumner | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to Thomas L. Sprague thanking him for his kind words | 28 September 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to unknown about abolition | 11 August 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to unknown discussing that he is against Grant's renomination | 16 April 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Charles Sumner to unknown re: President Johnson and black suffrage, Johnston's surrender | 2 May 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Charles Williams to William Gibbons regarding a slave he has just purchased | 9 April 1823 | Documents Relating to 1823 | Correspondence | |
| Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 61, no. 19,425 (March 25, 1863)] | 25 March 1863 | Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864) | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 61, no. 19,427 (March 27, 1863)] | 27 March 1863 | Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 59, no. 18,835 (April 19, 1861)-v. 63, no. 19,915 (November 8, 1864) | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Charleston Mercury Vol. 53, no. 10688 (November 1, 1859) | 1 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Charleston mercury. [Vol. 81, no. 11, 534 (August 23, 1862)] | 23 August 1862 | Copies of the Charleston Mercury | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 832 (August 13, 1863)] | 13 August 1863 | Copies of the Charleston Mercury | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Charleston mercury. [Vol. 85, no. 12, 221 (November 19, 1864)] | 19 November 1864 | Copies of the Charleston Mercury | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Chas D. to H.B. Ware regarding a reduction in Ware's salary | 19 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas E. Hooker to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding papers in the case of Dr. Compton Stowe vs. Alexander | 4 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas Lehman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the challenges within the Republican Party | 12 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas Lehman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding city taxes | 13 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas Lehman to James Hill regarding a soon to be open spot | 21 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas Murphy to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his help in getting the appointment of Post Master | 19 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Chas W. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a tenant, asking for a good word to be put in for him at the war office, and recommending a book | 7 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Check from Gerrit Smith to Salmon P. Chase for $1000 for Howard University | 5 September 1868 | Check and three prints pertaining to Gerrit Smith | Business and financial document | |
| Check promising payment of $124 | 7 April 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Business and financial document | |
| Check to Mr. R. C. Bruce | 20 July | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | |
| Chief of Bureau to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the discharge of Hiram Johnson | 6 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Christian banner. [Vol. I, no. 6 (June 11, 1862)] | 11 June 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Christian Fleetwood to Mary Gibbs about their expedition and freeing contrabands | 31 March 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia. | ca. 1864 | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides | Broadside | |
| Church intelligencer. [Vol. 5, New Series, no. 7 (October 26, 1864)] | 26 October 1864 | Editions of the Church Intelligencer | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Circular coordinating transportation to New York City | 3 August 1863 | Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots | Military document | |
| Circular letter about an act to protect U.S. seamen | 9 April 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Pamphlet | |
| Circular letter addressed to Joseph Carew, enclosing an "An Act to provide for the valuation for lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States" | 28 September 1798 | Documents Relating to 1798 | Government document | |
| Circular letter instructing informing the navy that Congress was restricting the slave trade | 5 September 1799 | Documents Relating to 1799 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Circular Letter regarding a Statement of support for the Nomination of Blanche Kelso Bruce as Vice President | 20 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Circular letter urging opposition to the expansion of slavery | February 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Circular reporting troop mobilization to New York City | 30 July 1863 | Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots | Military document | |
| Circumstances leading to and attending the seize of the "Phoenix" | 5 June 1830 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter, 1863 | 1863 | Materials pertaining to Mixter, a Civil War soldier | Diary | |
| Claim made on the sloop "Lucky Strike" | ca. 1779 | Legal documents relating to captured American privateers | Legal document | |
| Clipped signature | 15 October 1885 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Miscellany | |
| Clothing and payroll return document 1st Massachusetts regiment | ca. 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Military document | |
| Clothing receipt roll for Company F, 26th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | ca. 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Clothing receipt roll for Company I, 100th United States Colored Infantry | 6 August 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document; Business and financial document | |
| Clothing receipt roll, Company B, 9th Louisiana Volunteers | January 1864 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters | 1855-1886 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Book | |
| Collection of loose cyanotypes, Calhoun, Ala., mostly black students | ca. 1870s-1900s | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Photograph | |
| Collection of various engravings relating to the American Civil War and American cities | ca. 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Artwork | |
| Color reproduction of a photograph depicting the lynching of four African Americans | 1908 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Miscellany; Artwork | |
| Colored army teamsters | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper... | 1878 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Book | |
| "Colored Convalescent Soldiers…" | ca. 1860-1870 | Civil War Photographs | Photograph | |
| Colored man is no slacker | 1918 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Artwork | |
| The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans | 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Book | |
| Colored Voters Read | 1894 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Broadside | |
| Comandancia de matriculas [In Spanish] | 17 July 1838 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Coming into the Lines | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Commanders Stationery for the U. S. Sloop War "Dale" | 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Compensated emancipation: a speech by Gerrit Smith, in the National Compensation Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 25, 26 and 27, 1857 | 25 August 1857 - 27 August 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone | 1811-1848 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Book | |
| Complete history of the colored soldiers in the world war: Authentic story of the greatest war of civilized times and what the colored man did to uphold democracy and liberty. | 1919 | Books about African Americans | Book | |
| Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States | 24 April 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Broadside | |
| Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 10 (December 3, 1862)] | 3 December 1862 | Editions of the Confederate Baptist | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (October 8, 1862)] | 8 October 1862 | Editions of the Confederate Baptist | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (March 25, 1863)] | 25 March 1863 | Editions of the Confederate Baptist | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 25 (April 15, 1863)] | 15 April 1863 | Editions of the Confederate Baptist | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 41 (July 11, 1863)] | 11 July 1863 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 43 (August 7, 1863)] | 7 August 1863 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 4, no. 44 (August 15, 1863)] | 15 August 1863 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 15 (October 18, 1862)] | 18 October 1862 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 25 (December 27, 1862)] | 27 December 1862 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 28 (January 17, 1863)]. | 17 January 1863 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Confederate States. [Vol. 6, no. 39 (April 7, 1863)] | 7 April 1863 | Editions of The Confederate States newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Connectictut electors to James Buchanan regarding their grievances with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas [copy] | 3 July 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Connecticut Courant. [Vol. XXXV no. 1852 (July 21, 1800)] | 21 July 1800 | Documents Relating to 1800 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Connecticut Herald Vol. 28, no. 41 | 30 August 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Connecticut pay order no. 3965 for Peter Freeman, an African American who served in the Continental Army | 1782-1789 | Undated Documents Relating to the Revolutionary Era | Business and financial document | |
| Conscience and the Constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States on the subject of slavery | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Conscience and the constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster on the subject of slavery | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| The Conscription. Also speeches of the Hon W.D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, on the conscription; the way to attain and secure peace; and on arming the negroes. With a letter from Secretary Chase | 1863 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Considerations on the revival of the Royal-British-assiento; between His Catholick-Majesty, and the honourable The South-Sea Company. With a humble attempt to unite the African-trade to that of the South-Sea Company, by Act of Parliament | 1749 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Pamphlet | |
| Conspiracy disclosed! Kansas Affairs. Read! Read!! Read!!! | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Constitution of the Colonization Society [form for local Ohio chapters] | ca. 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Broadside | |
| The Constitution of the New-Jersey Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery: to which is annexed, extracts from a law of New-Jersey passed the 2d March, 1786, and supplement to the same, passed the 26th November, 1788 | 1793 | Documents Relating to 1793 | Pamphlet | |
| The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for ... the Abolition of Slavery | 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Pamphlet | |
| The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bondage. Begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787. To which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery. | 1787 | Documents Relating to 1787 | Pamphlet | |
| The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free Negroes, unlawfully held in bondage begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787 : to which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery. | 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Pamphlet | |
| Contrabands repairing the railroad at Stone River battle ground | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Contract for the purchase of a slave named "Kitty" | 3-4 November 1829 | Documents Relating to 1829 | Business and financial document | |
| Controversy between New-York Tribune and Gerrit Smith | 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Pamphlet | |
| Copy of certificates of Lieuts. Walker & Cummings, regarding the casks left by the "W.G. Lewis" | 12 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Copy of a letter from Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding concerns over the safety of the "Dale" | 23 April 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Copy of a letter from Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding a survey conducted on the ironwork of the "Dale" | 23 April 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Copy of the Probate of the Will of the Late Mr. Roper Dawson | 15 August 1771 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Legal document | |
| Copy of a statement regarding capture of a suspected slave ship | 12 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Corn cob slave doll | ca. 1860-1870 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Object | |
| Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: fear of theft of Livingston's slave | 10 March 1724 | The Livingston Family Papers [054] January-May 1724 | Correspondence | |
| Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: fear of theft of one of his slaves | 10 March 1724 | The Livingston Family Papers [054] January-May 1724 | Correspondence | |
| Cornelius Van Horne to Robert Livingston re: trade and sale of goods | 24 December 1725 | The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 | Correspondence | |
| "Corps d'Afrique" | 4 September 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Correction to Slave Trade Amendment | 2 May 1800 | Documents Relating to 1800 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Correspondence between Mr. Webster and his New Hampshire neighbors | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Correspondence from John Campbell to Thomas Pringle requesting extra tickets to an antislavery meeting | 1 May 1828 | Documents Relating to 1828 | Correspondence | |
| Correspondence from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Thomas Pringle discussing abolition debates in Parliament | 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence | |
| Correspondence from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Thomas Pringle discussing anti-slavery legislation and Pringle's Anti-Slavery Society | 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Correspondence | |
| Correspondence from Thomas Campbell to Thomas Pringle confessing to misplacing a paper and enclosing money for a child Pringle is sponsoring | 4 January 1829 | Documents Relating to 1829 | Correspondence | |
| Correspondence from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Pringle regarding procedures for a public meeting on protecting the slaves in the crown colonies | 18 April 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Correspondence | |
| The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (November 17, 1862)] | 17 November 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Coupon for the Living Age Company (renewal and subscription) | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | |
| Court copy of testimony regarding division of slaves among heirs | 1788 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Crawfurd Livingston to Johnston Livingston re: reflections on his trip to Savannah | 9 June 1839 | The Livingston Family Papers [109] 1836-1897 | Correspondence | |
| The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856 | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. | 19 May 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| The Crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)] | 4 February 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Cyrus Oakes to S. P. Oakes | 4 September 1863 | Collection of Cyrus Oakes, C company, 84th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Correspondence | |
| D. B. Harris to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard regarding complaints of idle slaves | 28 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| D.S. Curlock to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that Hon. G.V Boswell be appointed Post Master | 3 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| D.T. Harrington to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position in Washington | 28 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| D.W Bride to David Strother detailing the life of John Brown | 27 December 1869 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| D.W. Cauley to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting an appointment as deputy | 7 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| D.W. Mahon to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he go and see the Assistant Secretary of the treasury Tawley | 29 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863] | 2 July 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Daily Examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)] | 7 January 1865 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Dane to a friend or family member, Carrie, away at school | 5 November 1862 | Collection of Elias W. Beach | Correspondence | |
| Dangers and Duties. Reconstruction and Suffrage. Speech of Hon. George W. Julian, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Indianapolis, Ind., November 17,1865, in Response to an Invitation from that Body | 1865 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Daniel Hunt to Robert Livingston regarding news of the fleet and reports from England | 5 February 1699 | The Livingston Family Papers [025] 1699 | Correspondence | |
| Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies. | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Daniel Swisher to Lydia A. Bishoff about wiping out the Rebel army in Charlestown, marching in the rain and his plan to desert if Lincoln abolishes slavery | 19 October 1862 | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence | Correspondence | |
| Daniel T. Van Buren to John M. Cuyler suggesting that escaped slaves be used to collect dead bodies | 7 July 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige exchanging pleasntries and discussing politics and domestic issues | ca. 29 August 1842 | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster | Correspondence | |
| Daniel Webster to Robert H. Gardiner regarding the Compromise of 1850 | 17 June 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| Daniel Webster's oration on the Compromise Bill | 1850 | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster | Pamphlet | |
| David H. Shafer to Lydia A. Bishoff mentioning his work in the trenches, his refusal to fight for the slaves and Lydia's upcoming nuptials | 23 October 1862 | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence | Correspondence | |
| David Harrington to Blanche Kelso Bruce hoping to be appointed | 28 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| David Hunter to Governor Andrew Curtin regarding the "colored troops" | 4 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| David Little to R.C. Bruce regarding his subscription to the Harvard endowment fund | 02 July 1923 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| David P. Harmon to his wife discussing when he will return home | 11 November 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Correspondence | |
| David Wilmot to Bernice Darwin Ames granting an autograph and thanking him for supporting the Wilmot proposal | 3 March 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| The death of slavery | ca. 1866 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Miscellany | |
| Death threat from Ku Klux Klan to Charles Sumner | ca. 1866 | Charles Sumner-related items | Correspondence | |
| Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833. | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Pamphlet | |
| Declaration of sentiments of the colored citizens of Boston, on the fugitive slave bill!!! | ca. 5 October 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Broadside; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Decree | 2 May 1829 | Documents Relating to 1829 | Legal document | |
| Decree approved April 6, 1830, repealing colonization law of March 24, 1825 | 6 April 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Government document | |
| Deed for sale of lot No. 54 | 9 September 1890 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Land transaction document | |
| Deed of emancipation for Daphne and her son | 1 January 1806 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Government document | |
| Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry | 10 August 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission for slave Ann Simms | 18 May 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission for a slave named Ester | 17 March 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission for slave Ophelia | 2 January 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission for slave Rose Dixon | 20 November 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission for slave Susan Reilly | 4 March 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Legal document | |
| Deed of manumission of slave Polly | 4 May 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Legal document | |
| Deed of sale for two slaves | 28 June 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Business and financial document | |
| Defence of Massachusetts. Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston memorial for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, ... | 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| A defense of the legislature of Massachusetts, or the rights of New England vindicated | 1804 | Documents Relating to 1804 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen | 25 February 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Legal document | |
| Democratic Creed! | ca. 1862-1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Broadside | |
| Departure of the Lynn Light Infantry for the Defense of Washington | 16 April 1861 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Artwork | |
| Description of a note from General Ulysses S. Grant | ca. 12 July 1885 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Diary for 1867 of Samuel K. Thompson | 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Diary | |
| Diary for 1868 of Samuel K. Thompson | 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Diary | |
| Diary for 1869 of Samuel K. Thompson | 1869 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Diary | |
| Diary of Captain Samuel J. Chaffee, Co. D, 49th Mass. Volunteers | November 1862 - October 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Diary | |
| Diary of Dighton Goddard | 29 April 1863 - 10 December 1863 | Collection of three items related to Dighton Goddard | Diary | |
| Diary of Lt. Commander Edward Simpson | 20 July 1863-15 May 1864 | Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson Jr. | Diary | |
| Diary of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, 1 June 1862-19 October 1862 | 1 June 1862-19 October 1862 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Diary | |
| Diary of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, 11 May 1863-16 October 1863 | 11 May 1863-16 October 1863 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Diary | |
| Diary of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, 20 October 1862-10 May 1863 | 20 October 1862-10 May 1863 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Diary | |
| Diary of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, 3 September 1861-5 December 1861 | 3 September 1861-5 December 1861 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Diary | |
| Diary of Sarah Gilpin | 12 June 1864-24 January 1865 | Sarah Lydia Gilpin's diaries | Diary | |
| Diary of Susan B. Boomer | 1848-1858 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Diary | |
| Diary of an unknown officer in the 54th United States Colored Infantry | 17 December 1864- 31 January 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Diary | |
| Diary of William P. Woodlin, an African American soldier in 8th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Company G | December 1863-October 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Diary | |
| [Diary] London | 1 January 1864 to 31 December 1864 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Diary | |
| Discharges for nine soldiers and William Yocum (signed recto by Brutus J. Clay) | 22 January 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| A Discourse, delivered April 12, 1797, at the request of and before the New-York Society or promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated | 1797 | Documents Relating to 1797 | Pamphlet | |
| A Discourse, on the moral, legal and domestic condition of our colored population, preached before the Vermont Colonization Society, at Montpelier | 17 October 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Pamphlet | |
| Disposition of property, money and slaves for a local estate | 1 May 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Legal document | |
| A Dissertation on slavery with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it... | 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Book | |
| Diton Phelps to Edith M. Phelps, describing an impending battle planned by General Scott | 11 August 1861 | Collection of Diton Phelps, F company, 6th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dixie Editors Fear Dry Force Bill Will Lead to Negro Controls in South; Destroys States Rights | ca. 1918 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Broadside | |
| Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks | 1861 | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides | Broadside; Business and financial document | |
| Docket accompanying two letters from E.P. Natch to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 14 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket correspondence from Samuel Servant to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 5 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket for correspondence between Frank Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 19 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket for a letter from Ed Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 12 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket for letters to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Miss Wright | ca. 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket from G.M. Buchanan to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 4 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket from Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce | ca. 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket from a letter from Jas I Kane to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 13 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket that accompanied a letter from Ed Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 30 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Docket to Blanche Kelso Bruce | ca. August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Document appointing justices of the peace for slave trials in Augusta County, Virginia | 28 April 1785 | Documents Relating to 1785 | Legal document | |
| Document asserting Woodson Johnson's right to a purchase a girl belonging to someone else's estate | 13 November 1838 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Document attesting to the free status of Richard Jackson | 29 April 1813 | Documents Relating to 1813 | Legal document | |
| Document authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution | 26 March 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Business and financial document | |
| Document certifying that John Brown is charged 10 dollars, 2.50 for each day he was a deserter | 7 September 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Legal document | |
| Document from Abraham Lincoln regarding African American troops in Missouri | 24 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Government document; Military document | |
| Document of sale for 3 slaves to be transferred from Louisiana to Texas | 30 October 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Document re: emancipating his slaves | 3 October 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Legal document | |
| Document regarding Theophilus Garrard's debt to Daniel Garrard | 1 November 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Business and financial document; Legal document; Land transaction document | |
| Document signed by John Adams permitting French ships to leave the U.S. during undeclared Quasi-War | 22 October 1798 | Documents Relating to 1798 | Correspondence | |
| Dolley Madison to James Madison discussing President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress | 10 December 1827 | Documents Relating to 1827 | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to John Damuth gives detailed description of setting up camp, pitching tents, and preparing for guard duty along the river | 7 November 1862 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth describes springtime in Arkansas and weather. Also reports that Helena has been attacked | 25 March 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth describes the terrible rain in their new camp in Berwick and that they will be moving on to Texas next | 1 October 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth discusses the health of his men, concerns for his sister's health and also death in the camp | 6 February 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth gives an account of his health and details the rations in the camp, as this is now his responsibility | 8 January 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth reports the men are busy preparing for an inspection and that Damuth is now receiving twenty-four dollars a month | 3 December 1864 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth telling her that he visited a friend and his wife who cooks for the army stationed nearby and that this was the first time he had sat with a woman since he left for the war. Also writes about Southern attitudes towards arming slaves | 13 December 1864 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about doing guard duty on a plantation near camp and the soldiers discover that slaves are still living on the plantation | 8 November 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about guard duty and discusses his fear of death | 30 April 1864 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes about news of a "peace movement" | January 1865 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes of plans to leave imminently, and writes again once they are on their way. Damuth explains that he is uncertain of their destination | 9 April 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes on board the steamer Charles Bowen that the regiment are travelling near to Vicksburg and that he has also be recommended as a possible organizer of a "negro Regt." | 11 April 1863 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Dolphus Damuth to Maria Damuth writes that the men are ready to fight in the battle of Pleasant Hill | 3 April 1864 | Collection of Dolphus Damuth, D company, 29th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Douglas an enemy to the north. Reasons why the north should oppose Judge Douglas. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Delivered at Cincinnati, September 19, 1859 | 19 September 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Douglass quotation on each citizen's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness | 22 August 1879 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Government document | |
| Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895): Cabinet card portrait by C.M. Bell, inscribed front and back | ca. 1885 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Photograph | |
| Dr. Tachmyrtis to Blanche Kelso Bruce in regards to a positing on the Woodruff Scientific Expedition | 26 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Draft amending Alabama Constitution | ca. 16 September 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| Draft of cavalry operations of Army of Northern Virginia | December 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document; Correspondence | |
| Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument | ca. 1897 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Military document | |
| Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument | ca. 1897 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Military document | |
| The Dred Scott Decision | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole | 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Pamphlet | |
| The duty of the Free States, or remarks suggested by the case of the Creole | 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Pamphlet | |
| E Louis to Blanche Kelso Bruce with the address of a friend | 2 August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E. B. Caldwell to Simeon Baldwin re: American Colonization Society Report (printed letter) | 27 October 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Correspondence | |
| E. Littell to "My Dear Sir" | 25 April 1862 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| E. Parry to "Dear Sir" | 4 January 1863 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| E. W. Brown to John H. Stout regarding an outbreak of cholera | 28 June 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| E. W. Stone to Berdille detailing a recent mission during which he searched for "contraband goods" and found two men | 15 September 1861 | Collection of E. Wyman Stone | Correspondence | |
| E. W. Taylor to Jeremiah Wilbur regarding slavery | 25 January 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| E.H. Saunders to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the position of postmaster | 19 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.H. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding getting a leave of absence for Robert E Leachman | 6 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.K. Stafford to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help getting appointed Post Master of Greenville | 5 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.K. Stafford to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his appointment as P.M of Greenville in the event of Hayes being declared president. | 19 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.L. Bamand to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his help getting an appointment as a special agent of the treasury | 16 June 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P Natch to Blanche Kelso Bruce announcing that he was appointed to position as Post Master of Holly Springs Mississippi | 14 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking if he would help him to get the job of railway mail agent | 13 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Hatch to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a bond | 15 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Hatch to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a possible case of malfeasance against Wells with those records | 11 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Hatch to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a rumored altercation with President Hayes | 18 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Hatch to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his support in keeping Hatch in his position | 19 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Hatch to Hon. Thos. Walton concerning Sterns and Wells trying to oust Walton from office | 1 August 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.P. Natch to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his belief that Sterns is fixing an appointment of a U.S. attorney due to corruption | 9 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.S. Daniels to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for seeds | 20 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.S. Hammond to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his endorsement | 5 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.W. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a mistake in a Telegram | 21 June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.W. Laird to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a vacancy in the Ohio District Attorney's office | 31 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| E.X. Comms to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding dissatisfaction with the current Post Master | 15 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Eben Allison to brother Clarke | 2 January 1865 | Collection of Eben Allison, A company, 15th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry | Correspondence | |
| Eben Allison to his brother | 18 March 1864 | Collection of Eben Allison, A company, 15th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry | Correspondence | |
| Eben Pearce to sister about registering negroes | 5 August 1863 | Collection of Pearce family correspondence | Correspondence | |
| Ebenezer Bassett to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a photo of Mrs. Bruce | 7 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ed Bassett to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding photographs of Bassett's wife and daughter | 21 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ed Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding family matters | 30 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ed Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding starting a new republican newspaper | 28 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ed Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce writing in regards to a house in Missouri | 12 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Edited version of Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird | 10 January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Edmund K. Smith writes to Braxton Bragg, asking to be sent a copy of a 'special order of the enemy | 20 September 1862 | Civil War generals from border states: 33 letters and documents | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: breakdown in peace negotiations | 2 September 1782 | Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons | Correspondence | |
| Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British | 16 June 1783 | Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons | Correspondence | |
| Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: legal opinion on Madison family wills and estate | 15 January 1762 | Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons | Correspondence; Legal document | |
| Edmund Pendleton to James Madison re: prisoner exchanges, hopes for peace, Canada | 26 August 1782 | Collection of letters, documents & briefs from Edmund Pendleton to the Madisons | Correspondence | |
| Edward Archer to Mr. Newcomb complaining about lack of support for the army, the defeat, the magnanimity of the victors and belief that the South will rise again | 25 May 1865 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Correspondence | |
| Edward Atkinson to the committee on the Shaw monument reporting on the fees for the monument, and asking the opinion of the committee on the style and number of copies of the monument's final report | 4 June 1897 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Edward Bates to Joseph Barrett on slavery, Kansas and Westward settlement | 8 March 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Edward Butler to "Dear Cousin" re: campaign details of Cherokee Confederate Col. Stand Watie | 3 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Edward Fenno to Josiah Drummond about a Frederick Douglass lecture tour | 15 January 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Edward Hatch to James S. Brisbin expressing his regret in losing General Brisbin as a recruiting officer | 13 January 1868 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Edward Hatch to James S. Brisbin expressing regret at losing Brisbin's services, and instructs Brisbin to remain as a recruiter at Lexington | 12 January 1868 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Edward L. Winder to William McBlair regarding the capture of a slave trading ship | 8 July 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Edward R. Archer to his mother from London, the failure of the Virginia Volunteer Navy, concerns over arming the slaves and the course of the war | 8 January 1865 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Correspondence | |
| Edward Rutledge to unknown regarding the sale of slaves as payment of debts | 12 March 1789 | Documents Relating to 1789 | Correspondence | |
| Edward Tatum to Charles Albert Tatum regarding the New York Draft Riots | 23 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Edward Townsend Davis to Benjamin Franklin Butler about African Americans in the Civil War | ca. 7 March 1873 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Edward W. Lawton to Thomas Evans regarding a runaway slave | 22 May 1825 | Documents Relating to 1825 | Correspondence | |
| Edwin H. McCaleb to T. P. Chandler, Esq., on Lincoln's assassination and the mixing of races in the South | 6 June 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Eighth Illinois Regiment Now in France [half tone printed reproduction] | ca. 1918 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Photograph | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt to Addie Frizielle about social equality and four basic rights | 13 May 1944 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Correspondence | |
| Elementary manual of practice. Civil war claims. | 1900 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Book; Government document; Legal document | |
| Elihu Burritt to Reverend Dr. Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention | 29 April 1858 | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents | Correspondence | |
| Elihu Burritt to T.J. Seward regarding a national convention | 1 July 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Eliza Howard to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help in being reinstated as a messenger | 1 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Elizabeth Keckley to James B. Bradwell regarding mementos of Jefferson Davis | 16 June 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Ella Shields to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his endorsement on her application for a Clerks position in the Treasury Department | 21 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Emancipation in Maryland | 1 November 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Emancipation of Hiram, a slave | 7 November 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Legal document | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | 1 January 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | ca. 1863-1864 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Broadside | |
| Emancipation Proclamation | 1 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Government document; Legal document | |
| The Emancipator Extra. Anti-Slavery Convention | 24 February 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Broadside | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (November 10, 1836)] | 10 November 1836 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 34 (December 22, 1836)] | 22 December 1836 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 41 (February 9, 1837)] | 9 February 1837 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 1, no. 45 (March 9, 1837)] | 9 March 1837 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 2, no. 15, whole no. 67 (August 10, 1837)] | 10 August 1837 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 28, whole no. 132 (November 8, 1838)] | 8 November 1838 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 31, whole no. 135 (November 29, 1838)] | 29 November 1838 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Emergency proclamation empowering agents to seize slaves for military labor | 27 August 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| Engraving of Blanche Kelso Bruce and other members of the Senate (James T. Rapier, H.R. Revels, J.H. Rainey, and John R. Lynch.) | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Engraving of the Boston Massacre | 1770 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Artwork | |
| Engraving of Frederick Douglas | n.d. | Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945 | Artwork | |
| Engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe | n.d. | Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945 | Artwork | |
| Engraving of Preston S. Brooks with a clipped signature | n.d. | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Artwork | |
| Envelope from G.M. Buchanan to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 4 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Envelope from Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce | ca. 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Envelopes from Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [British abolition efforts] | 1-9 June 1789 | Documents Relating to 1789 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [emancipation] | 20-25 May 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Epitaph on the United States Of America. | ca. 1861 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Broadside | |
| Escape of "contrabands" from Col. Avery's estate near Petersburg, Virginia | ca. 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Artwork | |
| An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.../by Thomas Clarkson | 1787 | Documents Relating to 1787 | Book | |
| Ethel Waters to Walter Schneider discussing her recent illness and her music | n.d. | Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945 | Correspondence | |
| Eugene Levell to Blanche Kelso Bruce to inform him that he has been made an Honorary Member of the Cincinnati Literacy and Dramatic Club | 5 June 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Examination of Polinaire taken the seventh day of February 1791 | 7 February 1791 | Collection of correspondence of the North Family | Legal document | |
| The Exodus [oppression of blacks in the South and their leaving for the North] | 19 May 1879 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Miscellany | |
| Experience and personal narrative of uncle Tom Jones, for forty years a slave. Also, the surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive slave from South Carolina. | ca. 1858 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Broadside | |
| Exposition of the proceedings of John P. Darg, Henry W. Merritt, and others, in relation to the robbery of Darg, the elopement of his alleged slave, and the trial of Barney Corse, who was unjustly charged as an accessary | 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Pamphlet | |
| Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana ... | 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Extract from a speech regarding Wade's opposition to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies | 18 January 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Extract from Uncle Tom's Cabin | 24 September 1895 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Miscellany | |
| Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Crawford to Lord Clarendon | 6 May 1857 | Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade | Correspondence | |
| Extract of Special Orders, No. 202 | 30 July 1863 | Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots | Military document | |
| Extracts from minutes of the yearly meeting of Pennsylvania & New Jersey | 23-28 September 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Government document | |
| Extracts from the "Private Instructions" of the Navy Department to the Commander in chief of the U.S. Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa | 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Extraordinary slave-related court document | 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document | |
| F. Heiderhoff to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he support him since the coming election caused the Democrats to take power in Shieldborough | 26 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| F. Knight to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia | 4 September 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Correspondence | |
| F. Swann to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting aid in procuring clubship for him in the Pension Bureau | 17 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| F.E. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the health of Mr. Leachman | 23 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| F.P. Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce enquiring whether "Bro James" is in Washington | 19 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Broadside | |
| Facsimile of John Brown's last written words | n.d. | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Miscellany | |
| Facts for the people | 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Fannie to Alexander Stephens complaining about life at Atlanta University and her wish to return home | 16 October 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| The fearful issue to be decided in November next! Shall the Constitution and the Union stand or fall? | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 784 (May 10, 1790)] | 10 May 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 788 (May 14, 1796)] | 14 May 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Felix Grundy to William S. Holabird asking for information on the Amistad case | 30 October 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| A Few Scenes in the life of A "SOJER" in the Mass 44th | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Diary; Artwork | |
| Fifth annual report of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, with some account of the annual meeting | 25 January 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Final Notice from United Mercantile Company | 21 April 1924 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Final page of manuscript praising book on Civil War by Mr. Trent | ca. 25 March 1892 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Miscellany | |
| Final report of the congressional committee upon the question of reconstruction | 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Final statement and pay voucher for Abraham Hill, 10th Cavalry | 12 September 1872 | Items relating to Buffalo Soldiers | Military document | |
| Final statement of Martin Sterling, 24th Infantry | 15 January 1875 | Items relating to Buffalo Soldiers | Military document | |
| Final statement of Philip G. Gains | 1 September 1874 | Items relating to Buffalo Soldiers | Military document | |
| The Finding of Moses | 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Artwork | |
| Finnis Little to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending J.M. Stephens for U.S District Attorney | 23 September 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| First annual report of the educational commission for freedmen. | May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Pamphlet | |
| First day issue stamp of Booker T. Washington | 07 April 1940 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Miscellany | |
| For the Good of America | circa 1926 | Documents Relating to the 1920s | Broadside | |
| Four propositions for abolitionists | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Four Signatures | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Fragment of Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird | January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Fragment of the "House divided" speech on slavery, Dred Scott, and Kansas | ca. December 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Miscellany | |
| Francis G. Blackman to his friend Bennett describing a skirmish with the Confederates and conversing with abandoned slaves on a plantation | 2 December 1861 | Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Francis H. Fletcher to Jacob C. Safford about inequality of pay between black and white soldiers | 28 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Francis Kernan to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for information on Vicksburg land | 16 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Francis Larche | 11 May 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Francis Rhodes to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding forming an Indian Agency | 19 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Francis S. Key to John H. B. Latrobe concerning an American Colonization Society legal settlement | 2 April 1828 | Documents Relating to 1828 | Correspondence | |
| Francis Scott Key to Henry Maynadier regarding depressed stock prices and the American Colonization Society | 26 November 1819 | Documents Relating to 1819 | Correspondence | |
| Francis Scott Key to unknown regarding the American Colonization Society | 19 September 1823 | Documents Relating to 1823 | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Frank Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce concerning his position at a country school | 19 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Frank Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding being in ill health and a vote that the Democrats won | 11 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Frank Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce stating that after this term he would gladly take the appointment offered to him by Bruce | 30 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Frank James to Anna Ralston James discussing the future and a mugging | 4 October 1883 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frank Tracy to Ann describing an African American regiment | 3 May 1863 | Collection of Frank J. Tracy, C Company, 21st Regiment, Maine Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Franklin Archibald Dick to Charles Drake regarding the difficulty in enforcing General Orders No. 35 which requires provost marshals to take testimony as to the acts of disloyal slave owners | 12 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Franklin Butler van Valkenburgh to his wife describing a boat journey | 10 June 1865 | Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family | Correspondence | |
| Franklin Butler van Valkenburgh to his wife describing a visit to Arkansas | 11 June 1865 | Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family | Correspondence | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt to Arthur Barnett Spingarn regarding the work of the N.A.A.C.P. | 14 June 1940 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Correspondence | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt to Joseph Curran regarding the discrimination against 'colored seamen' | 14 January 1942 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Correspondence | |
| Franklin Pierce to George C. Whiting discussing the pension for the widow of a navy commander | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Military document | |
| Franklin Pierce to John W. Geary about how to deal with the pro-slavery faction in Kansas | 12 December 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Brown to John Brown regarding his plans to build a settlement in Osawatomie, Kansas | 28 April 1855 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglas to Thomas B. Pugh regarding the Philadelphia Academy of Music's discriminatory policies towards African Americans | 17 November 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass | 1875 | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members | Miscellany | |
| Frederick Douglass' Paper Vol. 4, no. 50 (December 12, 1851) | 4 December 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Frederick Douglass quotation | 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Miscellany | |
| Frederick Douglass to Amy Post, discussing various topics, including his marriage to Pitts | 27 August 1884 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Benjamin Franklin Auld regarding the biography of the Baltimore police | 9 April 1891 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Benjamin Franklin Auld regarding a ship building firm | 24 March 1894 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Christopher C. Sniffen arranging an appointment | 19 May 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Francis Jackson regarding a fugitive slave | 17 September 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to his former master Hugh Auld | 4 October 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to John Sherman about giving Sherman a copy of his speech given on the 26th anniversary of the abolition of slavery | 25 April 1888 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Maria Webb regarding the Harper's Ferry affair | 30 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to May Delany, expressing his gratitude for sheltering him forty-five years ago | 8 June 1890 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Mr. Peck | 12 October 1893 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Mrs. M.A. Bosbyshell regarding postage stamps | 15 July 1879 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to "My dear M. Clapp" re: work in Haiti | 13 July 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to N. C. Corbin declining to serve on Inaugural Ceremony committees for the inauguration of President James Garfield | 15 November 1880 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Robert Adams regarding African American voters | 4 December 1888 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to S. S. Conant regarding writing an article for him | 12 November 1883 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to Sarah Pillsbury re: death of his wife Anna Douglass | 20 August 1882 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to T. R. H. Johnson regarding The Monthly Elevator | ca. 23 August 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to unknown | 29 April 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass to unknown discussing equality of treatment for blacks in the South | 23 November 1887 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)] | 17 February 1860 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Frederick Wilkinson to Amanda Wilkinson writing from Kentucky of the wealth of the residents, and describing the many different colors of the slaves | 29 April 1863 | Collection of Frederick W. Wilkinson | Correspondence | |
| Free colored seamen - Majority and minority reports | 20 January 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Pamphlet | |
| Free Democratic Address to the People of the State of New York | October 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Broadside | |
| Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years... | 14-15 September 1787 | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes | Miscellany; Government document | |
| Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Frémont & Dayton election ribbon] | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Object | |
| Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (January 17, 1863)] | 17 January 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (September 5, 1863)] | 5 September 1863 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Free South. [Vol. 2, no. 12 (March 26, 1864)] | 26 March 1864 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Freedman's contract between Isham G. Bailey and freedmen Cooper Hughs and Charles Roberts | 1 January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Freedmen's Bureau blank printed Marriage Certificate, Dept. of TN and AR | 28 March 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Freedom and public faith: speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills | 17 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts | 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Pamphlet | |
| Freedom national; Slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill | 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Pamphlet | |
| Freedom national; slavery sectional: Mr. Sumner's speech for the repeal of the fugitive slave bill | 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Pamphlet | |
| Fremont's proclamation | 30 August 1861 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| From Dixie to Canada: romance and realities of the underground railroad | 1896 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Book | |
| The fugitive slave bill: its history and unconstitutionality | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| The fugitive slave law and its victims. | 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Pamphlet | |
| Fugitive slave law. The religious duty of obedience to law: a sermon, preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850 | 24 November 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Full length seated carte de visite portrait of African American girl | n.d. | Collection of cartes-de-visites | Photograph | |
| Further testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony | 9 January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| The Future of the American Negro | 1 March 1900 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Book | |
| G. Clay to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a report on cotton worm | 20 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G. Emlad to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help on behalf of G.V. Boswell | 5 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G. L. S. [Poem in memory of George Luther Stearns] | 1 November 1874 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Miscellany | |
| G.H. Thomson to Blanche Kelso Bruce enclosing papers for mailing | 31 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.J. Boulder to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for a map of the Holy Land | 13 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.M. Buchanan to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for him to help make sure he is confirmed | 4 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.M. Buchanan to Blanche Kelso Bruce wishing to make an appointment | 17 May 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.M. Folland to Blanche Kelso Bruce anxious to learn when he will return | 18 November 1891 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.P.A. Brown to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for seeds | 8 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| G.W. Baird to Edward R. Archer Esq. about a cannon as an ornament and mention the War in the Philippines | 16 October 1900 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Correspondence | |
| The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) Regiment. On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw. | 1863 | Collection of Currier & Ives Civil War prints | Artwork | |
| Gamaliel Bailey to unknown regarding an abolitionist newspaper | 2 October 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Correspondence | |
| [Gardner Civil War photographs: Meade, Grand Review, etc. Neg. 225] | ca. 1864-1865 | Gardner Civil War photographs: Meade, Grande Review, etc. | Photograph | |
| Gazette of the United States Vol. II, no. 17 | 9 June 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)] | 9 June 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] | January 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Pamphlet | |
| General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] + [docket] | October 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Pamphlet | |
| The General Jackson | ca. 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Artwork | |
| General Order no. 17, re: Texas question and possibility of more service | 19 August 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Military document; Government document | |
| General Order No. 21 regarding the education of African American troops | 2 June 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| General Order No. 31 regarding the designation of African American troops | 24 March 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| General Order No. 42 | 8 December 1863 | Collection of Samuel H. Leonard, field and staff, 13th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry | Military document | |
| General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service | 4 August 1863 | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides | Broadside; Military document | |
| General Order no. 8 regarding African Squadron vessels' procedure for obtaining supplies | ca. 29 October 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Military document | |
| General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp | 25 February 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Military document | |
| General orders for the government of the U.S. Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa | 25 June 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| General Orders No. 143 regarding the organization of African American troops | 22 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Military document; Government document | |
| General orders no. 15 announcing equal pay of troops | 1 May 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Military document | |
| General Orders no. 1: Emancipation Proclamation | 2 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Government document | |
| General orders no. 252 | 31 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Military document | |
| General Orders no. 3 [inability of government to help black refugees] | 4 May 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands | 25 January 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Military document | |
| General orders No. 46 concerning the recruitment of non-white troops | 5 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Government document; Military document | |
| General orders no. 52 pertaining to members of the United States Colored Troops who were court martialed | 9 September 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Pamphlet | |
| General orders no. 59 regarding the purchase of African Americans to serve in place of drafted persons | 31 August 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Military document | |
| General orders no. 60 regarding the recruitment of African American soldiers | 1 September 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Military document | |
| General Orders No. 62 | 24 June 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| General orders pertaining to the deaths of Thomas Gilmer and Beverly Kennon | 2 April 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Military document | |
| General orders, no. 1-400 and no. 1-380 | 1863-1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| General orders: No. 101 | 9 April 1847 | Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848 | Military document | |
| General signals | 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso | 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Geo B Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce hoping to discuss personal business when he comes to Washington D.C. | 20 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo B Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce writing to tell Senator Bruce that he does not appreciate being followed | 20 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo B. Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce about some papers he wants to show him | 3 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo B. Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help paying debts as he is leaving Washington | 6 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo B. Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a loan | 3 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo B. Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a meeting in the marble room | 6 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo F. Edmunds To "My Dear Sir" | 23 November 1861 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| Geo M.D. Sumner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position in Mississippi or Tennessee | 17 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo M.D. Sumner to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him in advance for any help that he can give to Sumner getting a position as Route Agent | 11 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo N. Harvey to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing a position in the Post Office of Iuka Mississippi | 8 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo Vosburg to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a receipt for taxes | 23 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo W. Buck to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for an appointment | 5 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo. B. Vashon to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce for help in securing his wife a position in some department of the government | 25 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Geo. Dedrick to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking his opinion after having Senator Alcorn has demand his resignation from his position as secretary of the State of Mississippi | 24 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Book | |
| George A. Spencer to his father about a trap laid by an African American father and son | 15 August 1863 | Collection of George A. Spencer | Correspondence | |
| George B. Cook to his sister detailing low morale, desertion, poor rations and a successful skirmish with African American soldiers | 16 February 1865 | Collection of George B. Cook, E company, 42nd regiment, North Carolina, infantry | Correspondence | |
| George Clymer to Benjamin Rush regarding coming glories of Constitution, future end of slavery & rum | ca. 18 June 1789 | Documents Relating to 1789 | Correspondence | |
| George Clymer to V. McBlair informing her on how to write to her husband while he is at sea | 7 July 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| George Coit to his mother and brother, describing a Union meeting at Cooper Institute | 7 March 1863 | Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| George Cutis to W. B. Todd regarding the freedom of slaves | 18 October 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| George D. Allen to Mary Mayberry about being near Washington, fire from rebel batteries, running a gauntlet of batteries and a dead African American with a note attached and women at New Bern North Carolina | 26 April 1863 | Letters of the Allen Family, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America | Correspondence | |
| George E. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a job application | 14 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| George F. Burgess to William McBlair stating his inability to furnish information regarding a captured slave trading ship | 13 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| George Gordon Meade to Edward Davis Townsend recommending the promotion of Captain Brisbin in the regular army | 25 June 1865 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| George Gordon Meade to Edward Davis Townsend requesting information about the organization of an African-American division | 7 September 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| George H. Butler's Diary for 1865 | 1 January 1865-24 July 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Diary | |
| George L. Stearns to Samuel Johnson regarding a trip to Niagara | 23 June 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Correspondence | |
| George P. Fusner to William McBlair regarding the transfer arrangements of Edwin Donnohoe | 28 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| George Rice to Henry W. Beecher re: difficulties in graduating from medical school | 5 July 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| George Sydenham to Robert Livingston re: request for provisions | 27 November 1714 | The Livingston Family Papers [042] May-December 1714 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| George W. Blamire to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master | 13 August 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| George W. Coleman to Joseph M. Maitland about making a Union Speech and its reception | 30 August 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| George W. Lafayette on the use of slaves on his estate [in French] | ca. August 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Correspondence | |
| George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding the capture of rebels | 17 April 1863 | Collection of George W. Tillotson | Correspondence | |
| George W. Tillotson to his wife regarding family views on abolition | 5 June 1863 | Collection of George W. Tillotson | Correspondence | |
| George Washington Carver to Grady Porter | 9 August 1931 | Documents Relating to the 1930s | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to Burgess Ball regarding the purchase of land | 27 July 1794 | Documents Relating to 1794 | Correspondence; Land transaction document | |
| George Washington to James McHenry regarding news of the Marquis de Lafayette and scheme to return a slave to his master | 11 November 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to James Mercer regarding business matters relating to land and agriculture | 26 December 1774 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to John A. Washington regarding his nephew's education and preparing to meet the army | 22 March 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to John Francis Mercer regarding slaves | 9 September 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to Mary Ball Washington re: his brother's marriage, ordering clothing for slaves | 30 September 1757 | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 | Correspondence | |
| George Washington to Sir John Sinclair regarding land and nature | 11 December 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Correspondence | |
| George Winn to John Winn discussing the purchase of slaves | 6 October 1838 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| George Winn to John Winn negotiating the purchase of slaves | 25 November 1837 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit S. van Valkenburgh to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh describing post-war life in Warren, Arkansas | 18 August 1865 | Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York | 1860 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet; Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to C. H. Howard | 4 November 1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to John Cochran, Isaac T. Hopper, Daniel C. Eaton, George H. Evans, and William Kemeys the distribution of land as gifts | 4 January 1850 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to John Thomas, Esq. regarding the Jerry Rescue | 27 August 1859 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to Judge Buell requesting a reply | 15 November 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to Mrs. Schoolcraft, planning a meeting to debate slavery | 17 April 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith to President King, Columbia College; discusses Fugitive Slave Law | 22 November 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Gerrit Smith's reply to the colored citizens of Albany | 13 March 1846 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Correspondence | |
| Gideon Johnson Pillow to Andrew Jackson defending James Polk's treatment of slaves | 22 November 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| Gideon Pillow v. Brown & Childress as executor of John Pointer, appeal from Philips Circuit Court | December 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Legal document | |
| Gideon Welles letter regarding the suffrage and governmental representation of freed slaves [incomplete] | ca. 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Gideon Welles to Francis Preston Blair regarding the 1856 Presidential election | 23 August 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| Gideon Welles to Samuel Medary regarding the Fugitive Slave Act | 10 October 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Gilbert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for a slave and indentures | 8 April 1713 | The Livingston Family Papers [039] January-April 1713 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Gilbert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request to purchase a slave | 23 August 1712 | The Livingston Family Papers [038] 1712 | Correspondence | |
| Giles B. Jackson to R. C. Burrow requesting the names and addresses of all black businessmen in Virginia | 22 June 1901 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Correspondence | |
| The Golden Hour | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Book | |
| Gone Off with the Yanks | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| The Grand Jury finds the following fact… | 20 September 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| A Grand Slave Hunt or Trial of Speed for the Presidency between the celebrated Nags Black Dan, Lewis Cass and Hayne | ca. 1854-1856 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Artwork | |
| A Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert | ca. June 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Miscellany | |
| Grants of money for children of slaves in Ulster County, New York | 1 January 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Government document; Business and financial document | |
| Greenleaf's New York Journal & Patriotic Register. [Vol. 50, no. 72 (September 23, 1796)] | 23 September 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Green's Bank to Jas Hill concerning the appointment of Deputy Collector at Starkville Mississippi | 28 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| "Group of Negros at Rhett's Plantation." | ca. 1861-1865 | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs | Photograph | |
| Group of officers and two African-American workers | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Group of soldiers, Point of Rocks, Va. | ca. 1864-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Grover Cleveland to Walter Harris regarding entertaining "a negro" at the White House | 02 March 1904 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Correspondence | |
| Guard of colored soldiers at parade rest. Port Hudson, La. [Carte de visite] | ca. 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Guildhall Speech regarding Great Britain, Egypt and South Africa | 1910 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Government document | |
| Gustavus W. Smith to Robert E. Lee about troop activities, negro workers and yellow fever | 6 October 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| H Blackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting copies of the Congressional Record | 15 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H. Blackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking Senator Bruce to see that his wife is appointed Post Master | 24 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H. Blackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting papers | 16 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H. Blackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting papers | 1 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H. Blackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting some garden seeds | 16 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H. Giles to "My Dear Alger" | 24 June 1861 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| H. L. Hazelton to A. B. Baker introducing him to Watson Freeman | 26 February 1853 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| H. S. Glaze to Amos J. Harding updating him on life after being mustered out of service and talks about his support for African American suffrage | 23 July 1865 | Collection of Amos J. Harding, L company, 6th regiment, Missouri, cavalry | Correspondence | |
| H.C. Kern to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing C.D. Frost | 8 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.D. Money to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he recommend Capt. Jones | 9 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.E. Jr Baker to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the possibility of a position as Doorkeeper on the Senate Floor | 8 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.H. Harrington to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position at the Post Office | 12 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.H. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce discussing the plight of African Americans immediately following their release from slavery | 26 April 1881 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.H. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an article about a boy's conduct during a Yellow Fever outbreak and a sketch of a school attended by Tilley | 17 December, 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.J. Florey to Blanche Kelso Bruce letting Senator Bruce know what is going on in town and asking for news from Washington | 4 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.J. Florey to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding financial matters | 24 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.J. Florey to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in gaining a position in Washington | 24 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.K. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his employment at the Post Office | 20 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.K. Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his fear that the white democrats are trying to push him out of his position as Post Master of Bovina Mississippi | 25 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.L. Livingston to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding legal fees | 10 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.L. Livingston to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding political goings on in his absence | 27 August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.L. Livingston to Blanche Kelso Bruce with various business | 25 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.L. Livingston to Blanche Kelso Bruce writing about the fact that a group of people have taken things from Senator Bruce's land | 15 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.M. Rector calling for Cherokee Nation to remove and deliver "Jack" to Albert Pike | 20 February 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Government document | |
| H.N. Richardson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting promotion | 22 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.N. Truheart to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting to have a bond for J W Wright returned because it was approved by the wrong Clerk | 21 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.P Hurst to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a Deputy position | 20 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.P. Hurst to unknown regarding the possibility of additional deputies | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.R. 4318 | 6 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.S. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an application for district attorney | 5 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.T.E. Yates to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting any papers that he can send him | 29 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.W. True to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an agricultural report | 21 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.W. Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the publication of the Senator's letter | 23 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.W. Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Terry Robinson's pension bill | 10 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| H.Y. Piskin to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending M. Harrington | 3 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Half length seated portrait of Frederick Douglass | ca. 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Photograph | |
| Hall W.V. to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in attaining a position in Washington D.C. | 23 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 9 April 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 25 July 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 31 July 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 26 July 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 21 July 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 8 March 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Hallock Armstrong to Mary Armstrong | 7 March 1865 | Documents relating to Hallock Armstrong | Correspondence | |
| Handwriting practice, possibly punishment | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Miscellany | |
| Hannibal Hamlin to unknown regarding the repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 | 6 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Hardware plantation book 1836 | 1836-1840 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)] | 4 October 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Harper's Weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)] | 26 November 1898 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | 11 September 1882 | Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and news clippings from Lincoln's cabinet members | Miscellany | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe to James Osgood concerning reprinting her early book | 6 February 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mrs. S. C. Hall on conditions in England and the singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield | 29 December 1855 | Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe | Correspondence | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha regarding her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | 20 March 1852 | Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe | Correspondence | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe to Ralph Wardlaw regarding her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | 14 December 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Harriet Stowe to Dr. Stone requesting discretion over the writing of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' | 1851 | Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe | Correspondence | |
| Harrison Stearns to Mary Jane Ferris Stearns regarding the death of her husband, his former master | 16 November 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Harrison Stearns to Mary Jane Ferris Stearns regarding a gift of land | 14 January 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Hart Gibson to his sister, Sarah Gibson, regarding his schooling, family and the presidency | 30 December 1855 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to his aunt about division of corps into colored and white and fatigue and picket duties for black soldiers and his promotion to sergeant | 4 December 1864 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to his aunt about the fear of an African American insurrection and his dull Christmas | 25 December 1865 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to his aunt about rebel attacks in New Bern | 1 February 1864 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to his aunt reminiscing about fallen comrades, hopes for the end of the war and slavery | 31 December 1864 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to his sister about the Battle of Batchelder's Creek | 4 February 1864 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to Rebecca Frick about the absence of fighting, applying for a better paid position, African American soldiers and hopes for Meade winning | 1 August 1863 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Heber Painter to sister Anna about malaria, actions, arrests for smuggling goods to rebels and views towards black soldiers | 19 August 1863 | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henderson Ambrose to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding N.G. Henderson's appointment as Collector of Customs | 20 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry A. Wise to Arnold Elzey regarding Civil War skirmishes and the threat posed by African Americans in the South | 14 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Alexander Wise to Charles D. Meigs regarding unity between North and South | 18 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Beadle to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he consider and report upon the case of Martha J. Robinson | 5 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry Bibb to John Calkins regarding how his money was used for fugitive slaves | 19 June 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Brown Jr. to Courthouse Postmaster of Beverley Va. regarding the search for runaway slaves | 19 October 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Correspondence | |
| Henry C Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a previous letter and asking what course Blanche is going to take in the future with the Senate. | 8 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry C. Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce discussing a loan for a horse | 16 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry C. Knowlton to Harlow Higinbotham discussing mutual acquaintances and personal matters | 26 September 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Henry C. Parrott to Maggie Parrot about the capture of a comrade and mistaking a group of runaway slaves for Confederates | 4 December 1862 | Collection of Henry C. Parrott | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Calvin Colton regarding a pamphlet opposing abolitionists | 2 September 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Jacob Burdett regarding a runaway slave | 21 March 1802 | Documents Relating to 1802 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to James Robb regarding the state of the Republic | 31 December 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to John Gray discussing the terms of hire for a slave | 1 January 1809 | Documents Relating to 1809 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to John Switzer discussing his opinions on colonization and slavery | 19 May 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Thomas Hazard regarding the suppression of the slave trade and colonization efforts | 27 April 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Thomas Helm regarding buying slaves and speculating on election results | 20 October 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Thomas J. Wharton discussing his long support for the emancipation of slavery | 28 August 1823 | Documents Relating to 1823 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Thomas R. Hazard enclosing a testimonial | 29 June 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay to Thomas Robinson Hazard concerning a proposed visit and African colonization | 22 July 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Clay's letter on emancipation | 1821 | Documents Relating to 1821 | Pamphlet; Correspondence | |
| Henry H. Harvey to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he use his influence to help him gain the position of Post Master in Greenville | 22 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson Hunt to George Brinton McClellan discussing his conspiracy theory involving Stanton, McClellan and the Emancipation Proclamation | 21 March 1880 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson Hunt to Henry Knox Craig regarding Emory Upton's book on infantry tactics | 4 October 1867 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson Hunt to Mary Bethune Craig Hunt discussing the events following the Kirk-Holden war of 1870 | 8 August 1870 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson to Henry Knox asking him not to come close to Boston without informing him, how he should approach and his taxes and the legislature | 29 September 1793 | The Henry Knox Papers [0119] July-September 1793 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson to Richard H. Jackson regarding the Emancipation Proclamation | 6 October 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson to Richard H. Jackson regarding his political views | 23 June 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry Jackson to Richard H. Jackson regarding a lecture given by Richard's chaplain | 29 March 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about an offer to Dr. Eustis [copy] | 8 May 1791 | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Knox to Catharine Littlefield Greene mentioning her runaway servant and Euphemia Morris Ogden apologizing for not being able to see her play whist | 8 November 1788 | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Knox to George Washington on the movement of troops | 29 March 1780 | The Henry Knox Papers [0022] January-June 1780 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Henry Knox to George Washington on various matters including the death of two of his children, Washington's retirement, the threat of war with France, and the slave revolt in Santo Domingo | 13 January 1797 | The Henry Knox Papers [0133] January-April 1797 | Correspondence; Government document; Military document | |
| Henry Knox to Governor Samuel Huntington informing him of Lieutenant Pratt's orders | 16 April 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Henry Knox to Lucy Knox about his duty and disgust at the barbarities of war caused by British tyranny | 10 January 1777 | The Henry Knox Papers [0016] January-April 1777 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Knox to Lucy Knox on various family and business matters [incomplete] | 17 June 1792 | The Henry Knox Papers [0110] June 1792 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| Henry Knox to Mr. White discussing his concerns about the navy | 26 June 1798 | The Henry Knox Papers [0137] May-August 1798 | Correspondence; Military document; Government document | |
| Henry S. Figures to my dear Ma about giving his mother ladies shoes and hiring a negro boy | 6 October 1863 | Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry S. Figures to my dear parents about Yankees in Huntsville and refugees and negroes from Madison | 31 July 1863 | Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry S. Figures to Sister about receiving furlough and slave sales | 1 March 1863 | Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Henry W. Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 12 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Henry Ward Beecher to unknown regarding slavery | 12 February 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Weeden to Watson Freeman declining to repair his coat | 4 December 1850 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| Henry Williams to Arthur Waring regarding a newspaper called, the Liberator | 23 June 1834 | Documents Relating to 1834 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Wilson to Theodore Parker regarding speeches on the topic of slavery | 14 March 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Henry Wilson to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams | 10 April 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Herald of Freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)] | 31 December 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| "Highly indignant" correspondence between Matt Sullivan to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 14 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper to John Sherman concerning slavery in the South | 4 February 1860 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 | Correspondence | |
| Hiram Detterline to John Reeser describing life in the Union army | 29 December 1862 | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Hiring Announcement | 5 December 1855 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| The hiring of four slaves | 26 December 1794 | Documents Relating to 1794 | Business and financial document | |
| Hiring of Negroes | 26 December 1825 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American army of the Revolution. | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet | |
| A History of the Amistad captives... | 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Broadside | |
| A history of the Amistad captives: being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish schooner Amistad, by the Africans on board; their voyage, and capture near Long Island, New York; with biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans; also, an account of the trials had on their case, before the district and circuit courts of the United States, for the district of Connecticut | 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Pamphlet | |
| History of the antislavery measures of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth United States congresses, 1861-1864 | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Book | |
| A history of Lawrence, Kansas, from the first settlement to the close of the rebellion | 1895 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Book | |
| The history of the New-York African free-school, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time; embracing a period of more than forty years: also a brief account of the successful labors of the New-York Manumission Society | 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Book | |
| History of the Oberlin-Wellington rescue | 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Book | |
| The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern. The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome... | 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Book | |
| Ho! For Salt River! | ca. 1865-1870 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Artwork | |
| Hopkins Brothers to William B. Stone discussing debts and financial arrangements | 13 March 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| Horace Brown to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking about prospects of moving to Mississippi | 8 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Horace Greeley to J. S. Foy regarding politics, slavery and morality in North and South America | 29 July 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Horatio Gates to Robert Livingston discussing the Haitian Revolution, the Louisiana Purchase and key French figures | 12 February 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Correspondence | |
| Horatio Hale to Sarah W. Hale regarding her health | 25 June 1825 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| (House bill.) . . . A bill to be entitled "An act to provide payment for slaves impressed under state laws, and lost in the public service." | 10 December 1863 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| (House bill.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities | 5 January 1864 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| (House of Representatives, No. 367.) A bill To be entitled An Act to increase the military force of the Confederate States | 10 February 1865 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| House report no. 377 regarding the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas into the Union | 11 May 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| House report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war | 1864 | Items relating to Mack J. Leaming | Book | |
| Howell Cobb to Hart discussing the appointment of commissioners and political matters | 3 February 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Hugh Auld to Amy Richardson regarding the purchase of Frederick Douglass | 6 October 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Correspondence | |
| Hugh Stewart to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a request on behalf of the Soldiers Sons and Citizens Republican Club | 24 September 1895 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Hugh Swinton Legare to James T. Austin warning him against causing trouble and unrest | 20 December 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Broadside | |
| Hunter Davidson to William McBlair regarding the capture of the slaveship "Bremen" | 12 October 1857 | Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade | Correspondence | |
| Hutchinson's deposition regarding the theft of slaves | 7 November 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Legal document | |
| I.N. Osboron to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his help in obtaining a position | 13 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| I.S. Ford to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a recommendation for Judge Hancock | 15 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| In Hanover County Court January 23rd 1838 | 23 January 1838 | Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia | Business and financial document | |
| In the Senate of the United States | 25 July 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1832. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Manufactures, made, to the Senate, the following Report | 16 April 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Mr. Calhoun submitted the following motion for consideration | 27 December 1837 | Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis | Broadside | |
| In the Senate of the United States. December 28, 1837. Mr. Norvell submitted the following motion for consideration | 28 December 1837 | Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis | Broadside | |
| In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832. Mr. King made the following report | 18 May 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| "In Senate Of The United States…The bill from the House of Representatives, entitled 'An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union..." | 3 February 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Government document | |
| In the Supreme Court of the United States. John Van Zandt, ad sectum Wharton Jones. Argument for the defendant | 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| Inaugural address. March 4, 1865. | 4 March 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Pamphlet | |
| Incomplete essay on religious tolerance on verso of letter fragments from Edmonia Lewis and Samuel J. May | ca. 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Miscellany | |
| Inconsistency and hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren. On the question of slavery | ca. 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| The Independent Reflector, No. 30 | 21 June 1753 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Correspondence | |
| Indictment of Abram in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Indictment of Absalum in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Indictment of Frank in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Indictment of Jim in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Indictment of Phiby in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Indictment of Sancho in the Easter Plot | 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Infidelity and abolitionism. An open letter to the friends of religion, morality, and the American Union | ca. 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Information given by Icholbald Hubbel and John Lee concerning Robert' s slave, Thom | 10-25 July 1782 | The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 | Miscellany | |
| Information regarding slavers, received from the master of the "Jupiter" captured by Her M S "Antelope" | ca. 1857 | Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade | Correspondence | |
| Injured Humanity; Being A Representation of what the unhappy Children of Africa endure from those who call themselves Christians | 1805 | Documents Relating to 1805 | Broadside | |
| The Injustice of Poll Taxes | ca. 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Broadside | |
| Ino B Fuller to Blanche Kelso Bruce applying for the position of Postal Clerk on the Rail Road | 25 June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ino B Pease to Blanche Kelso Bruce refuting claims that the Post Office in Carson should be moved to Concordia | 6 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ino A Burtown to Blanche Kelso Bruce note to say that the accompanying letter should be destroyed upon reading | ca.1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Instructions for house managers for the showing of David W. Griffith's film, "The Birth of a Nation" | ca. 1915 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Miscellany | |
| Insurance for Spanish slave ship | 13 January 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Business and financial document; Legal document | |
| Introductory address to American Society for Promotion of National Unity | ca. 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Invasion at Harper's Ferry | ca. 1860-1865 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Thomas Winn | 26 November 1824 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Thomas Winn deceased | 26 November 1824 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| An inventory and appraisment of the estate of Humphry Jones | ca. 1684-1685 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Inventory of the estate of Jesse Woodhull | 17 February 1795 - 13 March 1800 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Business and financial document | |
| An Inventory of Goods & Chattels Now in Possession of Peter Bain | 21 November 1782 | The Livingston Family Papers [086] 1782 | Business and financial document | |
| Inventory of the goods and chattels of Asa Baker | 27 January 1820 | Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates | Legal document | |
| Invitation to speak | 26 August 1848 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Invoice of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage turned over by Jacob Berger 2d Lieutenant, Company K, 63rd United States Colored Troops, and Assistant Quartermaster at De Valls Bluff | 30 November 1865 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement | 26 November 1799 | Documents Relating to 1799 | Business and financial document | |
| Invoice to John H. Van Nuys for charges incurred by embalming, express shipment, and telegraphing | 2 October 1864 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Business and financial document | |
| Iowa joint resolution, ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution | 30 March 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg discussing camp life, visiting women and his opinion on African Americans | 24 July 1861 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding cotton fields, the different responsibilities of soldiers and the food available | 8 November 1862 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding the end of the war, the available food and his opinion on what to do with the freed slaves | 18 August 1862 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding flooding, visits from Union Generals and fugitive slaves | 10 April 1863 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding his health and the battle at Columbus, Kentucky | 10 November 1861 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding the situation in Jackson, Tennessee | 20 June 1862 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Ira Blanchard to Mary (Wright) Kellogg regarding troops outside Vicksburg, a visit to Elmwood Cemetery and politics | 30 January 1863 | Collection of Ira Blanchard, H company, 20th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| The Irrepressible Conflict or the Republican Barge in Danger | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Artwork | |
| Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist? | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Isaac Black to William Black regarding the black soldiers | 21 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Isaac Mayo to J.C. Hall regarding the "Phoenix" | 9 June 1830 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Military document; Correspondence | |
| Isaac Mayo to John Branch regarding naval matters | 5 June 1830 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Military document; Correspondence | |
| Isaac Mayo to Mr. Knight regarding the slave ship "Feris" | 1 August 1830 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Military document; Correspondence | |
| Isaac Toucey to Thomas A. Conover ordering him to direct the U.S.S "Dale" to proceed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire | 18 February 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Isaac Toucey to William McBlair regarding illegal slave trading in Africa | 14 April 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Isham Stewart to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting he look into a petition put forth to oust his son Robert from his position of Post Master in Macon | 12 November 1872 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Burnett to George Weedon congratulating him following the evacuation of Charleston | 7 January 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Correspondence | |
| J Caibu to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his support in obtaining an appointmentship | 21 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for the appointment of M.C. Chase | 1 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking is he can help find work for a sewing girl | 21 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing Miss Mary Burnett | 14 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a copy of the "Constitutions or Charters" | 26 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding alternative employment options | 22 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Judge Humphries' death | 13 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Miss Burnett's lack of home supplies | 15 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Topley to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing approval of his actions | 13 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J Topley to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an issue to be examined at the land office | 15 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. D. Carter to Eliakim P. Scammon concerning confiscations | 8 April 1863 | Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry | Correspondence; Military document | |
| J. F. Bliss's opinion on slavery | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany | |
| J. I. Walrath and P. Briggs to N. R. Chapman accepting an invitation | 29 December 1843 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Correspondence | |
| J. Lake to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his wife's illness | February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Milton Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the country expecting Bruce to submit the lists at Chicago | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Milton Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help securing employment in the Treasury | 19 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Newton Baker to Blanche Kelso Bruce checking that he received a register sent by Captain Green | 27 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Ross Stewart to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing a position | 22 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing Oliver White | 10 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a bill introduced by Bruce | 19 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the distribution of public documents | 25 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting some public documents | 30 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J. Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a short term loan | 18 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Orr to Hon. Post Master General U.S. States for recommendation to a position in the Post Office in Macon Mississippi | 20 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Osborn to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding charges against Hardy | 11 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Osborn to Blanche Kelso Bruce seeking employment as a Route Agent for J.W.S Dodson | 7 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Sauderlin to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for a copy of the congressional record | 15 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Sauderlin to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he send two books | 23 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Sauderlin to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for a copy of Barclays | 2 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Shorter to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting some garden seed | 5 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Sillers to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he appoint someone else as his agent | 25 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.A. Smith to James Hill in regards to an application to the Post Office that he is withdrawing | 6 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.B. Deason to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a note of introduction for Charles Lee | 19 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.B. Townsend to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a circular advocating Blaine and Bruce | 27 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.B. Townsend to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the removal of the Post Master at Grenada | 22 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.B. Townsend to Blanche Kelso Bruce urging the removal of the Post Master for the benefit of the Republican Party | 5 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.B. Young to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his recommendation for the post as Post Master | 11 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.E. Ousely to Blanche Kelso Bruce for the combination of the safe in the Sheriff's office | 24 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.E. Ousely to Blanche Kelso Bruce outlining the coming election for Sheriffs in Mississippi | 11 September 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.E. Ousely to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a letter from him concerning the buggy and mules affair | 13 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.E. Ousley to Blanche Kelso Bruce apologizing for not being able to pay a debt | 1 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.E. Ousley to Blanche Kelso Bruce concerning a debt that he owes to Senator Bruce | 17 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.F. Child to Blanche Kelso Bruce sending $130 to pay for the pledge cards, peminder blanks and the tracts | 26 May 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.F. Hightower to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a promise he made to have him appointed to a Clerkship | 6 December 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.F. Reed to Blanche Kelso Bruce for an appointment as postal or special agent | 20 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking to be recommended to Hon. Durkee | 10 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding jurisdictions brought against him | 2 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position as route-agent | 30 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Pierce to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Scrugg's chances at a Clerkship position | 31 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Shorter to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a position in the Postal agency | 20 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Sykes to Blanche Kelso Bruce sending a bottle of whiskey | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.H. Wood to unknown warning of the impending arrival of free slaves seeking to buy land [incomplete] | 3 July 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| J.J. Jackman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding bad crops caused by the weather | 14 June 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.J. Kirkbridge to Blanche Kelso Bruce describing the poor condition of a horse of the Senators that was injured | ca.1870 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.J. Simmons to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the Cincinnati Commercial | 2 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.J. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding engravings of public buildings | 24 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.J. Spellman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting seeds | 2 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Bynum to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting aid in acquiring an appointment | 17 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Bynum to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the place of Post Master at Corinth | 23 June 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Cann to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of his discharge | 26 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Hazelia to Blanche Kelso Bruce to collect a debt | 23 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Hazelwood to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 28 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Hazelwood to Blanche Kelso Bruce about a check that the Senator had sent to him | 11 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Hazelwood to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for money owed to him | 6 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Rawlins to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help getting a position in one of the government departments | 5 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.M. Ross to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding being sent to the Senate for an advancement of grade | 7 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.N. Hazelwood to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding receiving a seed package | 25 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.N. Leas to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his help him in getting an appointment in the New Orleans post office | 27 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.N. Richardson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in obtaining employment with the Justice Department | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | ||
| J.O. Woodhouse to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury concerning the collector of taxes | 10 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.R. Smith to James Hill regarding asking Bruce to recommend him for Deputyship | 16 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.R. Sunut to James Hill forwarding an application for deputy collector | 6 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.W. Glass to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the Congressional Globe | 22 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.W. Piles to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing his interest in the position of postmaster at Greenville | 8 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.W. Piles to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the Post Master position at Greenville | 22 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.W. Robinson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding possible changes to the way that mail is transported | 2 October 1891 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| J.W. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the vacancy left by the current Post Master | 3 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jack Brown to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he go with him to the Secretary of the Navy | 12 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jack to Blanch Kelso Bruce detailing the events in Bolivar County, and the officials there | 12 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jack to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding copies of a Treasurer's publication | 1 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jackie to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding reserving a work place | 28 November 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jacob Henter to Robert Livingston re: charges for damage done to land | 14 May 1773 | The Livingston Family Papers [081] 1773 | Correspondence | |
| Jacob M. Engberth to John Reeser describing fighting a hard battle and discussing Copperheads and farmers | 13 July 1863 | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James A. Armstrong to Richard H. Jackson regarding the Emancipation Proclamation | 10 October 1865 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| James A. Garfield to Lionel A. Sheldon concerning reconstruction and the 14th amendment | 10 December 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| James A. Seddon to Fendall Griffin regarding the release of two slaves | 30 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| James Barwood to Bill | 5 February 1863 | Collection of Barwood James | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to Ezra B. Chase regarding slavery | 7 November 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to Henry A. Wise | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to Isaac G. McKinley voicing his support for the Fugitive Slave Law | 16 July 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to J.J. Grindall discussing the Fugitive Slave Act | 18 October 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to James A. Caldwell regarding financial matters | 24 March 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to James M.H. Beale about a pro-slavery candidate | 6 November 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to James William Denver regarding the Kansas Territory | 27 March 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to L. Harper regarding a recent trip to Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, and the judicial election | 6 August 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to Peter Wager regarding the price of wine and the abolition of slavery | 23 December 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan to William Stiles thanking him for sending a copy of his work on the political movements in Austria of 1848-1849 | 13 April 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| James Buchanan, to Robert Tyler discussing the Wilmot Proviso | 25 February 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| James F. Chase to Sarah Ogden describing his recent journey, his wound and the weather | 19 March 1864 | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden | Correspondence | |
| James Gillespie Birney to Joshua Leavitt regarding a commission by the Herald | 26 June 1847 | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents | Correspondence | |
| James H Kyle to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding submitting an application | 12 May 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James H. Kellog to Mary detailing his views on slavery and reporting that the camp has been broken up | 3 June 1863 | Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James H. Kellog to Mary discussing abolition and reconstruction | 12 September 1864 | Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James H. Kellog to Mary regarding the people of the South | 17 July 1864 | Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James H. Scales to Mr. Parkes regarding a slave auction | 14 March 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| James Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to forward him copies of revised Statutes of the United States | 15 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Sidney Brooks for railway mail agent | 15 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding getting A. A Shattuck appointed Post Master of the WestPoint Mississippi post office | 2 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Mr. Ino Fuller who would like to be employed as a rail agent | 25 June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce to introduce Milton Coats | 7 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James J Spelman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a petition to the Senate | 20 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James J. Spelman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting copies of the speeches delivered by Senator Blaine | 9 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James K. Magie to Mary Magie recounting adventures as a spy | 4 January 1863 | Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James K. Magie to Mary Magie regarding travelling between Nashville and Franklin | 22 February 1863 | Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James L. Ville to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in gaining a position in Washington D.C., as a messenger, or any other capacity | 17 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James M Leo to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an application for Chief Supervisor | 3 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James M. Ashley urging support for the Thirteenth Amendment | 25 December 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| James M. Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the position of Marshal of the Northern District of Mississippi | 28 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland about the death of a family friend and his favor for drafting black soldiers | 8 March 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland discussing a church sermon and his belief that the Rebellion is near an end | 23 August 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland regarding military news, Morgan's Raid and the New York City Draft Riots | 17 July 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| James M. Stuart to F. W. Stuart mentioning the Fort Pillow massacre and battalion drill | 21 April 1864 | Collection of letters relating to James M. Stuart | Correspondence | |
| James Maddison to Gov. Benjamin Harrison regarding provisional peace treaty, Carleton & Washington | 20 May 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Correspondence | |
| James Madison to Major Dana regarding employment prospects in Virginia | 12 September 1819 | Documents Relating to 1819 | Correspondence | |
| James Monroe regarding funds for abolitionists | 13 December 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Correspondence | |
| James Monroe to Dr. Charles Everett regarding the maltreatment of slaves | 23 March 1812 | Documents Relating to 1812 | Correspondence | |
| James Monroe to John C. Calhoun regarding the Seminole Indians and slavery | 10 October 1821 | Documents Relating to 1821 | Correspondence | |
| James Monroe to John Quincy Adams about the slave-trade treaty with Britain and his fears | 20 May 1824 | Documents Relating to 1824 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| James Monroe to William Benton on sending supplies and slaves | 28 October 1818 | The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents | Correspondence | |
| James N Honey to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the Report of Bouthwell's committee | 19 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James N. Bethune to Paul Semmes discussing a meeting about secession in Milledgeville, Georgia | 15 November 1860 | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry | Correspondence | |
| James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding an anti-slavery meeting | 8 February 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding the attendance of escaped slaves at an anti-slavery meeting | 21 February 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| James N. Buffum to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming anti-slavery convention | 22 April 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| James Pemberton to James Phillips about anti-slavery activity among the Quakers | 18 November 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Correspondence | |
| James Pemberton to Moses Brown regarding the republication of the act of the Massachusetts Assembly | 17 May 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Correspondence | |
| James Reo to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending James Leeman | 25 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James S Brisbin to Ulysses S. Grant recounting a list of the Generals he served under, engagements he participated in, and regiments he led | 22 December 1867 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| James Seddon to Governor Bonham responding to resolutions passed by the South Carolina General Assembly | 16 October 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| James Shields to John Chathen regarding slavery | 29 June 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| James Spelman to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing H.E. Sizer | 10 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Spelman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a vacancy in the Post Dept. | 7 November 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James T. Gerry to Ann Gerry regarding the navy | 24 February 1854 | Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander | Correspondence | |
| James T. Gerry to Ann T. Gerry regarding slave traders | December 1839 | Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander | Correspondence | |
| James Taggart to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his help in getting a job at the treasury | 22 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Tapley to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for land notices | 23 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Tapley to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing his interest in a vacancy in the Special Agency Corps of the Interior Department | 7 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James to Blanche Kelso Bruce thinking him for the documents and seeds | 26 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James W. C. Pennington to unknown discussing the Fugitive Slave Act | 29 April 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence | |
| James W. Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending J Wiley Carr for an appointment | 3 June 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James W. Leemon to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the possibility of getting an appointment with the railroad | 27 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James W. Young to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a Clerkship position | 13 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| James Winchester to Captain Francis Kempt | 3 July 1813 | War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates | Correspondence | |
| James Winchester to his daughter, Maria Breedlove, regarding his offer of female slaves and riding horses | 3 November 1814 | War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates | Correspondence | |
| James Wright, of Haverhill | ca. 1791 | Documents Relating to 1791 | Broadside | |
| Jane L. Ireland to Jake regarding a job that Jake was applying to but did not get | 18 September 1899 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jas B Townsend to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking his support in making sure that the current candidate for sheriff in his county J.H. Campbell does not get confirmed | 14 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jas I Kane to Blanche Kelso Bruce to say he will be in Washington in August, and hopes to see him | 13 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau to Patrick Henry | 28 March 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Correspondence | |
| Jefferson Davis to Crafts J. Wright issuing a vehement denial of claims that Davis started the war | 12 February 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Jefferson Davis to J. W. Turner regarding the free soil movement | 6 October 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Jefferson McCauly to his master inquiring about the health of his wife and other family members | 7 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Jeremiah Wadsworth to Henry Knox on an escaped slave or servant from Mrs. Greene | 2 November 1788 | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 | Correspondence | |
| Jermain Wesley Loguen to Helen Amelia Loguen [written on a printed circular "To the Friends of the Fugitives from Slavery] | 28 June 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo ordering him to remain with the U.S.S. Grampus and escort Lieutenant Wilson to the mouth of the Mississippi River | 12 July 1830 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Correspondence | |
| Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo regarding a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico | 15 November 1828 | Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Jesse G. Tuck to Stephen H. Stone re: quality of life and African Americans in St. Louis | 29 July 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Correspondence | |
| Jno C. Tucker to Blanche Kelso Bruce applying for the Post Office | 3 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jobe Humphries to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Geo. N. Jones | 9 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Joel Parker to Anson Rood regarding Parker's representation in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | 7 December 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Correspondence | |
| Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his request to be releaved from suspension | 6 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his return to the United States from Africa | 11 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair regarding his suspension | 3 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Joel S. Kennard to William McBlair requesting permission to punish a sailor for insubordination | 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert about marching with his regiment to an unknown destination and his recovery from an illness | 7 June 1863 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert about money, his duties and plans to arrest people who he suspects are sending African Americans to Cuba to be sold into slavery | 25 November 1865 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert discussing his new post and a trip to the opera | 24 February 1865 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert expressing his confidence in General Grant and criticizing the cowardice of the 52nd Pennsylvania Regiment with whom he fought alongside to capture forts on James Island | 8 July 1864 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert relating where he is heading and mentioning the scarcity of pens | 16 April 1863 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Bogert to Jacob C. Bogert requesting his commission and discharge papers which he left at home so he can collect his pay | 9 February 1863 | Collection of John A. Bogert | Correspondence | |
| John A. Maitland to James M. Maitland about his work and his views on the war | 6 April 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| John A. Washington to [Isaac R.] Douglass discussing a deal to sell and deliver a slave | 6 July 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| John Adam to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley expressing his views on slavery | 24 January 1801 | Documents Relating to 1801 | Correspondence | |
| John Adams to Benjamin Rush regarding several figures | ca. September 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Correspondence | |
| John Adams to William McBlair requesting permission to return to Liberia | 2 May 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren to Lewis West asking to " relieve the colored people who were pillaged, and prevent a repetition of the act" | 13 January 1865 | Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina | Correspondence | |
| John Alexander Logan to Mrs. E. F. Strickland, discussing the meaning of freedom | 12 March 1883 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| John Allyn to Robert Livingston re: Mrs. Schuyler's slave, Livingston's cattle | 10 May 1692 | The Livingston Family Papers [018] 1692 | Correspondence | |
| John Augustine Washington to Ned Turner discusses Lee's recent promotion and other military news | 19 June 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John B. Hawley to Blanche Kelso Bruce hoping to see him at the department | 1 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Barclay to William McBlair regarding the condition of crew on board the "Dale" | 8 January 1856 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John Borland to Philip Livingston re: trade and the slave revolt of 1712 in New York | 14 April 1712 | The Livingston Family Papers [038] 1712 | Correspondence | |
| John Bradford to Charles Calvert discussing two runaway slaves | 16 October 1725 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Correspondence | |
| John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" | 17 April 1880 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" | 15 March 1880 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| John Brookes Rawle to "My Dear Sir" | 25 February 1880 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross about examining land for the purpose of settling black people of limited means | 19 June 1879 | Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross | Correspondence | |
| John Brown Jr. to Alexander M. Ross regarding books and the emigration of 'colored people' | 19 April 1879 | Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross | Correspondence | |
| John Brown Jr. to Jason Brown and others discussing the fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in Kansas | 16-19 August 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown Jr. to Ruth Brown regarding family and life in Ohio | 23 February 1851 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Correspondence | |
| John Brown still lives! | 30 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Broadside | |
| John Brown to Frederick Brown & Jeremiah Brown regarding his departure from Kansas | 11 October 1856 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Gerrit Smith regarding slavery | 24 November 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to his brother and sister Adair expressing concern for his son Owen | 10 December 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Mary Ann Brown reporting on his avoidance of the US Marshall | 16 April 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Mary Stearns regarding his execution | 29 November 1859 | John Brown letter and broadside | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Owen Brown discussing the free state struggle | 5 December 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Simon Perkins discussing his wool business | 10 June 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| John Brown to Thomas B. Musgrave re: imprisonment | 17 November 1559 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| John Brown to Willis A. Hodges regarding the African American farming settlement at North Elba | 22 January 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| John Buchanan Floyd to J. S. Cunningham regarding John C. Fremont | 6 September 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| John C Calhoun to Wilson Lumpkin discussing the differences between the North and the South | 1 September 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| John C Roe to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting an appointment | 24 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John C. Calhoun to S.L. Gouverneur, discussing President Andrew Jackson and his potential activities since the Seminole Affair and War | 10 June 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence | |
| John C. Darby to Tobias Gibson regarding a presidential election and its candidates | ca. 1854 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| John Caldwell Calhoun to Gilbert C. Rice regarding the abolition of slavery | 16 October 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| John Carlile to Henry Knox asking permission to take his servant home with him until the conclusion of peace | 31 August 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0063] 16-31 August 1783 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John Cunningham to William McBlair regarding sailors' rations | 22 October 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John Dickinson to George May Powell ordering pictures | 16 January 1867 | Papers of George May Powell | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| John Dow to his brother about life in Augusta, Georgia | 25 September 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Correspondence | |
| John Duggan to William McBlair asking to be discharged from duty | 24 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John Duggan to William McBlair requesting a discharge so that he can return home | 12 April 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt discussing Edwin M. Stanton and Charles Sumner | 11 February [1871] | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt discussing mutual acquaintances, the repercussions of the Civil War and emancipation | 18 May 1883 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding a biography of Robert E. Lee, the Ku Klux Klan, Second Manassas, military reform and black labor | 18 March 1871 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's crossing of the pedregal and the Ku Klux Klan | 18 February 1871 | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding Sumner's civil rights bill | 22 January [1870] | Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird forwarding documents pertaining to the Amistad case | 25 March 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird forwarding testimony relevant to the Amistad case | 8 September 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird on the use of international treaties as evidence in the Amistad case | 30 April 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird providing instructions from the President in relation to the Amistad case | 17 January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird regarding the appearance of the cabin-boy Antonio at the Amistad trial | 8 February 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird requesting a copy the papers of the Amistad and the court proceedings relating to that vessel | 23 September 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John Forsyth to William S. Holabird revealing administrative assumptions about the outcome of the Amistad case and deals with Spanish ministers | 6 January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| John G Owens to Blanche Kelso Bruce to inquire the price of the Congressional record | 21 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier to Samuel J. May discussing abolition and various abolitionists | 24 April 1834 | Documents Relating to 1834 | Correspondence | |
| John H. Keyes to Sarah Ogden discussing African Americans in the army | 22 December 1863 | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden | Correspondence | |
| John H. Van Nuys to Samuel Watson Van Nuys | 25 January 1862 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Correspondence | |
| John Hancock to the New Jersey Convention announcing Declaration of Independence | 5 July 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Pamphlet; Legal document | |
| John Hay to Mary Jay concerning the Peninsula campaign and Emancipation Proclamation | 20 July 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| John Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a previous letter from M. Hester that asked Bruce to reply to Hester about a position | 12 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Jay to Richard Harrison regarding current negotiations between United States and Spain | 28 May 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Correspondence | |
| John Jones to his wife regarding negro companies and the emancipation proclamation | 24 September 1862 | Collection of John Jones, Company F, 45th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| John Kagi to Henry Thompson about stationary for John Brown | 21 April 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| John Livingston to Peter DeWitt regarding orders for trade | 4 October 1749 | The Livingston Family Papers [068] 1749 | Correspondence | |
| John Livingston to Robert Livingston re: destruction caused by a fire | 25 May 1756 | The Livingston Family Papers [072] 1756 | Correspondence | |
| John Marshall to Joseph Gales, Jr. requesting a pamphlet | 4 December 1823 | Documents Relating to 1823 | Correspondence | |
| John McKinley Gibson to Tobias Gibson with his views on Slavery | 12 April 1864 | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. | Correspondence | |
| John McLean to Lewis Cass regarding Kansas | 25 July 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to James Kelly about Christmas balls and a Mormon court | 29 December 1858 | John Moore Collection | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to James Kelly on the progress of the Seminole War and his thoughts on their enemies | 3 July 1853 | Letters from John Moore to James Kelly | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to Mary Kelly regarding climate, balls, and events at Harper's Ferry | 14 December 1859 | John Moore Collection | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to Mary Moore and Richard Moore describing holiday celebrations | 18 January 1848 | Collection of John B. Moore letters | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to Mary Moore and Richard Moore on how women should conduct themselves and family news | 10 December 1847 | Collection of John B. Moore letters | Correspondence | |
| John Moore to Mary Moore regarding the end of his teaching and his return home | 8 July 1848 | Collection of John B. Moore letters | Correspondence | |
| John Owen to James about classmates at war | 21 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| John P Sampson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an offer for the role of detective | 21 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John P Tobin to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 12 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John P Tobin to Blanche Kelso Bruce on the conditions of levees in two different towns | 14 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John P. Tobin to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for some seeds | 18 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Parker Hale to Charles Summer introducing Mr. Vanderbilt | 18 March 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| John Penn to Richard Caswell on the state of the revolutionary war in Virginia and North Carolina | 21 January 1780 | Documents Relating to 1780 | Correspondence | |
| John Q. Adams to Richard Rush regarding a possible Civil War | 16 October 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to the editor of the Quincy Patriot reporting to his constituents regarding the Gag Rule, the abolition of slavery, the admission of Texas and the Treaty of New Echota | 21 September 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to Gerrit Smith discussing his opposition to slavery | 5 April 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to Joseph Blunt discussing a British sailor executed for serving on an American ship during the war of 1812 | 27 November 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to Joseph Gales, Jr. regarding a pamphlet | 4 September 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to Lewis Tappan discussing his bill for compensated abolition | 15 July 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Correspondence | |
| John Quincy Adams to Roger S. Baldwin regarding the Amistad case | 11 November 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Correspondence; Legal document | |
| John Quincy Adams to Roscoe G. Greene regarding Thomas Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" and the power of Congress | 4 March 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Correspondence | |
| John Randolph to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking how to apply for a departmental position | December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Riggs to Robert Livingston regarding a potential embargo | 14 July 1701 | The Livingston Family Papers [028] 1701 | Correspondence | |
| John S, Mosby to Gaston regarding lynching and the Presidential election | 19 October 1904 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| John S. Cunningham to William McBlair | 28 February 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding the capture of the American schooner "Angeline" by a British ship | 1 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding financial matters | 31 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| John S. Cunningham to William McBlair regarding his debt to the United States | 10 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document; Business and financial document | |
| John S. Lewis to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding paying for a debt | 21 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John S. Mosby to Oliver P. Morton opposing the Civil Rights bill | 1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman explaining that while a soldier must always fight for his country, he never personally approved of slavery | June 4 1907 | Letters from John S. Mosby to Sam Chapman | Correspondence | |
| John Stagg Jr. to Henry Knox with updates from the War Office | 2 November 1788 | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 | Correspondence; Military document; Government document; Business and financial document | |
| John Timble to Blanche Kelso Bruce seeking a recommendation | 12 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Timble to Blanche Kelso Bruce seeking a recommendation regarding his promise to see Secretary Sherman | 11 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| John Tyler to Robert Tyler favouring annexation of Texas to expand cotton monopoly | 16 April 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| John Tyler to Spencer Roane about issues surrounding the Missouri Compromise debates | 14 February 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Correspondence | |
| John Vinton to his mother regarding slavery | 15 October 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Correspondence | |
| John W. Boston to his wife and children commenting on his health and women he has seen around camp | 14 December 1862 | Letters from a Union private to his wife and family | Correspondence | |
| John W. Livingston to William McBlair ordering him to sail to Porto Praya | 16 June 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John White Geary to Edgar Cowan seeking promotion and discussing recruitment | 4 August 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| John William Draper to Mrs. Maury discussing his views on black inferiority | 2 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| John Winn to George Winn discussing the price of slaves and his money problems | 23 September 1838 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| A joint resolution, respecting the gradual emancipation of slaves, and colonization of people of color within the United States | 7 February 1825 | Documents Relating to 1825 | Government document | |
| Joint Resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops | 15 February 1864 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| Joint resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops. [and slaves "abducted" from C.S.A.] | 15 February 1864 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union | 6 February 1857 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce discussing the resignation of Judge Orlin | ca. 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce informing him that the President wants his papers and claims by the end of the week | 14 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help for Miss Wright with an employment matter | 6 July 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jonathan Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his presence in a meeting regarding Miss Wright | 29 July 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jonathon Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking to meet with him on a personal matter | 23 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jonathon Tarbell to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in presenting his papers to the President | 16 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Jones S. Hilton to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing Mr. St. Clair | 22 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Couthouy to David Dixon Porter | 6 January 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Curtis's membership certificate for the New York society for promoting the Manumission of Slaves | 20 February 1812 | Documents Relating to 1812 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Joseph Hale to unknown regarding his business and finances | 30 January 1837 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Hooker to Edwin M. Stanton recommending Colonel Brisbin "for the Colonelcy of one of the new colored regiments" | 20 August 1866 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones regarding move to Jeffersonville | 6 September [1862] | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, recalling encounter with Confederate cavalry | 24-26 November 1864 | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, relating a scene he witnessed involving a wagon master whipping a black man | 11 February 1863 | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, stating lack of arms in ''rebel county'' | 7-10 September 1862 | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, stating that he was detailed as a Provo guard and sent to protect the Roberts | 9 March 1864 | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Jones to Nancy Ellen Jones, informing recipient that corps led by McCook and Crittenden will cross the Tennessee | 31 August 1863 | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Joseph M. Maitland to [William Grier Maitland] about the organization of African American regiments which he, personally, does not wish to command | 22 April 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Merrill to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming lecture at Haverhill | 24 September 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Smith to Andrew Hull Foote regarding naval affairs and government difficulties surrounding African Americans in the army | 11 July 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Story to John McDonogh about masters and slaves | 8 August 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Correspondence | |
| Joseph Wheaton to officers defending himself against accusations of misconduct | 30 June 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 | Military document; Correspondence | |
| Josiah Daily to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a recommendation and application for the Office of States Marshall for the Northern District of Mississippi | March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Josiah Robbins to Aaron Hobart regarding post collections and politics | 15 February 1821 | Aaron Hobart Collection | Correspondence | |
| Josie M Robinson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help in achieving her reappointment in the government printing offices | 28 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Josie M Robinson to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his help in finding a position | 22 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Isonomia no. 1 | 19 August 1864-18 November 1864 | Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson Jr. | Diary | |
| Journal of a Cruise of the United States Sloop of War Decatur | 28 January - 20 June 1840 | Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson, Jr. | Diary | |
| A Journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy [ by New York slaves] | 1744 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Book | |
| Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy | 1850-1851 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Military document; Government document; Diary | |
| A journey in the back country | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Julius Junkerman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding assistance for Guil Eggleston | 6 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Julius Marshall Swain to his mother about his family's opposition to him joining a negro regiment | 7 June 1863 | Collection of Julius M. Swain of B company, 39th regiment, Massachusetts infantry | Correspondence | |
| The just supremacy of Congress over the territories: intended as an answer to the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on popular sovereignty | 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Justice of the Peace order | 16 October 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Justus Morse to Miss (Kitty) regarding his potential death on the battlefield | 18 August 1864 | Collection of Justus Morse, G company, 4th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Correspondence | |
| K Rayven to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing a position for his lady friend | 3 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| K. Bayer to S.L. Lamar regarding the return of a recommendation | 31 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| K.A. Williams to George Wortham | 16 May 1864 | Collection of George Wortham | ||
| Kansas affairs in the Senate. Minority report of the Senate committee on territories. Made March 12, 1856, by Judge Collamer, of Vermont. | 12 March 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Kansas and the Constitution | 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| The Kansas Freeman. Vol. 1, no. 2 | 26 September 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Kansas question. Speech of Hon. Thomas Bocock, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, March 8, 1858 | 8 March 1858 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Kansas. Constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth | 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Kanzas and the Constitution | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Kenney H. Woodson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding letters of recommendation | 20 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Kennon, W. H. to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting he inquire when the position as Receiver for Jackson Mississippi is to be created as he would like the appointment | 25 June 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Kernan to Blanche Kelso Bruce stating that a rumor of Conkling being taken ill was false | 10 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| KKK broadside | ca. 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| The Klan in action leadership responsibilities organization methods: a manual of leadership for officers of local klans | ca. 1925 | Documents Relating to the 1920s | Pamphlet | |
| Ku Klux Klan to Abolitionist Charles Sumner with a threat unless he leaves Washington | 18 February 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| L. Lea to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a thank you note | 21 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| L.J. Doroming to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for support | 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| L.J. Doroming to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding waiting for a promised photo | 11 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| L.W. Overton to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a book | 24 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck [New York] | ca. 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Artwork | |
| Lafayette Sabine Foster to Mr. Wakeman discussing his views on reconstruction | 5 October 1866 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| The landmark of freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36 30' | 21 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| Large gathering of African-American troops | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom | 7 February - 20 May 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| The Last Will & Testament of General George Washington | 1800 | Documents Relating to 1800 | Pamphlet | |
| Last will and testament of Henry Livingston (1753-1823) | 21 March 1823 | The Livingston Family Papers [107] 1818-1830 | Legal document | |
| Last will and testament of Henry W. Tabb | 16 May 1860 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document; Legal document | |
| Last will and testament of Philip Livingston | 15 July 1748 | The Livingston Family Papers [067] 1746-1748 | Legal document | |
| Last will and testament of Samuel Ewing | 6 October 1819 | Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates | Legal document | |
| Last will and testament of William Cotton | 4 February 1820 | Court documents from Fayette County, Kentucky, regarding the settlement of various estates | Legal document | |
| Last written words of John Brown | December 1859 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Miscellany | |
| Law of Liberty, or, Royal Law, by which all mankind will certainly be judged! Earnestly recommended to the serious consideration of all slaveholders and slavedealers | 1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Pamphlet | |
| Laws and Information relating to Claims Against the Government of the United States | 1866 | Collection of Ethan A. Jenks, Company I, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers | Pamphlet | |
| The "Laws" of Kansas. Speech of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana. | 21 June 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Learning is wealth. Wilson... [carte de visite promoting education of freedmen] | 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| "Leendert Conyn & Kiliaen Winne's oath about the Examination. . . | 2 February 1715 | The Livingston Family Papers [043] 1715 | Legal document | |
| A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey... for the deliverance of 4,000 persons from bondage | 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Pamphlet | |
| Legal document concerning the confiscation of James Wright's property with an opinion | 12 December 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Legal document | |
| Legal document concerning the confiscation of James Wright's property with an opinion by Lloyd Kenyon | 13 March 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Legal document | |
| Legal document giving authorization to sell a slave named Marshall | 7 February 1826 | Documents Relating to 1826 | Legal document | |
| Legal Document on confiscation of slaves | 28 March 1785 | Documents Relating to 1785 | Legal document | |
| Legal document transferring a slave woman's ownership | 5 February 1762 | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 | Legal document; Business and financial document | |
| Lemuel Strong Pomeroy to N. R. Chapman regarding his attempt to visit the latter | 27 June 1845 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Correspondence | |
| Letter about avoiding conscription ... | 21 August 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Letter books of Captain Joseph Foster Green of the USS Canandaigua | 18 August 1862-11 September 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Correspondence | |
| Letter form James Madison to David Lenox, regarding the relief and protection of U.S. seamen | 21 July 1801 | Documents Relating to 1801 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| Letter from Alex M. Clark, writing of how he was taken prisoner at Shiloh and later paroled | 7 March 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Brigadier General Augustus Edward Wild to an unknown recipient regarding post-bellum matters | 18 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| [Letter from Daniel Dickinson regarding slavery] | 18 March 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Frederick Douglass to Charles T. Congdon regarding reminiscences of Charles Sumner | 2 March 1880 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Letter from George Washington Carver to Charles White answering some questions | 26 November 1924 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from George Washington Carver to Mr. Hardwick on spiritual matters | 30 March 1924 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Correspondence | |
| A letter from the Hon. Gerrit Smith, to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, New York | 14 February 1873 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Correspondence | |
| Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt discussing the "pending revolution" and the neutrality of Kentucky | 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Pamphlet | |
| Letter from James Longstreet to Daniel H. Hill regarding pursuit of Union forces in Virginia | 6 May 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Mark Twain to Yale Law school regarding a black student | 24 December 1885 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| A letter from Peter Cooper to His Excellency Abraham Lincoln | 21 October 1862 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Letter from Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis regarding movement of troops | 12 April 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dr. Lyman Abbott regarding controversy over black appointments | 26 September 1904 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John G. Bourke regarding political campaigning | 9 February 1893 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Letter from Ulysses S. Grant to George Meade regarding military arrangements | 16 March 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from an unidentified soldier to his sister describing a prayer meeting, a visit to New Orleans and army life | 2-4 March 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from William T. Sherman to Henry W. Slocum regarding Reconstruction | 7 September 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Letter from William T. Sherman to Major General E. O. C. Ord about present and past conflicts | 31 October 1867 | Letters from William Tecumseh Sherman to Edward O. C. Ord | Correspondence | |
| Letter from William T. Sherman to Major General E. O. C. Ord regarding his difficult position in Arkansas | 12 March 1867 | Letters from William Tecumseh Sherman to Edward O. C. Ord | Correspondence | |
| Letter of 7th Indiana soldier regarding the Crater Affair and Us Colored Troops casualties | 1 August 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Letter of advice from Henry Knox to Catharine Littlefield Greene | 27 October 1789 | The Henry Knox Papers [0091] September-October 1789 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker | 19 June 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Pamphlet | |
| Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th day of March, 1862, in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta." | March 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet | |
| A letter of thanks to Senator Bruce to Blanche Kelso Bruce for an appointment in Washington D.C. | 27 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Letter reporting news of the war, predicting that the hardest battles will be fought in Virginia and mentioning taking up black men to fight | 23 April 1862 | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence | Correspondence | |
| Letter to Charles Sumner with Sumner's autograph endorsement signed | 14 December 1872 | Charles Sumner-related items | Correspondence | |
| Letter to Emily Collins from Frederick Douglass: offer of his home as accommodation while Collins attends a meeting of the American Woman Suffrage Association | 26 October 1879 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Letter to Gerrit Smith [incomplete] discussing the upcoming Friends of Liberty Convention | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Correspondence | |
| Letter to H.H. Rodgers | 15 June 1864 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| Letter to John Carlisle from Henry Knox, written and signed on his behalf by John Lillie, giving permission for John Carlisle to take his black servant with him, with a proviso | 1 September 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0064] 1-15 September 1783 | Military document | |
| Letter to their friend W. regarding their worry for him and opinion on slavery | 19 February 1864 | Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| A letter to Wm Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of Impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country ... | 1816 | Documents Relating to 1816 | Pamphlet | |
| Letter written by James Monroe about his business affairs and the profitability of his estate | 24 April 1821 | The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents | Correspondence | |
| Letter written by a slave dealer | 23 February 1833 | Documents Relating to 1833 | Correspondence | |
| Letterbook of U.S.S. Isonomia East Gulf squadron from Oct 12th 1864 to Dec. 24th 1864 and U.S.S. Mohican N. Pacific squadron from Aug. 14th 1866 to June 1st 1867 | 12 October 1864-1 June 1867 | Journals and log books of Edward Simpson Sr. and Edward Simpson Jr. | Diary | |
| Letters from a man of colour, on a late bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania | ca. 1813 | Documents Relating to 1813 | Pamphlet | |
| Letters from Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to James W. Hale, to Sarah W. Hale regarding several matters, including Sarah's visit | 3 July 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Letters on the equality of the sexes and the condition of woman | 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Book | |
| Levi Coffin to Jesse Stubbs regarding helping fugitive slaves escape (the Langford family) | 21 February 1858 | Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery | Correspondence | |
| Levi Taylor to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a debt | 03 February 1976 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Levi W. Norton to wife describing a visit to the Smithsonian Museum and to Alexandria | 27 April 1862 | Collection of Levi W. Norton | Correspondence | |
| Levi W. Norton to wife discussing looking after a prisoner and a calm battle | 6 September 1861 | Collection of Levi W. Norton | Correspondence | |
| Levi W. Norton to wife regarding the health of the regiment and describing his tent | 29 November 1861 | Collection of Levi W. Norton | Correspondence | |
| Levi W. Norton to wife regarding his appointment as chaplain, his health, and slaves he has seen | 11 August 1861 | Collection of Levi W. Norton | Correspondence | |
| Levin H. Iriving to William McBlair thanking the officers of the "Dale" for their help | 10 January 1855 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Lewis H West to Harriet Moore stating 'The men who vote in favor of slavery after the experience of the last few years, are only fit to be slaves themselves' [incomplete] | 22 October 1864 | Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina | Correspondence | |
| Lewis H West to Mary West reporting that he views himself as a radical abolitionist | 17 November 1864 | Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina | Correspondence | |
| Lewis H West to R. West describing what he discovered whilst surveying St Catherine's Bar | 5 September 1864 | Correspondence of 90 letters and documents with 3 maps on the blockade of Port Royal, South Carolina | Correspondence | |
| Lewis Tappan to Mary Ann Jackson encouraging her to find subscribers for the American Missionary Association | 13 January 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Correspondence; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Lewis Tappan to Theodore Sedgwick discussing a letter from Roger Sherman Baldwin | 3 September 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Correspondence | |
| Liberated slaves following Sherman's Army: "With Massa Sherman" [pen and ink drawing] | ca. 1864-1889 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Artwork | |
| Liberator Extra issue | 19 August 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Liberator Vol. 29 no. 49 (December 9, 1859) | 9 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Liberator Vol. 29, no. 50 (December 16, 1859) | 16 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 15, no. 38, whole no. 766 (September 19, 1845)] | 19 September 1845 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 16, no. 8, whole no. 789 (February 20, 1846)] | 20 February 1846 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 32, no. 39 (September 26, 1862)] | 26 September 1862 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 23 (June 7, 1839)] | 7 June 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 25 (June 21, 1839)] | 21 June 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 26 (June 28, 1839)] | 28 June 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 28 (July 12, 1839)] | 12 July 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 30 (July 26, 1839)] | 26 July 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 33 (August 16, 1839)] | 16 August 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 13, 1839)] | 13 September 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 38 (September 20, 1839)] | 20 September 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 44 (November 1, 1839)] | 1 November 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 45 (November 8, 1839)] | 8 November 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 48 (November 29, 1839)] | 29 November 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. 9, no. 6 (February 8, 1839)] | 8 February 1839 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberator. [Vol. V, no. 42 (October 17, 1835)] | 17 October 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Liberty Almanac for 1847 | 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Pamphlet | |
| Liberty Langford to Craig Langford extending the deadline to raise the money | 30 November 1857 | Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery | Correspondence | |
| Liberty Langford to Craig Langford negotiating sale of family to former slave | 14 July 1857 | Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery | Correspondence | |
| Liberty Langford to Craig Langford regarding the Kentucky master negotiating sale of family to former slave | 24 June 1857 | Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery | Correspondence | |
| Life and labor in the old south | 1929 | Documents Relating to the 1920s | Book | |
| Life and military achievements of Tousant Loverture | 1804 | Documents Relating to 1804 | Pamphlet | |
| The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey | 1892 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Book | |
| The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities and beauties of despotism are fully set forth | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Pamphlet | |
| Lincoln's funeral horse "Old Bob" | ca. April 1865 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Linton S. Ingrahm writes to his former master, Alexander Hamilton Stephens | 5 November 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| List of deceased soldiers for New York State Soldiers' Depot | 20 May 1863 - 1 April 1866 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Military document | |
| List of Expenses | ca. 1870-1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| List of field Staff and Line Officers of Fourth Regiment U.S. : Colored Troops | n.d. | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Military document | |
| List of forces and commanders involved in operations against Mobile, Alabama | March - April 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Pamphlet | |
| List of furniture that was in Senator Bruce's rooms | 25 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| List of monies, turned over to Capt. T. A. Walker, Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, on account of the Freedmen's Department. | 10 February 1865 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| List of names and amounts. Possibly a list of money owed to Blanche Kelso Bruce | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | ||
| List of names, possibly related to an anti-slavery society | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany | |
| List of orders for a printed Congressional speech | ca. 30 May 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Government document | |
| List of Quartermaster's stores used at Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of T. A. Walker | October 1863 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| List of salaries for the War Department | 30 September 1791 | The Henry Knox Papers [0102] September-October 1791 | Military document | |
| List of slave names and values | n.d. | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| List of slave names and values | 1824 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| List of tasks or things to do | 11 February - 19 April 1832 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| A list of the Vessels appropriated to the American Army, loaded with Ordnance and Stores | September 1781 | The Henry Knox Papers [0033] September 1781 | Military document | |
| List of wood cutters employed on President's Island during September 1864 | 20 October 1864 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| List of Woodson Johnson's taxable property | 21 June 1854 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Lithograph of Frederick Douglass | ca. 1872-1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Artwork | |
| The Local News. [no volume or number information (November 6, 1861)] | 6 November 1861 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Lorenzo Thomas informing R.L. Wilson that the President has appointed him First Lieutenant | 21 November 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| The lost cause; a new southern history of the war of the confederates | 1866 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Book | |
| Loty Van Valkenburgh to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh regarding loneliness and homesickness | 12 November 1848 | Letters and photographs of the Van Valkenburgh family of New York | Correspondence | |
| Louis Brooks to Nelson Rifenburgh likening African Americans to baboons and insisting that he would not have enlisted if he thought the war was being fought for them | 2 January 1863 | Collection of Peter E. Rifenburgh and Louis Brooks | Correspondence | |
| Louis de Tousard to Henry Knox on an escape from a terrible appointment | 26 April 1802 | The Henry Knox Papers [0149] January-June 1802 | Correspondence | |
| Louisville courier--extra. [no volume or number information (August 3, 1861)] | 3 August 1861 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Lovejoy, Owen (1811-1864): In civilian suit, vignette bust portrait | ca. 1861-1865 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| The loyalty & devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 | 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Pamphlet | |
| Lucy Flucker to Henry Knox about her family, servants and social life | 18 July 1776 | The Henry Knox Papers [0014] July-August 1776 | Correspondence | |
| Luke F. Parsons to J. E. Boos discussing John Brown | 26 March 1911 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Correspondence | |
| Luke Lyman to his parents informing them that they are well and have moved to Marion Country, Kentucky | 8 December 1861 | Lyman family letters | Correspondence | |
| "Luther's Hymn" | 12 March 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Miscellany | |
| Lynchburg Virginian. [October 20, 1864] | 20 October 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents and sister describing a raid on the house of a suspected secessionist | 1 January 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents and sister mentioning slaves who pledge their support to the Union | 5 October 1862 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, brother-in-law and sister discussing his opinion of negroes and emancipation | 26 July 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on food, the march to Savannah and the presence of slaves | 18 December 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on an illness, food and the journey from Savannah to South Carolina | 22 January 1865 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law commenting on politics and complaining about Copperheads | 14 September 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law discussing a cooking rota, a prisoner exchange and wives who visit their sick husbands in camp | 16 December 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law discussing desertion, runaway slaves and exhausting marches | 4 February 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law discussing rumors of troop movements | 30 April 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law explaining that he has never regretted joining the army and discussing his plans for the future | 11 April 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law expressing his continued support for Abraham Lincoln and his hope that the North will unite to end the "rebellion" | 7 June 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law mentioning the hanging of an elderly African-American man who was caught aiding rebels | 6 June 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law reporting the capture of Savannah, where they found abandoned supplies and slaves | 23 December 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law sending army news and suggestions for the family farm | 18 April 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his parents, sister and brother-in-law sharing his thoughts about slavery and southern cities upon visiting Atlanta | 2 November 1864 - 3 November 1864 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his sister and family mentioning that men are nonchalant about the latest smallpox outbreak | 11 December 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| Lysander Wheeler to his sister Martha about brotherhood between soldiers and cases of rebel sabotage | 17 April 1863 | Collection of Lysander Wheeler | Correspondence | |
| M Baldwin to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Rhode's case | 8 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M Chamberlain to R.C. Bruce with some pamphlets | 22 June 1896 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M Hester to John Hill regarding writing a recommendation for Hester's wife Connie and forwarding it to Senator Bruce | 9 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M. Brutt to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the discharge papers of a soldier in the Mexican War | 1 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M. Hawkesworth to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing an apprenticeship | 8 June 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M. Kretchman to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Joshua W. Ward for postmaster in Greenville | 20 November 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M. Libby to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Harry Holmes for special agent | 18 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M. Nugent to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding legal fees for the Harney bond suit | 2 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.B Sullivan to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting his signature on two tax receipts | 26 October 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.B. Shepherd to John Winn discussing politics, including calls for the abolition of slavery | 29 September 1846 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| M.C. Bauton to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding receipt of the Congressional Record | 17 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.D. Leonard to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for helping his friend gain a position | 20 June 1899 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.E. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking the Senator for support in being re-appointed to her job | 6 June 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.H.S. Green to P.J. regarding appointing Mr. Wall to the position of Post Master on a temporary basis | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | ||
| M.J. Best to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting compensation | 9 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.S. Baldwin to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the purchase of a copper mine | 4 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| M.S. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an appointment for her sister | 24 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Magnolia weekly. [Vol. 2, no. 18 (January 30, 1864)] | 30 January 1864 | Editions of Magnolia Weekly | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Maine newspaper with full page announcement the pro-emancipation "State Liberty Convention" on 3-4 July 1845 | June 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Maintain plighted faith: speech of Hon. S. P. Chase, of Ohio, in the Senate, February 3, 1854, against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery North of 36 30' | 30 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| "The man is not bought!" | May-June 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Broadside | |
| Manumission of Charlotte Robinson | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Government document | |
| Manumission of a mulatto slave named Benjamin Harkimon (or Harkinson) | 13 April 1813 | Documents Relating to 1813 | Legal document | |
| Manumission of mulatto slave, Robert Cowley, from the estate of Peter Randolph | 21 December 1785 | Documents Relating to 1785 | Business and financial document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Beckey | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Jacob | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Maria | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Phoebe | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Reeves | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Manumission of a slave named Robin | 19 July 1808 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Marie Dorsey to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for the photograph he sent to Marie Dorsey | 16 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette to Henry Knox about William Knox's health, military matters and the purchase of a plantation | 12 June 1785 | The Henry Knox Papers [0075] May-August 1785 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to unknown regarding news from La Grange [in French] | 14 February 1826 | Documents Relating to 1826 | Correspondence | |
| Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, to unknown discussing lands he was granted in the Louisiana territory [in French] | ca. 1 May 1805 | Documents Relating to 1805 | Correspondence; Land transaction document | |
| The Marquis de Lafayette to Mr. Bayley regarding his plan to liberate his slaves, colonization and personal matters | 15 April 1829 | Documents Relating to 1829 | Correspondence | |
| The Marquis de Teissedre de Fleury to Henry Knox about matters relating to the siege of Yorktown | 22 October 1781 | The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Martha Valentine to Blanche Kelso Bruce answering a question regarding somebodies name | 18 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Martha Valentine to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding the confiscation of her estate | 22 March 1846 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Martha Washington to Mrs. Mary S. Lear regarding Tobias Lear's health and the health of individuals at the Mount Vernon estate | 11 November 1800 | Tobias Lear papers | Correspondence | |
| Martin Van Buren to Alonzo Christopher Paige discussing slavery | 21 February 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Correspondence | |
| Martin Van Buren to Cornelius Miller regarding upcoming elections in New York state | 12 March 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Correspondence | |
| Martyrdom of John Brown | 2 December 1859 | John Brown letter and broadside | Broadside | |
| Mary Y. Prentiss to Abba describing Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration | 8 March 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Marylanders crossing the Potomac to join the Southern Army | ca. 1880-1890 | Confederate war etchings | Artwork | |
| Massachusetts Congress "House No. 41" [slave case] | February 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Pamphlet | |
| Massachusetts regimental orderly book | 16 July 1761 - 21 July 1775 | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 | Military document | |
| Mat Sullivan to Blanche Kelso Bruce suggesting that he should recommend General Clark as Chancellor | 28 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Matthew Wood to Sarah Wood describing the situation of refugees (including African Americans) in the camp | 27 May 1864 | Collection of Matthew Wood, C company, 9th regiment, Ohio, Cavalry | Correspondence | |
| Medal of Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation | 1871 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Object | |
| Memo hiring negroes from the Thomas Winn estate | ca. 1837 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Memoir of Benjamin Banneker read before the Maryland Historical Society, at the monthly meeting, May 1, 1845 | 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Pamphlet | |
| Memorandum book of Paul Jones Semmes | 26 June - 2 August 1852 | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry | Diary; Business and financial document; Land transaction document | |
| Memorial of the general assembly of Missouri, requesting that efforts be made by negotiation with the British government, to procure the restoration of fugitive slaves | 16 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Government document | |
| Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856 | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Memorial of the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights' League, to the Legislature of Pennsylvania | 20 January 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Memorial of the society of the District of Columbia for the colonization and civilization of Africa | 22 March 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slave trade | 27 May 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Pamphlet | |
| A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union | 1819 | Documents Relating to 1819 | Pamphlet | |
| Men and Women's Emancipation petitions | ca. 1863 | Charles Sumner-related items | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery. | 6 March 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message from the President of the United States | 25 July 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Message from the President of the United States ... relating to the occupation of Amelia Island | 26 March 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Message from the President of the United States and correspondence related to Africans taken in the Amistad [in English and Spanish] | 15 April 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message from the President of the United States, to both houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the fifteenth Congress | 2 December 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Message from the President of the United States, to both houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress | 7 December 1824 | Documents Relating to 1824 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate… [in English and Spanish] | 12 February 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message from the President of the United States... | 20 January 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message of the Governor of Ohio, to the fifty-second general assembly, at the adjorned session, commencing January 5, 1857 | 5 January 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message of the President of the United States regarding Kansas | 23 December 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet | |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a State, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that Territory | 2 February 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in regard to the seizure of the American barque Panchita on the coast of Africa | May 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the recent search or seizure of American vessels by foreign armed cruisers in the Gulf of Mexico | May 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the U.S. and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade. | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America | 7 November 1864 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Government document | |
| Message regarding governmental liability for the value of slaves who escaped while impressed | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Micajah Crew on slavery and Quakers | 20 May 1802 | Documents Relating to 1802 | Correspondence | |
| Michael M. Miller to Lile Miller regarding politics and the treatment of soldiers | 26 January 1863 | Collection of letters from Michael M. Miller, K company, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves | Correspondence | |
| Michael M. Miller to Lile Miller regarding the 'stain' of secessionist thoughts and his admiration for Abraham Lincoln | 20 February 1862 | Collection of letters from Michael M. Miller, K company, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves | Correspondence | |
| Michael M. Miller to Lile Miller regarding the treatment of the soldiers by Capt. McPherson and their unhappiness | 11 August 1861 | Collection of letters from Michael M. Miller, K company, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves | Correspondence | |
| Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants | 18 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Military document | |
| Millard Fillmore to Henry A. Davis regarding an anti slavery speech | 27 April 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Milledge L. Bonham to Francis W. Pickens, regarding the occupation of Annapolis | 25 April 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence | |
| Milledge L. Bonham to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard discussing the unwillingness of plantation owners to send their slaves to the coast | 24 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Milledge L. Bonham to James A. Seddon about the trial of slaves captured on James and Morris Island | 4 October 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Milton Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce recounting the election of a bishop to a local church in Mississippi | ca. 17 May 1870-1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Milton Turner to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a time when he can call on the Senator | March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Minstrel Boy | ca.1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Miscellany | |
| Minutes of an Anti-Slavery Society meeting, related to the formation of the Liberty Party | ca. 1840-1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Minutes Of The Proceedings Of A Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States... | 1794 | Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia, on the seventh day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and continued, by adjournments, until the fourteenth day of the same month, inclusive | 1795 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Pamphlet | |
| Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States... | 1795 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Pamphlet | |
| Minutes of the proceedings of the third convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. | 1796 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Pamphlet | |
| Minutes of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery... | 13 January 1812 | Documents Relating to 1812 | Non-governmental organization document; Pamphlet | |
| Mirror of Events 1861-62-63-64 | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Broadside | |
| Miss Kriger to Blanche Kelso Bruce sending her compliments | 1 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Miss Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce with he compliments | 1 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mississippi cotton plantation diary and journal | ca. 1850-1855 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Diary | |
| Modern "Democracy," the ally of slavery. Speech of Hon. M. W. Tappan of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, July 29, 1856 | 29 July 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Money Order Note for Caesar Lloyd | 20 January 1799 | The Henry Knox Papers [0139] January-April 1799 | Business and financial document | |
| Montage of lawmakers who voted "aye" for the Thirteenth Amendment | ca. 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Photograph | |
| Montgomery Blair to Francis S. Corkran concerning an article and speech on slavery | 14-17 April 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Monthly field return of Company B, 11th Regiment United States Colored Troops | 31 March 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage | 31 December 1863 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Morris Weiner to Sylvia Weiner | 09 February 1949 | The Weiner Collection | Correspondence | |
| Morton Eulogy List | ca.1870-1890 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Moses Dickson to Blanche Kelso Bruce for his opinion on what needs to be done to keep African American support for the Republican Party | 8 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States | 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| Mr. Upham's speech on the extension of slavery: together with the ordinance of 1787 | 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Pamphlet | |
| Mr. Webster's speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and the speech on the Oregon Bill, delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848. | 12 August 1848 - 1 September 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Mrs. Benham to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his support | 24 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs. Burritt's defense of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830 | ca. 1830 | Christian discipline, and anti-slavery broadsides | Broadside | |
| Mrs. S.P. Vashon to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he stop by her residence | 20 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking to be reinstated in the treasury | 8 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the death of her sister | 10 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding him getting her reinstated at the treasury | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs. Tilley to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help for he sister Queenie | 21 May 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Mrs., Vashon to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a member of congress willing to call in reference t her application | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Munroe Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a loan of 100 dollars | 21 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Muster out roll for Charles A. Clark, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 12 July 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for Clarke H. Remick, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 17 June 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for Gardner A. Kimball, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 12 July 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for George H. Greene, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 21 September 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for Henry Krebs, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 21 September 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for Holland H. Batcheller, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 26 September 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster out roll for Robert Creighton, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 21 September 1865 | Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers | Military document | |
| Muster Roll for the 10 Companies of the 34th Regt of Foot in the Service of the United Colonies 1775 | ca. 23 April 1775 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Military document | |
| Muster roll for Troop G, 10th Cavalry | 30 June 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Military document | |
| Muster roll, Company E, 24th Regiment | 30 April 1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Military document | |
| Muster Roll, Company G, 9th Cavalry | 31 August 1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Military document | |
| My life in the south | 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Pamphlet | |
| N. Geo. Lamphere to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a list of employees in the Treasury Dept | 10 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N. Slinky to Blanche Kelso Bruce with thanks | 31 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.A. Hill to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he support appointment of Judge J.L Arnold | 10 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.A. Smiley to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 10 June 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Feneer to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the end of a probationary appointment | 13 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Feneer to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the upcoming election | 21 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Freed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the mail service | 7 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding being considered for a position | 28 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the distribution of seeds | 18 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding employee numbers in the Railway Mail service | 30 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting he consider his reappointment | 19 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a place for Chris T. Brown | 28 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.D. Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that Senator Bruce send him a variety of garden seeds | 24 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.H. Truheart to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding C. Allenburg and the job of Post Master at Lexington | 29 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| N.H. Yeandle to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting an appointment as Railway Postal Clerk or Route Agent | 27 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| NAACP 1931 22nd annual report: a year's work for justice to the Negro | 01 January 1932 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| NAACP 30th annual report for 1939 | 22 April 1905 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| Names for Males | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Miscellany | |
| Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson | 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Pamphlet | |
| A narrative of Soujourner Truth; a bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century... | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Book | |
| Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America | 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Pamphlet | |
| Nashville daily union. [Vol. 1, no. 226 (January 2, 1863)] | 2 January 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Nathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox regarding congressional bills about Indians and African Americans | 17 April 1790 | The Henry Knox Papers [0095] April-June 1790 | Correspondence | |
| Nathaniel Lyon to unknown discussing tension in Kansas | 9 October 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Nathaniel Prentiss Banks to George F. Hoar regarding supporting an African American for a position in the Navy | 9 September 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 18, whole no. 486 (September 27, 1849)] | 27 September 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 20, whole no. 488 (October 11, 1849)] | 11 October 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 23, whole no. 491 (November 1, 1849)] | 1 November 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 24, whole no. 492 (November 8, 1849)] | 8 November 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 25, whole no. 493 (November 15, 1849)] | 15 November 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 26, whole no. 494 (November 22, 1849)] | 22 November 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 29, whole no. 497 (December 13, 1849)] | 13 December 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 31, whole no. 499 (December 27, 1849)] | 27 December 1849 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 35, whole no. 503 (January 24, 1850)] | 24 January 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 40, whole no. 508 (February 28, 1850)] | 28 February 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 41, whole no. 509 (March 7, 1850)] | 7 March 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 43, whole no. 511 (March 21, 1850)] | 21 March 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 46, whole no. 514 (April 11, 1850)] | 11 April 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 48, whole no. 516 (April 25, 1850)] | 25 April 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 50, whole no. 518 (May 9, 1850)] | 9 May 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 51, whole no. 519 (May 16, 1850)] | 16 May 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 52, whole no. 520 (May 23, 1850)] | 23 May 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 12, whole no. 532 (August 15, 1850)] | 15 August 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 14, whole no. 534 (August 29, 1850)] | 29 August 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 15, whole no. 535 (September 5, 1850)] | 5 September 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)] | 12 September 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 18, whole no. 538 (September 26, 1850)] | 26 September 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 22, whole no. 542 (October 24, 1850)] | 24 October 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 24, whole no. 544 (November 7, 1850)] | 7 November 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 28, whole no. 548 (December 5, 1850)] | 5 December 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 29, whole no. 549 (December 12, 1850)] | 12 December 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 34, whole no. 554 (January 16, 1851)] | 16 January 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 35, whole no. 555 (January 23, 1851)] | 23 January 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 39, whole no. 559 (February 20, 1851)] | 20 February 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 42, whole no. 562 (March 13, 1851)] | 13 March 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 44, whole no. 564 (March 27, 1851)] | 27 March 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)] | 3 April 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 47, whole no. 567 (April 17, 1851)] | 17 April 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 7, whole no. 527 (July 11, 1850)] | 11 July 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 8, whole no. 528 (July 18, 1850)] | 18 July 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 9, whole no. 529 (July 25, 1850)] | 25 July 1850 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 12, no. 4, whole no. 576 (June 19, 1851)] | 19 June 1851 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 22, no. 9, whole no. 1,101 (July 13, 1861)] | 13 July 1861 | Collection of abolitionist newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Gazette & Literary Register. [Vol 12, no. 1639 (September 3, 1831)] | 3 September 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| National Intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849) | 25 January 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865 | 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Neal Dow to C. C. Leigh regarding finding a servant girl and the Civil War | 26 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner... | 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner... | 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Needs and progress of the Negro | 25 October 1915 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Pamphlet | |
| The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared | 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Book | |
| Negro Scientist Shows "Way Out" for Southern Farmers. A Story of George Washington Carver of Tuskegee | 22 December 1929 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Pamphlet | |
| Neil Brown to a cousin about abolitionists and free blacks | 16 November 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Correspondence | |
| Nelson Allyn to Joseph Allyn describing events following Nat Turner's rebellion | 25 September 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Correspondence | |
| Nelson Harrison to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding agricultural reports | 8 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nelson Paschal Smith to Henry Knox about a missing servant | 27 June 1782 | The Henry Knox Papers [0043] June 1782 | Correspondence | |
| Nelson Pierce to his friends, regarding the camp, weather and the regiment's movements | n.d. | Lyman family letters | Correspondence | |
| New England Chronicle: or the Essex Gazette | 6 July 1775 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The New Haven memorial to the President, protesting against the use of the United-States army to enforce the bogus laws of Kansas; The Answer of President Buchanan; and The Reply of the Memorialists | ca. August 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| The New Orleans riot. Its official history. | 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| The New South. [Vol.1, no. 52 (September 5, 1863)] | 5 September 1863 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New York Colonization Society certificate of membership for Alexander Fraser | 26 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| New York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6067 (October 4, 1860)] | 4 October 1860 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The New York Herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)] | 15 September 1861 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New York Quakers Circular | 7 February 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)] | 9 November 1860 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New York Times and Commercial Intelligencer Vol. 3, no. 472 | 20 September 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New York Times Vol. IX, no. 2541 | 11 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New York Tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)] | 29 June 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 18, no. 5507 (December 15, 1858)] | 15 December 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)] | 3 January 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)] | 3 January 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York Daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV no. 7191 (April 26, 1864)] | 26 April 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)] | 23 September 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The New-York Times. [Vol. 13, no. 3931 (April 29, 1864)] | 29 April 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6666 (August 15, 1862)] | 15 August 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York Weekly Journal Vol. 932, no. 19 | 11 March 1733 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| New-York Weekly Tribune [Vol. 17, no. 877 (July 3, 1858)] | 3 July 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Newman Hall to W.R. Cremer commenting on a possible war and his view that the Civil War was justifiable | ca. 1869-1872 | Documents Spanning Decades | Correspondence | |
| News by Telegraph, reporting on McClellan's battles in the Peninsular Campaign, amongst other news | July 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Broadside | |
| News by Telegraph, reporting the Seven Days Battles | July 1862 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Broadside | |
| Newton J Baker to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding returning to Washington after the summer | 13 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nicholas A. Dederer to Peter B. Rathbone, discussing how the sugar season is coming to an end | 17 November 1863 | Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Nicholas A. Dederer to Peter B. Rathbone, listing his duties, including distributing clothing to contrabands | 20 February 1863 | Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Nicholas A. Dederer to Peter B. Rathbone, written on board Transport Thames | ca. 23 November 1862 | Collection of Nicholas A. Dederer, E company, 114th regiment, New York, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Nicholas Hoffman to Henry Knox with draft for Abraham Wilson | 22 September 1794 | The Henry Knox Papers [0123] July-September 1794 | Correspondence | |
| Niles' Weekly Register Vol. 2, no. 14-15 | 5-12 June 1824 | Documents Relating to 1824 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Niles Weekly Register Vol. VII no. 22 | 28 January 1815 | Documents Relating to 1815 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill. | 6 April 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Nojoque; a question for a continent | 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories | 15-16 May 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Norborne Boteourt re: authorizing justices in Charlotte Co. to execute slaves for capital offenses | 2 May 1770 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Normal's 22nd Commencement of the Agricultural and Mechanical College | May 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| North Carolina Presbyterian. [Vol. 6, no. 40 (October 3, 1863)] | 3 October 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| North Carolina Times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)] | 29 June 1864 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| North Star [Vol. 1, no. 13 (March 24, 1848)] | 24 March 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| North Star Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 14, 1848) | 14 April 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| A note about the purchase of a blade | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note about a weapon | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note discussing the event where the defendant was captured | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note explaining the use of reasonable doubt | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Note from Charles Sumner to Henry E. Rees on the necessity to stop slavery | 20 December 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Correspondence | |
| Note naming price for a slave girl | 18 October 1852 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| A note referring to the jury | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note referring to the jury | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note regarding a runaway slave | ca. 1858-1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| A note regarding runaway slaves | ca. 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Note to say Henry's Knox's wagon was left in the care of John Setter | 26 May 1782 | The Henry Knox Papers [0042] May 1782 | Miscellany | |
| Note written by Henry Knox certifying Romeo Smith's status as a freeman | 9 January 1784 | The Henry Knox Papers [0071] January-March 1784 | Military document | |
| Notes on division in President Lincoln's cabinet over the issue of emancipation | 1873-1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Book; Miscellany | |
| Notes on the State of Virginia (George Washington's copy) | 12 November 1794 | Documents Relating to 1794 | Book | |
| Notes on the state of Virginia. Written by Thomas Jefferson | 1787 | Documents Relating to 1787 | Book | |
| Notes on witness statements in the Amistad case, made by Holabird, United States District Attorney for Connecticut | January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Notes pertaining to anti-slavery | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany | |
| Notice for the enlistment and impressment of slaves into military service | 31 January 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Corporal Frank Sewell, Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 14 February 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Private Aaron Scott, Company F, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 6 January 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Private Frank Lloyd, Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 7 January 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Private Henry Mitchell, Company F, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 18 February 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Private Stephen Bailey, Company C, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 25 January 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Sergeant Judson Matthews, Company G, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 14 February 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice of transportation furnished for Sergeant Peter Knock, Company A, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 31 January 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Military document | |
| Notice regarding runaway servants | 27 September 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Broadside | |
| Nugent Mc Willie to Blanche Kelso Bruce with thanks for him covering asst. Treasurer for four dollars | 16 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nugent McClerdie to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a legal case | 21 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nugent to Blanche Kelso Bruce in acknowledgement of payment to Nugent and McWillie by Senator Bruce in regards to a legal matter | 29 August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nugent to Blanche Kelso Bruce to acknowledge the payment of $200 | 17 August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Nugent to Blanche Kelso Bruce with an outline of a bill for legal action taken on his behalf | ca.August 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Number of church members who hold slaves in the United States | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany | |
| Oath of allegiance | 7 August 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| Observations composed in journal form by soldier, 47th Ohio volunteer Infantry. | 1 May 1863 - 30 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Office of Board of Claims for slaves enlisted in U. S. service | 20 September 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Office of the Public Printer regarding the hard work of the employees of the Government Printing Office | 18 June 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Officers & Crew, U.S. ship Dale | 11 May 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Official Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations patent to freedman Morris Clark | 4 June 1907 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Government document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 25 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 27 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 25 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Official document citing goods on board the Amistad [In Spanish] | 26 June 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Business and financial document | |
| Oliver Edwards to Eunice Lombard Edwards regarding the need for young men to fight and his stance on the abolition of slavery | 13 January 1863 | Collection of letters from Oliver Edwards, field and staff, 37th regiment, Massachusetts infantry, to his mother, Eunice Lombard Edwards | Correspondence | |
| Oliver Otis Howard to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. regarding a celebration for the emancipation of Rome | 28 December 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| Oliver Wolcott to Andrew Adams regarding a letter to Jacob Bogardus | October 1779 | Documents Relating to 1779 | Correspondence | |
| One Hundred Dollars Reward. Shall extension of slavery be prohibited? [election] | 25 October 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Broadside | |
| The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 20 (October 15, 1864)] | 15 October 1864 | Collection of Confederate wallpaper newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Open Letter to Frederick Douglass re: treatment of black cadets at West Point | 27 June 1874 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Broadside | |
| Opinion of Attorney General Bates on citizenship | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Opinion of Chief Justice Moses... Negro Bond Case | 1871 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Pamphlet | |
| The opinion of Justice Peter V. Daniel of the United States Supreme Court in the famous Dred Scott case | 7 March 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Legal document | |
| The opinions of Abraham Lincoln, upon slavery and its issues | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Pamphlet | |
| An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837 | 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet | |
| Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester | 5 July 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Pamphlet | |
| Order of picket guard | ca. 1863 | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland | Military document | |
| Order to search for A kidnapped slave | 3 December 1722 | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Ordering the appraisal of slaves | 26 July 1802 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Ordering the appraisal of slaves | 28 April 1800 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Orders for transport of the Amistad captives | 7 January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Orders for U.S. Colored Troops in the campaign on Cole, Battery, and James Islands | 9 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| Orders regarding the 100th United States Colored Infantry's observance of Abraham Lincoln's funeral | 19 April 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Military document | |
| Orders to Lieutenant John Pratt | 16 April 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Military document | |
| Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va. | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Original painted photograph of Abolitionist, John Brown, inscribed by Brown to his children | 18 June 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Photograph | |
| Osborn T Taylor to unknown with a wedding invitation | 15 December 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Oscar Lee to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking if he could help him secure a position in Washington | 26 November 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne | 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Book | |
| Our Protection, Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans. | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| P Bailey to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a reminder of his promise to try to have his son transferred | 19 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P. J. Roe to Sarah Whiteman reporting the death of four soldiers from the measles | 14 February 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| P.B. Stark to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting copies of his speeches | 7 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him his opinion of on that the future holds for the state of Mississippi | 29 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a petition that was sent to Washington to remove Pease the Post Master of Vicksburg from his office | Hall, P.C. (fl. 1876-1878) | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a Clerkship | 16 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of the report of the Indian Affairs for 1875 | 7 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting he send him public announcements of a political nature for review in Mississippi | 31 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a loan of $200 | 30 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a ninety day loan | 20 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.N. Hodge to Blanche Kelso Bruce waiting for a bank draft | 5 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| P.S. Bomman to Blanche Kelso Bruce applying to be a census taker | 12 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Page of notes, probably for a speech: "Cast down your bucket where you are..." | ca. 1895 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Miscellany | |
| The Palmetto Herald. [Vol. 1, no. 3 (March 17, 1864)] | 17 March 1864 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Papers on the slave power, first published in the "Boston Whig" | 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Book | |
| Papers related to the Garrison mob | 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Pamphlet | |
| Paperwork for the case of Richard Cromwell v. John Shotts | ca. 1802 | Documents Relating to 1802 | Legal document | |
| Pardon of Charles Green, slave of Ann Seddon, Stafford County, Virginia | 24 July 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Legal document; Government document | |
| Pardon of John Arthur Bowen for felony | 27 June 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Legal document | |
| Pardon of John Miller | 28 March 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Government document; Legal document | |
| Pardon of Lucy Wheeler, "a negress," convicted of two counts of aggravated assault | 17 November 1854 | Collection of 6 documents relating to pardons | Legal document; Government document | |
| Pardon of Richard W. Davis for cruelly and inhumanly beating a Negro in Georgetown | 1 November 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Legal document | |
| Pardon of Robert Barnett by Abraham Lincoln | 25 March 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document; Government document | |
| Parker Pillsbury to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting in Lexington | 28 January 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Partial Will and Testament for Ransom Lee | 20 March 1871 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | |
| Paschal Smith to Henry Knox on the matter of his escaped slave | 28 August 1782 | The Henry Knox Papers [0045] August 1782 | Correspondence | |
| Paschal Smith to Henry Knox with news from Boston | 26 July 1782 | The Henry Knox Papers [0044] July 1782 | Correspondence | |
| Passage through Baltimore | ca. 1880-1890 | Confederate war etchings | Artwork | |
| Passport of George Rice indicating complexion as "Dark" | 16 June 1870 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Government document | |
| Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 934 (November 22, 1859)] | 22 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Paterson Daily Guardian Vol. VI, no. 905 | 19 October 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Patrick Henry to John J. Pettus about fears of a slave uprising in Rankin County | 5 August 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Patrick Kilroy to Sir | 23 September 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Patrick Noble to George R. Gilman, Governor of Georgia, regarding the crisis over fugitive slaves and Prigg vs. Pennsylvania | 4 September 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Correspondence | |
| Patrol for January 1856 | January 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Military document | |
| Pay and Muster roll with wages for former slaves | May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Pay request for Samson Cuff | 17 January 1784 | Documents Relating to 1784 | Military document | |
| Pay voucher of Martin Sterling | 15 January 1875 | Items relating to Buffalo Soldiers | Military document | |
| Pay voucher of Philip G. Gains | 11 September 1874 | Items relating to Buffalo Soldiers | Military document | |
| Pay warrant for African American soldier | 1 June 1782-1789 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Business and financial document; Military document | |
| Pay warrant to African American soldier | 1 June 1780-1789 | Revolutionary war pay warrants for African American soldiers | Business and financial document | |
| Pay warrant to African American soldier | 1 June 1780-1789 | Revolutionary war pay warrants for African American soldiers | Business and financial document | |
| Pay warrant to an African American soldier | 1 June 1780-1789 | Revolutionary war pay warrants for African American soldiers | Business and financial document | |
| Pay warrant to African American soldier | 1 June 1780-1789 | Revolutionary war pay warrants for African American soldiers | Business and financial document | |
| Pay warrant to African American soldier | 1 June 1780-1789 | Revolutionary war pay warrants for African American soldiers | Business and financial document | |
| Payment for slaves. Speech of Mr. J. R. Giddings, of Ohio, on the bill to pay the heirs of Antonio Pacheco for a slave sent west of the Mississippi with the Seminole Indians in 1838... | 28 December 1848 - 6 January 1849 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Payment from Thomas Flucker to Edward How | 9 May 1773 | The Henry Knox Papers [0006] January-May 1773 | Business and financial document | |
| The Pennsylvania Evening Post Vol. 1, no. 14 | 14 December 1775 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. [No. 1674 (January 4, 1774) - no. 1725 (December 27, 1775)] [with gaps] | 4 January 1774 - 27 December 1775 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Pennsylvania Magazine, or, American Monthly Museum | 1775-1776 | Documents Relating to 1776 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser | 29 April 1788 | Documents Relating to 1788 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Pennsylvania Packet | 12 September 1780 | Documents Relating to 1780 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser Vol. 3, no. 117 | 17 January 1774 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser No. 2763 | 13 December 1787 | Documents Relating to 1787 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The people's new ten commandments | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Broadside | |
| The people's press. [Vol. 14, no. 29 (November 17, 1864)] | 17 November 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Percy H. Stuart to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding aiding him in the matter of obtaining an appointment from the President | 8 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Peregrine Fitzhugh to Henry Knox asking for Knox's help due to his poor financial situation | 19 February 1793 | The Henry Knox Papers [0117] January-March 1793 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Permission for slaves to work for their own profit | 1 July 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Legal document | |
| Personal Liberty Bill | March 1859 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Government document | |
| Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl | 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Book | |
| Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and fours months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl | 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Book | |
| Peter Bailey to Blanche Kelso Bruce petitioning for Samuel D. Timble to be promoted to Clerkship in the treasury | 17 October 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Peter E. Rifenburgh to his brother and sister reporting that one thousand African American troops have been enlisted to protect Union levees | 17 April 1863 | Collection of Peter E. Rifenburgh and Louis Brooks | Correspondence | |
| Peter Moore to Charles Mettler discussing his time on a steamer, a smallpox epidemic among soldiers and his dedication to freeing the slaves | 17 February 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Peter Robert Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston re: further frustration with the DeLancey's | 20 April 1770 | The Livingston Family Papers [079] 1770 | Correspondence | |
| Petition for the emancipation of Fanny and Patsy Woodson | ca. 1824 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Legal document | |
| Petition from James Rickey to Henry Knox asking to set up a liquor store in his garrison | 4 September 1782 | The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Petition of Antonio Vela | ca. 1828 | Documents Relating to 1828 | Legal document | |
| Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice | May 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Legal document | |
| Petition of a free black to become a slave of W.C. Lewis | 4 October 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Legal document | |
| Petition of a free black woman to become a slave of Jefferson S. Nash | ca. 27 October 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Petition of freeman wrongly enslaved by Samuel P. Hargrove | 4 August 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Legal document | |
| Petition regarding slaves | 16 October 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Miscellany | |
| Petition to Appoint Captain Thomas J. Reid to a Position in the Post Office | 14 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Petition to Governor John White Geary | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study | 1899 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Book | |
| Philander Smith to Jedediah Smith regarding family matters and Aaron Burr's arrest | April 1807 | Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr | Correspondence | |
| Philip Livingston to Dirk van Veghten Junior. re: poor trade with Jamaica | 14 July 1735 | The Livingston Family Papers [061] 1730-1736 | Correspondence | |
| Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: request for a female slave | 3 May 1717 | The Livingston Family Papers [045] January-May 1717 | Correspondence | |
| Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: sending down a slave | 15 May 1745 | The Livingston Family Papers [066] 1743-1745 | Correspondence | |
| Philip Livingston to Robert Livingston re: slow trade and a shortage of money | 13 April 1713 | The Livingston Family Papers [039] January-April 1713 | Correspondence | |
| Photograph accompanying letter by John Kagi | ca. 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Artwork | |
| Photograph of William Lloyd Garrison | ca. 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Photograph | |
| A photographic montage of lawmakers who voted aye for the Thirteenth Amendment | 31 January 1865 [after] | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Photograph | |
| Photographic portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, signed | 30 June 1895 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Photograph | |
| Photographic portrait of Sojourner Truth | 1864 | Album of abolitionist cartes de visite | Photograph | |
| Pictures of slavery in church and state; including personal reminiscences, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. etc. with an appendix, containing the views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on slavery | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Book | |
| Pierce Butler to James Monroe [?] regarding the recovery of his slaves and request for claims from war | 23 June 1815 | Documents Relating to 1815 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| Pierre G. T. Beauregard to Governor Bonham replying to complaints about idle slaves | 29 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60. | 1861 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery | July 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Broadside | |
| Plantation Book | 1 January 1839 - 24 April 1858 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Book; Business and financial document | |
| Plea from Peter Kiteredge to the selectmen of Medfield | 26 April 1806 | Documents Relating to 1806 | Correspondence | |
| Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral | 1773 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Book | |
| Poetic tribute to Charles Sumner | 31 March 1875 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Miscellany | |
| A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian | 14 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Broadside | |
| Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Broadside | |
| Political correspondence between J.R. Yerger and Blanche Kelso Bruce | 13-Aug-83 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The political economy of slavery; or, the institution considered in regard to its influence on public wealth and the general welfare | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ... | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority | 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Popular Sovereignty in the Territories: Judge Douglas in Reply to Judge Black | October 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Portait of William L. Garrison | ca. 1861-1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Photograph | |
| Portia Pittman to Alice J. Cutright Kaine discussing family news and transmitting a stamp commemorating her father | 21 July 1940 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Correspondence | |
| Portia Pittman to Alice J. Cutright Kaine regarding a commemorative stamp of her father, Booker T. Washington | 14 April 1940 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Correspondence | |
| Portrait of Black soldier Private Co. I, 54th Mass. Infantry [ambrotype image] | ca. 1863 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Portrait of three Union officers in uniform | ca. 1861-1864 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Photograph | |
| A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery | 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Book | |
| Post-war plantation diary and journal of Mississippi cotton planter | 1865-1869 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Diary | |
| [Postcard with portrait of Frederick Douglass] | ca.1880-1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Photograph | |
| Poster advertising 'Great Sale of Land, Negroes, Corn & Other Property!' | 24 November 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Postscript to the Freeman's Journal | 21 September 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Broadside | |
| Powers and Hill Collections | ca. July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Preamble and resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society | 13 April 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Presence Flucker to Henry Knox about a negro belonging to Mr. Flucker | 4 November 1786 | The Henry Knox Papers [0078] September-December 1786 | Correspondence | |
| President Roosevelt and Booker Washington reviewing the 61 "Industry" floats . | 1905 | Stereoviews of Roosevelt as President and Rough Rider | Photograph | |
| Prices of imports from the West Indies | October 1725 | The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 | Business and financial document | |
| Print of Peter V. Daniel | n.d. | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Artwork | |
| Printed bill of sale for a slave named Joe | 31 December 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Business and financial document | |
| Printed bill of sale for a slave named John | 6 June 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Business and financial document | |
| Printed bill of sale for a slave named Lee | 29 December 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Business and financial document | |
| Printed bill of sale for a slave named Tom | 27 December 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Business and financial document | |
| Printed bill of sale for a slave named Washington | 30 December 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Business and financial document | |
| Printed biography mentioning the Langford story | ca. 1860 | Correspondence and documents related to the Langford family and their escape from slavery | Miscellany | |
| Printed circular letter from Wendell Philips to Charles T. Beach regarding anti-slavery | 23 October 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Printed fundraising document for the Amistad captives | September 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Non-governmental organization document | |
| Printed resolution from William Hendricks to John Andrew Shulze opposing an amendment to the United States Constitution | 3-5 February 1825 | Documents Relating to 1825 | Government document | |
| Private signals | 1857 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the city of New York... [Liberia] | 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Pamphlet | |
| Proceedings Of The Fourth Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… | 1797 | Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Providence | 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Proceedings Of The Second Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… | 1795 | Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Proceedings Of The Third Convention of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States… | 1796 | Minutes Of The Proceedings Of Conventions of Delegates From The Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Proceedings of the United States Senate on the Fugitive Slave Bill - the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia - and the imprisonment of free colored seamen in the Southern ports | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Proclamation establishing a provisional government in North Carolina | 12 June 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Program from the 24th annual conference of the NAACP | 22 June 1933-2 July 1933 | Documents related to the NAACP | Pamphlet | |
| The Progress of slavery in the United States | 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Book | |
| Promissory note from Oliver Brown | 3 February 1841 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Business and financial document | |
| Promissory note from Samuel Ware to the estate of George Garrett | 5 August 1809 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Proof of slave ownership | 29 March 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Prophetic Daniel Webster! | ca. 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Broadside | |
| Prospectus of "The North and South." | ca. 29 April 1858 | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The prosperity of the South dependent upon the elevation of the Negro | 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Book | |
| Protection of Freedmen: Actual Condition of the Rebel States. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts ... | 20 December 1865 | Collection relating to Charles Sumner | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Provision return for the Rhode Island Battalion | 1 October 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0066] 1-10 October 1783 | Military document | |
| Purchase of a slave named Kate and her three children by a manumitted slave | 30 November 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Business and financial document | |
| Q.A. Crenshaw to James Alexander Seddon regarding the employment of a free African American man | 14 March 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| The Quarterly Law Journal, vol IV, No 3, [163] - 202. | July 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Quarterly return of deceased soldiers, Company B, 11th Regiment, United States Colored Troops | 30 June 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Quarters of 10th Regt., U.S. colored troops, Va. | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Queen Victoria to the Duchess of Sutherland about 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', the death of Wellington, and other friends and family | 29 October 1852 | Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe | Correspondence | |
| Queries Respecting the Introduction, Progress and Abolition of Slavery in Massachusetts | 17 February 1795 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Broadside | |
| Quincy Adams Gilmore to Henry W. Halleck regarding improving the conditions of African-Americans in his department | 14 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ | 4 October 1892 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Miscellany | |
| Quotation of Charles Sumner on the struggle to end slavery | 18 May 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Miscellany | |
| R Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending r Mr. W.A. Slaughter for Post Master | 26 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting support for his application | 21 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R. F. Crowell business card | ca.1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Business and financial document | |
| R. Lee to Brother thanking him for the food package | 10 March 1869 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.A. Simmons to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a report of the commissioner of agriculture. | 31 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.C. Kerr to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his application for postal Clerk | 26 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.C. Porrus to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding removing Stallings as Postmaster | 27 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.E. Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for Bruce's support | 10 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.E. Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for his continued support | 27 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.E. Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for past favors | 26 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.H. Herberb to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Poland Water, his health, and asking that he consider a loan to him | 29 March 1885 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.H. Thorn to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 9 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.J. Temple to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a job in Washington and enquiring after people there | 4 April 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.L. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending J.R. Smith for Deputy Collector | 10 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.L. Powers to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he keep an eye on Power's nomination to the Senate, and if there is strong opposition to let him know | 6 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce concerning the possibility of Tindall being ousted from his position | 13 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce congratulating him on his marriage and expressing an interest in the Hong Kong consulate | 2 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Judge Hancock | 15 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a garment for the Senator's baby | 16 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the latest issue of Southern States | 16 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the Southern States Weekly | 13 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.M. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce reporting surveys in the West | 26 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| R.S. Lindall to Mrs. Bruce with a token of appreciation for all the favors the Senator has done for him | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The race problem, as it respects colored people and the Christian Church, in the light of the developments of the last year. | 27 December 1919 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Pamphlet | |
| Rail Mauler [nos. 2-11] Republican campaign newspaper | 13 July-14 September 1860 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson to Mr. Laighton about a memorial service | 20 August 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence | |
| Rawleigh B. Green to William Green regarding Texas land deals | 3 April 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Correspondence | |
| Rawley Johnson to father and family | 11 February 1853 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Correspondence | |
| Read and ponder the Fugitive Slave Law! | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Broadside | |
| Read and reflect! | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Reading the Emancipation Proclamation | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Artwork | |
| The Rear of the Column | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Rebecca, An emancipated slave from New Orleans [carte de visite] | 1863 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Receipt for $110 for the hire of slave Jim Smith | 22 December 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for $25 related to the manumission of Frederick Douglass | 12 December 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for 50 pounds | 22 August 1775 | Documents Relating to 1775 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for bail money paid | January 1851 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Bayleys Lymus | 14 April 1847 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for bill of exchange | 13 June 1795 | Documents Relating to 1795 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for boarding a slave in jail | 21 December 1837 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for charges incurred in shipment of Vannuy's body to Franklin, Ind. | 2 October 1864 | Collection of Samuel Watson Van Nuys, F company, 7th regiment, Indiana, infantry | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for corn | 18 May 1864 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for John Winn for payment of services related to slaves | ca. 1832 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for medical services performed on a slave | 4 November 1830 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Millie Bowers | 19 February 1872 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Receipt for payment for a slave named Eliza | 4 February 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for payment of wages | 17 November 1809 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the purchase of a shovel and spade | 31 May 1865 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for purchase of slave | 13 February 1854 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the purchase of a slave named David | 19 June 1853 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the purchase of a slave named John | 2 September 1857 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for purchase of slave named Ward | 2 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Rawley Johnson | 10 April 1857 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for receiving an estate of 635 pounds and a negro girl | 20 June 1765 | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the sale of a female slave | 14 June 1794 | Documents Relating to 1794 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the sale of a slave | 21 August 1807 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the sale of three slaves | 13 July 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for the sale of two slave girls | 1 January 1822 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for seventy five dollars and return of a slave | 2 November 1830 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for "slave shoes" | 8 October 1825 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for slave-catching services | 5 August 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for three slaves | 12 January 1831 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson | 15 June 1829 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson | 1 September 1834 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson | 21 October 1833 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson | 19 March 1840 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes | 17 August 1829 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt for Woodson Johnson's county, slave, land and horse taxes | 19 August 1833 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt from Samuel Adair | 21 August 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt of funds from the Freedmen Department | 17 October 1864 | Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt of money paid for a servant | 16 May 1780 | The Henry Knox Papers [0022] January-June 1780 | Military document | |
| Receipt of payment | 29 May 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Business and financial document; Military document | |
| Receipt of payment | 22 January 1784 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Military document | |
| Receipt of payment for one private servant | 27 February 1863 | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt of payment for one private servant | 27 February 1863 | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt of payment for a slave named Delia | 4 January 1858 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt of sale for a slave | 1 April 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt or part of a letter at one point | 30 May 1865 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Receipt regarding a slave named John | 1 October 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Military document | |
| Receipt to Brown & Tarbor | 8 January 1847 | Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war | Business and financial document | |
| Reconstruction era freedmen labor contract | 28 February 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877 | 1905 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Book | |
| Reconstruction leaflet denouncing the Freedman's Bureau and supporting Andrew Johnson | 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Record of money due to an African American for service in the Connecticut militia | 17 October 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Business and financial document; Military document | |
| Record of Woodson Johnson's account having been paid in full | n.d. | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Recruitment flyer encouraging the enlistment of black troops | 27 June 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Redeemed slave child baptized by Henry Ward Beecher [carte de visite] | 1863 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Regulations for the city of Franklin | 1 May 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Regulations for commissioning white officers for the Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry | 28 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Military document | |
| Regulations for the government of Negroes and plantations. | 3 February 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Pamphlet; Military document; Government document | |
| Relations of states. Speech of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 7th, 1860, on the resolutions submitted by him on 1st of March, 1860. | ca. 1860 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 | Pamphlet | |
| The "Reliable Contraband" | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860. | 1860 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Pamphlet | |
| Remarks of Henry B. Stanton in the Representatives Hall... on the subject of slavery | 23-24 February 1837 | Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives | Pamphlet | |
| Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision. Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857 | 12 June 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| Remarks of Mr. Clay of Kentucky, on introducing his propositions to compromise on the slavery question | 29 January 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr. Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations on the proposed removal of Edward G. Loring, Esq. from the Office of Judge of Probate | 5 March 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Pamphlet | |
| Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips Esq. | 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Book | |
| Remittitur of the forfeiture of the sloop Nun to master Winthrop S. Baker, whose ship was seized for importing slaves | 14 June 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Government document | |
| The rendition of Anthony Burns. Its causes and consequences. A discourse on Christian politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854 | 4 June 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| A reply to the "Bible View of Slavery, by J.H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont": criticizes the essay by Bishop Hopkins which condones slavery | 1863 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Report accompanying bill no. 23, regarding admission of Kansas to the Union | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| A report from John Winn to Richard H. Field in response to a complaint against John Winn and others | 5 January 1837 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| A report from Porter Cleveland and Frances Winn Cleveland to Richard H. Field in response to a complaint against John Winn and others | 2 September 1835 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Legal document | |
| Report of the arguments of counsel, in the case of Prudence Crandall, Plff. in error, Vs. State of Connecticut, before the Supreme Court of Errors, at their session at Brooklyn, July Term, 1834 | 1834 | Documents Relating to 1834 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of the committee on the judiciary. Relative to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and in relation to the colored population of this country. | 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of the committee on territories, on "A bill to authorize the people of the territory of Kansas to form a constitution and state government... | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to the introduction of slaves from Amelia Island | 10 January 1818 | Documents Relating to 1818 | Government document | |
| A report of the debates and proceedings of the convention of the state of New York; held at the capital, in the city of Albany, on the 28th Day of August, 1821 | November 1821 | Documents Relating to 1821 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester, A.D. 1839 | 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on the Harpers Ferry Outrages | 26 January 1860 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of the joint select committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states | 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Book | |
| Report of the minority of the Special Committee of Seven, to whom was referred so much of his late Excellency's message no. 1, as relates to slavery and the slave trade | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of prisoners confind on board U.S ship Dale | 5 July 1858 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Report of the select committee on slavery, the Dred Scott decision, and the action of the Federal Government thereon, submitted Thursday, Nov. 18, 1858 | 18 November 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Report of target practice on board the U.S.S. Dale | 31 August - 3 September 1858 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Report of target practice on board the U.S.S. "Dale" | 15 July 1857 - 12 January 1858 | William McBlair collection | Military document | |
| Report on the invasion at Harper's Ferry | 15 June 1860 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Government document; Book | |
| Report on the status of U. S. colored troops in the Department of the Cumberland | 10 October 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Report submitted by Senator Charles Sumner calling for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Pamphlet | |
| Reports of the Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief | 5 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Pamphlet; Military document | |
| Request for return of hired slaves | ca. December 1836 | Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia | Business and financial document | |
| A request for a writ de homine replegiando | 18 March 1799 | Documents Relating to 1799 | Legal document | |
| Resignation as the Director and President of the Freedom Manufacturing Company | ca. 1893 | Documents Relating to the 1890s | Correspondence | |
| Resolution calling the Baptist Church to officially oppose American slavery | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Resolution of a church refusing to receive slaveholders in the pulpit or communion | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Resolution of the legislature of Missouri, declaring, in their opinion, that Congress has no power to appropriate moneys to aid the American Colonization Society | 19 February 1829 | Documents Relating to 1829 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Resolution of the legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery | 19 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolution of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the extension of slavery | 19 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio | 23 March 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Resolution of the State of Maine, signed by Albion Keith Parris, sent to John Andrew Shulze | 26 February 1824 | Documents Relating to 1824 | Government document | |
| Resolution regarding accounting for slaves taken by British during war | 9 August 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Government document; Military document; Business and financial document | |
| Resolution regarding the licentious principles of slavery | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Resolutions endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation | 13 January 1863 | Confederate acts and resolutions | Military document | |
| Resolutions of the general assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the States to surrender fugitive slaves from justice | 21 January 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama responsive to those of South Carolina on the subject of controversy between the States of Maine and Georgia | 12 June 1841 | Documents Relating to 1841 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the Compromise measures of the 31st Congress | 6 August 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia, in opposition to the principles of certain resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts in relation to an amendment of the constitution on the subject of federal representation | 2 February 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia, relative to the controversy between Massachusetts and the states of South Carolina and Louisiana | 28 January 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the Compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States | 8 March 1862 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, &c. | 7 April 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in relation to the extension of slavery, Kansas, and secret political associations | 20 June 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas | 14 June 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade | 19 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey in favor of the Compromise measures | 11 February 1862 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in reference to the affairs of Kansas | 6 May 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, concerning the recent occurrences in Congress and in Kansas | 14 June 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to Kansas affair | 18 February 1857 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas | 13 May 1856 | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery | 3 March 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Return of the names of the prisoners on board the Robert, prison ship & paroled at Portsmouth & Norfolk | 12 April 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Military document | |
| Rev George A. Washington to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he give the A.M.E. church more time to pay a debt owed to him | 18 October 1881 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Review of Lysander Spooner on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery… | 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| A Review of the Rev. Moses Stuart's pamphlet on slavery, entitled Conscience and the Constitution | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Review of Webster's speech on slavery | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Review of Webster's speech on slavery | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Revolution in the law of the land. Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Kansas; delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858 | 31 March 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Revolutionary war pay warrant for African American soldier | 1782-1789 | Undated Documents Relating to the Revolutionary Era | Military document; Business and financial document | |
| Revolutionary war pay warrant for African American soldier | 1782-1789 | Undated Documents Relating to the Revolutionary Era | Military document; Business and financial document | |
| Rhode Island issued warrant for seizure of the Schooner "Orange" | 15 May 1801 | Documents Relating to 1801 | Government document; Legal document | |
| Richard B. Loomis to unknown describing his activities | 21 April 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Richard Barnes to William Smallwood discussing desertion and black recruits | 30 February 1782 | Documents Relating to 1782 | Correspondence | |
| Richard H. Jackson to Henry Jackson regarding a letter written by a local woman | n.d. | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Jackson to his father regarding his anger at another who is complaining of his life in the army despite not enduring many hardships | 24 June 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Jackson to his father reporting that he has not yet left for Morris Island | 4 September 1863 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Jackson to his father reporting that hundreds of slaves are now employed by the Government | 27 March 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Jackson to his father with a description of a battle near Forts Gregg and Wagner | 8 September 1863 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Jackson to his father with reports of his regiment's activities | 3 June 1862 | Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I Company, 9th Regiment, New York Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Richard Parker to "My Dear Father" | 2 April 1839 | Collection of seven abolitionist and slavery-related letters | Correspondence | |
| Richard Realf to Judge Duval | 6 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Richard W. Jeffery to Aaron Jeffery about Vicksburg | 11 June 1863 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Correspondence | |
| Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [Vol. 39, no. 79 (October 3, 1862)] | 3 October 1862 | Editions of the Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Right and Wrong in Boston. Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Soc. | 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Book | |
| The right way the safe way, proved by emancipation in the British West Indies, and elsewhere. | 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Book | |
| Riley Rollins to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the death of Rollins' wife | 12 November 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Rob S. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a petition asking the president to appoint him Consul of Hong Kong | 9 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Rob S. Tindall to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding petitions asking the president to appoint him Consul of Hong Kong | 5 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Rob to his mother regarding his duties in the army | 8 February 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Robert B Bagby to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for a statistical atlas | 6 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert Cambridge Livingston to Robert Livingston re: purchasing iron | 5 February 1779 | The Livingston Family Papers [084] 1777-1779 | Correspondence | |
| Robert E. Lee to William A. Winston regarding the transfer of three slaves | 12 July 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Jamieson to William H. Tuck regarding Virginia law on emancipation | 17 November 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Kimbrough to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position in the Detective Service | 15 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert King to Joshua King | 30 August 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position as a Route Agent for W.C. Moore | 26 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert Leachman to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Leachman's application to become the supervisor of the Census for Mississippi | 30 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert Livingston to Peter DeWitt regarding the slave trade | 29 July 1749 | The Livingston Family Papers [068] 1749 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Moore to Mary Moore about girlfriends, financial assistance for their mother and religion | 1 January 1848 | Collection of John B. Moore letters | Correspondence | |
| Robert Moore to Mary Moore on women, slaves and the cotton market | 11 December 1848 | Collection of John B. Moore letters | Correspondence | |
| Robert Purvis to Wendell P. Garrison answering questions about old guard abolitionists | 22 May 1885 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Robert Purvis to Wendell P. Garrison answering questions about William Lloyd Garrison | 17 February 1881 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Correspondence | |
| Robert Russa Morton to unknown regarding lynchings and the Tuskegee Institute | 31 December 1921 | Documents Relating to the 1920s | Correspondence | |
| Robert Scott to George W. Randolph et al. regarding the South's peril from the North | 8 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Speiden to William McBlair listing the provisions on board the U.S.S. "Dale" | 21 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Robert Stewart to Blanche Kelso Bruce expressing his desire for an appointment as Post Master | 22 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert Terry to his Sister regarding the atmosphere in Baltimore | 26 June 1863 | Collection of Robert S. Terry | Correspondence | |
| Robert Terry to his Sister reporting the attack of a Negro Surgeon | 6 May 1863 | Collection of Robert S. Terry | Correspondence | |
| Robert Utley to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 26 June 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Robert Wallcut to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting | 21 September 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Robert Wallcut to David P. Harmon regarding suitable publications for inclusion in a public library | 2 May 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Roberta Jeffery to Fanny Timberlake about the family escape from Norfolk to Petersburg | 9 October 1862 | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works | Correspondence | |
| Roger S. Baldwin to Theodore Sedgwick discussing a report | 21 November 1840 | Documents Relating to 1840 | Correspondence | |
| Rosa A, Sutherland to Blanche Kelso Bruce enclosing a letter from W.H. Gibbs | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | ||
| Ross J Steward to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 9 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Rough draft of a letter regarding the grievances of Connecticut electors with the Lecompton Constitution, popular sovereignty and slavery in Kansas | ca. 3 July 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Correspondence | |
| Rufus King to Edwin M. Stanton regarding reports from a contraband | 26 June 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| Rules for choosing a census supervisor | 2 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Rules for enlisting men for service | ca. 1777-1786 | The Henry Knox Papers [0161] Undated: Revolutionary War | Military document; Government document | |
| Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander M. Ross about her admiration of Lucretia Mott and Harriet Tubman | 12 May 1899 | Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross | Correspondence | |
| Rutherford Birchard Hayes to unknown regarding reconstruction | 26 July 1876 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| S. Allen Engles to William McBlair regarding the health of two prisoners | 18 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| S. Allen Engles to William McBlair reporting the condition of water on baord the "Dale" | 9 October 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| S. Ferrer to Blanche Kelso Bruce with an introduction | 8 March 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S. R. Avery to James W. Hale regarding the death of his father | 29 September 1855 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| S. Teig to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing a position | 4 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.A. Walker to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of the speeches on the life and death of Hon. O.P. Morton | 28 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.B. Temple to Unknown requesting the receipt of Millie Bowers | 19 February 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.C. Cochran to William M. Stone regarding exemption from military service | 27 June 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| S.H. Richardson to Blanche Kelso Bruce enclosing a letter from a friend | 25 September 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.M. Tyndell to Isaac J. Carol, discussing the Confederate home front, military worries, and crops | 26 June 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| S.P. Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for an appointment as Post Master | 3 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.P. Vashon to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding securing a position | 21 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| S.W. Gordon to Thomas H. Patterson about reporting contrabands | 9 February 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Salaries for War Department employees | 31 March - 4 April 1792 | The Henry Knox Papers [0108] April 1792 | Military document; Government document | |
| Salaries for War Department employees | 1 April 1791 | The Henry Knox Papers [0099] March-April 1791 | Business and financial document; Government document; Military document | |
| Sale from the estate of William R. Robertson | 21 February 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Broadside | |
| Salem Observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)] | 10 September 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Sales receipt for R.G Johnson | 10 December 1864 | Collection of Woodson Johnson | Business and financial document | |
| Sally W. Hogeland to her brother regarding her negative opinion on the war and fighting for the African Americans | 10 August 1862 - 11 August 1862 | Collection of Franklin W. Fuller, I company, 74th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Salmon P. Chase to Alexander S. Latty on Latty's poor health and political matters | 11 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| Salmon P. Chase to Jehu Glancy Jones regarding recent court cases and suffrage | 17 May 1867 | Collection of letters from Salmon Portland Chase to Jehu Glancy Jones regarding the politics during the Reconstruction Era | Correspondence | |
| Salmon P. Chase to Lizzie Ellicott regarding a visit to Syracuse | 17 May 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel Chase to James Winchester regarding the compensation of soldiers who salvaged the French ship Blaireau | 31 May 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel H. Roberts to his son re: eyewitness account of surrender of Richmond, Lincoln's visit | 5 April 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting | ca. 27 April 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting arranged in Harmon's town | ca. 27 February 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding a meeting in Haverhill | 15 March 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel J. May to David P. Harmon regarding an upcoming meeting in Haverhill | 8 July 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel L Servant to Blanche Kelso Bruce with an invitation to give a lecture | 5 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Samuel May Williams to Edward C. Hanrick discussing land speculation in Texas | 1 July 1834 | Documents Relating to 1834 | Correspondence; Land transaction document | |
| Samuel Monett to Samuel Williams regarding the Mississippi territory | 11 May 1810 | Collection of 15 items related to the Mississippi territory, the Smith family, and the treason trial of Aaron Burr | Correspondence | |
| Samuel Shaw to the Commissary about provisions | 3 January 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0051] 1-15 January 1783 | Military document | |
| Samuel Shenk to his wife discussing the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, slaves, and his own attitudes towards race | 25 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel Shethar to J. H. Barrett Relates that an article by E. D. Barber in the "Brandon Post" provided misinformation regarding the Clayton Bill of 1848 | 1 August 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| Samuel Shethar to unknown discussing the Compromise of 1850 | 22 August 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| The Sanctuary | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Sarah Gibson to Randall Gibson regarding a slave | 25 September 1848 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez to Lucy Flucker Knox on health matters | 7 April 1793 | The Henry Knox Papers [0118] April-June 1793 | Correspondence | |
| Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez to Lucy Knox Jr. on social and family life | 6 May 1793 | The Henry Knox Papers [0118] April-June 1793 | Correspondence | |
| Saul Beatty to Blanche Kelso Bruce thanking him for the address of Matt Sullivan | 21 July 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Scammon endorsement on a letter from Marshall Darr regarding servants | ca. 1862 | Collection of Eliakim P. Scammon, 23rd regiment, Ohio, infantry | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Scene of the 'Negro Charge' on the Reb Works | ca. 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Photograph | |
| Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman / by Sarah H. Bradford | 1869 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Schooner Amistad | 24 June 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Government document | |
| Schooner Amistad | 24 June 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Pamphlet | |
| Schooner Amistad: message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry... | 28 February 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Schuyler to William Pitt Fessenden discussing politics | 24 May 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| Senate report no. 63 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 68 regarding returned prisoners of war | 5 May 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Book | |
| Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution | 18 February 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Senate resolution submitted by Charles Sumner | 18 June 1862 | Collection relating to Charles Sumner | Government document | |
| Sentiments expressing John Andrew's wish to see the end of slavery | 10 March 1864 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (July 22, 1864)] | 22 July 1864 | Editions of the Richmond Sentinel | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Sepia head and shoulders image of John Brown, with lock of hair | ca. 1859 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Photograph | |
| Sereno Wright to his mother and sister regarding passing plantations with fruit orchards | 14 December 1862 | Collection of Sereno A. Wright, B company, 24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Sereno Wright to his mother regarding a visit to church | 4 January 1863 | Collection of Sereno A. Wright, B company, 24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry | Correspondence | |
| Sereno Wright to his mother with news of his health and food | 9 January 1863 | Collection of Sereno A. Wright, B company, 24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry | Correspondence | |
| A Sermon to the medical students | 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Pamphlet | |
| Seth Maxwell Barton to unknown regarding a building project | ca. 16 July 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Alie Bailey | 1 January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Alie Bailey | 1 January 1867 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Sherman William Tecumseh to John Aaron Rawlins regarding traveling to Little Rock and sending General Reynolds three African American regiments | 29 November 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| Shillito Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a candidate for US Marshall | 3 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| A Shorteo to Blanche Kelso Bruce | January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | ca. May 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | ca. May 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 04 May 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 28 June 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 27 June 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 23 September 1943 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 29 June 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | ca. 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | ca. 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 17 June 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 24 June 1944 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 30 June 1942 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | 08 May 1944 | Collection of WWII letters of Sidney Diamond to Estelle Spero | Correspondence | |
| Signatures of an Otisco, New York committee | ca. 1841 | Resolutions and other papers from the Anti-Slavery Society in New York | Miscellany; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Signatures of six of John Brown's supporters | ca. 1859 | Letters and documents relating to John Brown & Family | Miscellany | |
| Signed carte-de-visite of Owen Lovejoy | ca. 1857-1864 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Artwork | |
| Silas Casey to William Cullen Bryant regarding false assertions made by the New York Evening Post | 20 October 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Simon Cameron to John E. Wool regarding a slave girl who followed the 20th Indiana regiment | 6 December 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence | |
| Simon Jones to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to use in influence to secure his continued employment | 28 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Single cannon with black guard, Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va. | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| A sketch of Henry Franklin and family | 26 April 1887 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Pamphlet | |
| Sketches in the history of the Underground Railroad... | 1879 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Book | |
| A Slave Cabin | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Slave Market of America | 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Broadside | |
| The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston | 2 November 1855 | Documents Relating to 1855 | Pamphlet | |
| Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. | ca. 1861-1865 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Slave sale | April 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Broadside; Business and financial document | |
| Slave sale Broadside | 25 September 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Broadside | |
| Slave sale broadside | 1 February 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Broadside | |
| Slave trade | 7 April 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Government document; Book | |
| Slave Trade Map | ca. 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Map | |
| Slave Trade. Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great Britain in relation to the Convention for suppressing the slave trade | 27 December 1825 | Documents Relating to 1825 | Government document; Pamphlet | |
| Slavery and the remedy; or, the principles and suggestions for a remedial code | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Book | |
| Slavery contract | 30 May 1831 | Documents Relating to 1831 | Business and financial document | |
| Slavery Days | ca. 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Broadside | |
| Slavery in the District of Columbia | 8 February 1836 | Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Slavery in the United States: its evils, alleviations and remedies | 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Pamphlet | |
| Slavery laws of the Indiana Territory | 17 September 1807 | Documents Relating to 1807 | Legal document | |
| Smith's Expedition Battle of Tupelo | 22 July 1864 | Collection of eight Union imprints | Broadside | |
| Sneed to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a position with the post office | 21 January 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Soldiers near a tent, Richmond | July 1864 | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. | Photograph | |
| Soldier's News-Letter | 17 May 1862 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Solon Augustus Carter to Emily Carter regarding the Battle of Petersburg | 18 June 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| The South Bend fugitive slave case, involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus | 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Pamphlet | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 115, (June 29, 1862)] | 29 June 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 129 (July 17, 1862)] | 17 July 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 136 (July 25, 1862)] | 25 July 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 137 (July 26, 1862)] | 26 July 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 147 (August 7, 1862)] | 7 August 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 155 (August 16, 1862)] | 16 August 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 157 (August 19, 1862)] | 19 August 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 194 (October 2, 1862)] | 2 October 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 195 (October 3, 1862)] | 3 October 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 199 (October 8, 1862)] | 8 October 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 208 (October 18, 1862)] | 18 October 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 247 (December 3, 1862)] | 3 December 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 272 (January 2, 1863)] | 2 January 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 295 (January 29, 1863)] | 29 January 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 69, (May 6, 1862)] | 6 May 1862 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 17 (March 3, 1863)] | 3 March 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 41 (April 1, 1863)] | 1 April 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 43 (April 3, 1863)] | 3 April 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 5 (February 17, 1863)] | 17 February 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 56 (April 18, 1863)] | 18 April 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 72 (May 6, 1863)] | 6 May 1863 | Editions of the Southern Confederacy newspaper | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)] | June 1861 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern cultivator. [Vol. 19, no. 7 (July, 1861)] | July 1861 | Editions of the Southern Cultivator | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (July & August, 1862)] | July & August 1862 | Editions of the Southern Cultivator | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (September & October, 1862)] | September & October 1862 | Editions of the Southern Cultivator | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| A Southern Soldier's Experiences in a Northern Prison | November 1893 | Collection of John William Flinn, 17th Mississippi | Miscellany | |
| Special orders no. 50 regarding the honorable discharge of Ernest Longpre | 19 February 1863 | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards | Military document | |
| Special orders no. 50 regarding the honorable discharge of Joseph C. Oliver | 19 February 1863 | Items pertaining to the 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards | Military document | |
| Speech by Senator Fitch regarding the admission of Kansas into the Union | 6 January 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC | 12 February 1909 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Miscellany | |
| Speech fragment on the proposed annexation of Texas | July 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Government document | |
| Speech of Abraham Lincoln | 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| The speech of Charles Jas. Faulkner (of Berkeley) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the policy of the state with respect to her slave population | 20 January 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Gerrit Smith (to his neighbors) in Peterboro, N.Y., June 22d 1872. | 22 June 1872 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Government document | |
| Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | 17 July 1858 | Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | 17 July 1858 | Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | 17 July 1858 | Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 | 17 July 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas | 26 June 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Broadside | |
| Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas | 26 June 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield | 31 July 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. | 19 May 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery | 7 March 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay’s resolutions, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850 | 7 March 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Feb. 5th & 6th, 1850. As reported by the National Intelligencer. | 5 February 1850 - 6 February 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom | 1848/06/30 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. J. M. Ashley delivered in the House of Representatives on the constitutional amendment for the abolition of slavery | 6 January 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer of Vermont, on affairs in Kansas. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 3 and 4, 1856. | 3-4 April 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional... | 23 July 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Constitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858 | 8 - 19 March 1858 | Documents Relating to 1858 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Speech of the Hon. Montgomery Blair, on the causes of the rebellion and in the support of the President's plan of pacification | 1864 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. R. E. Fenton of New York on Democratic tests, and the Nebraska Bill | 15 February 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner | 24 June 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York, on the profession and acts of the President of the United States; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise... | 6 August 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1853, on the Nebraska Territory | 30 January 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1854, on the Nebraska Territory | 30 January 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of Adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850 | 1851 | Documents Relating to 1851 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of the Hon. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, on the Nebraska question. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 10 and 11, 1854 | 10 February 1854 - 11 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Hon. William H. Seward for the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856 | 9 April 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of the honorable Daniel Webster, on the Compromise Bill | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, on the election of speaker, and the progress of anti-slaveryism | 10 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions | 8-9 June 1841 | Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, on the subject of abolition petitions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 7, 1839 | 7 February 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the subject of slavery in the territories | 13-14 February 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut against the extension of slave territory | 9 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Gillette | ca. 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom | 30 June 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams... | 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Peckham, of New York, on the Kansas and Nebraska question | 18 May 1854 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question | 1820 | Documents Relating to 1820 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right to petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia;... | 18-20 January 1840 | Gagging Orders on Discussing Slavery in the House of Representatives | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of R.T. Merrick, Delivered Before the Illinois State Democratic Convention at Springfield, Illinois, January 16, 1861 | 1861 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Salmon P. Chase, in the case of the colored woman Matilda | 11 March 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Pamphlet | |
| The Speech of Thomas J. Randolph, (of Albermarle,) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the abolition of slavery | 21 January 1832 | Documents Relating to 1832 | Pamphlet | |
| Speech of Waddy Thompson of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives of the United States, being in Committee of the whole on the state of the union | 5 February 1839 | Reports, Resolutions and Speeches Relating to State Rights and the Nullification Crisis | Pamphlet | |
| Speeches of General U.S. Grant, republican candidate for the eighteenth president of the United States, being extracts from speeches, letters, orders, military and state papers | 1868 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery | 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Pamphlet | |
| Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, together with his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, in relation to John Brown | 1860 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Spelman to Blanche Kelso Bruce with his resignation | 27 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Spirit of the age. [Vol. 15, no. 20 (January 4, 1864)] | 4 January 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Spratt French to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that James W. Leeman take over the position of Route Agent | 25 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Standing view of the Kansas free-soiler | ca. 1861 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| The state of affairs in Kansas. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. | 18 February 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson | 8 May 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Business and financial document | |
| Statement of clothing camp and garrison equipage pertaining to Company B, 11th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops | 1 April 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Military document | |
| Statement of payment for Major Wells' service | 28 February 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Military document | |
| Statement regarding slave ship capture | 13 November 1857 | Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade | Military document | |
| A statement, shewing the aggregate number of persons in each of the wards of the city of New York, and in each of the counties in this state, including, however, no more than three-fifths of the whole number of slaves | ca. 1800 | Documents Relating to 1800 | Broadside | |
| The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America: Fourth Session of the First Congress 1863-64 | 1863-64 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America: Third Session of the First Congress 1863 | 1863 | Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Stephen Augustus Hurlbut to James B. McPherson discussing military strategy, African American troops and organization | 10 April 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Stephen Bayard to Robert Livingston re: loss of slaves during voyage | 12 November 1725 | The Livingston Family Papers [057] September-December 1725 | Correspondence | |
| Stephen Duncan to Charles P. Leverich discussing business and slavery | 1 January 1860 | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. | Correspondence | |
| Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing a business partner who is possibly an abolitionist | 14 June 1860 | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. | Correspondence | |
| Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing "Negro boots" and the North Indiana Rail Road | 3 August 1860 | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. | Correspondence | |
| Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing trouble between the North and South | 14 January 1860 | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. | Correspondence | |
| Stephen G Burbridge to the Adjutant General praising his recruitment of African American troops in Kentucky | 23 February 1865 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Stephen G. Burbage to James S. Brisbin wishing to aid Brisbin in preserving his reputation following recent slander | 25 April 1866 | Items pertaining to James Sanks Brisbin | Correspondence | |
| Stephen G. King to William McBlair reporting that the "Dale's" sails have been inspected | 13 April 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Stephen G. King to William McBlair requesting a survey of the "Dale's" sails | 13 April 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Stephen G. King to William McBlair requesting a survey to be conducted of the sails on board the U.S ship, the "Dale" | 31 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Storming Fort Wagner | 1890 | Kurz & Alliuson Civil War Prints | Artwork | |
| Stump Speaking | ca. 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Artwork | |
| Subduing freedom in Kansas. Report of the Congressional Committee, presented in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 1, 1856. | 1 July 1856 | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] | Pamphlet | |
| Subscription letter for legal defense of John "Vansandt" (Van Zandt), who helped a fugitive slave | 14 February 1844 | Documents Relating to 1844 | Correspondence | |
| Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United States on the Subject of the Missouri Bill | 22 November 1819 | Documents Relating to 1819 | Pamphlet | |
| Summons | 23 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 22 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 23 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 18 March 1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 22 August 1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 22 March 1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 1 September 1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 17 April 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 21 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 22 February 1859 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 22 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Summons | 21 September 1858 | Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" | Legal document | |
| Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle discussing deserters, soldiering, prisoners, canal flooding and African Americans | 22 March 1863 | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle discussing promotions and marriages | 27 August 1862 | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Sumner Sayles to Isora Sayles Skinkle regarding sharing her letters, a foraging exhibition and visiting a plantation | 7 August 1863 | Collection of Sumner Sayles, H company, 95th regiment, Illinois, infantry | Correspondence | |
| The Supply Train | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Susan B. Anthony to Charles James Folger regarding women's suffrage | 6 June 1867 | Collection relating to Grant's presidency & family with 3 S.B. Anthony items | Correspondence | |
| The sweet potato as a flour substitute | circa 1918 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Broadside | |
| T.A. Sykes to Blanche Kelso Bruce offering help in locating lodgings for a convention | 25 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.C. Buckley to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting the appointment Secretary of the Territory | 21 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.C. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce concerning his son, who he left in charge of the Post Office when he went on a trip and has been accused of stealing | 6 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an appointment for his nephew | 19 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the appointment of Post Master of Hernando | 11 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding efforts are being made to close the post office at Othello | 20 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce wanting his son appointed Post Master | 20 July 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.W. Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking him to see the Post Master | 30 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.W. Stant to Blanche Kelso Bruce detailing his future travels | 27 June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| T.W. Stant to Blanche Kelso Bruce for help in appointing a position | 20 June 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Taibu to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding bills up for vote in the senate | 15 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Taunton Selectmen request the Selectmen of Middleborough, Massachusetts to remove a Middleborough citizen from Taunton | 9 April 1816 | Documents Relating to 1816 | Government document | |
| Tax form listing slaves, horses, etc. | 9 December 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Business and financial document | |
| Taxes for Roscoe C. Bruce | 19 July 1919 - 30 June 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Tayloe-Tolley Motor Co. to Roscoe C. Bruce regarding a bill | 17 February 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Teacher's payroll for African American schools in Memphis, Tennessee | August 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Business and financial document | |
| Tennessee Slave Sale | 10 October 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Broadside | |
| Terms for hiring out slaves from the estates of Thomas Winn and Thomas Drummond | 31 December 1831 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Terms for hiring slaves | 30 December 1833 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Terms for hiring slaves from the estate of Thomas Winn | 2 January 1827 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Terms of hiring negroes belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn decd for the year 1833 | 31 December 1832 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Terms of hiring nergoes belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn | 30 December 1829 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Business and financial document | |
| Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad | November 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad and subsequent salvage claims | November 1839 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony | January 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Testimony related to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton | 16 September 1783 | The Henry Knox Papers [0065] 16-30 September 1783 | Military document | |
| Theodore H. Barnum to Lori regarding the local slave population and the African American troops | 9 October 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Theodore L. Walker to William McBlair regarding an expedition to the H.M.S. "Myrmidon" and subsequent journey up the Congo river | 27 October 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Theodore L. Walker to William McBlair regarding the loss of a launch boat during his expedition up the Congo river | 8 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Theodore Parker to Nathaniel P. Banks offering congratulations on progress of anti-slavery measures | 16 February 1856 | Eighteenth and nineteenth century religious leaders | Correspondence | |
| Theodore Roosevelt to C. H. Betts regarding an article | 02 June 1911 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Correspondence | |
| Theodore Roosevelt to Gen. Curtis Guild regarding his "Southern policy" | 28 October 1901 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Correspondence | |
| Theodore Roosevelt to Robert C. Cornell | 22 August 1901 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Theodre Dwight Weld to Milton Sutliff asking if he can provide eyewitness accounts of cruel treatment of slaves | 20 November 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| "They are men by the grace of God and this is enough" | 17 January 1863 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| The third annual report of the New Hampshire Auxiliary Colonisation Society, presented and read at the meeting of the society, held in Concord, June 7, 1827 | 7 June 1827 | Documents Relating to 1827 | Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document | |
| Thirteenth amendment resolution | 1 February 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document; Legal document | |
| Thirteenth amendment resolution: one of three ''Senate copies'' of the amendment resolution which ended slavery | 1 February 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Government document | |
| Thirty dollars reward for a runaway slave | 7 September 1791 | Documents Relating to 1791 | Broadside | |
| Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair ordering him to receive two prisoners for transport to the United States | 23 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair ordering that William Ford, a Landsman on board the "Dale", be sent home to the United States | 8 July 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair regarding the suppression of the illegal traffic in slaves | 19 October 1857 | Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade | Correspondence | |
| Thomas A. Conover to William McBlair regarding the suppression of the slave trade in Africa | 19 January 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Thomas A. Dornin to William McBlair regarding credit and the payment of officers on board U.S. ship, the "Dale" | 9 April 1857 | William McBlair collection | Business and financial document; Military document | |
| Thomas Cobb to unknown, suggesting that the proposed legal code should be simplified | 17 January 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Dennis to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking why he had his horses taken from Dennis's stables and moved to another one | 23 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas F. Burpee to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee describing winter and his African American servant | 14 January 1863 | Collection of Thomas Francis Burpee, field and staff, 21st regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Thomas F. Burpee to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee regarding growing vegetables | 14 April 1864 | Collection of Thomas Francis Burpee, field and staff, 21st regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Thomas F. Burpee to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee regarding the new town's 'negro shanties' | 20 February 1864 | Collection of Thomas Francis Burpee, field and staff, 21st regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Greay to John Winn discussing business and personal affairs | 26 February 1844 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Hancock to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Mr. J. Roberts | 14 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Heyward to unknown regarding the sale of an estate to pay creditors, part of the property including slaves | 13 March 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas J. Kessler to Elizabeth N. Kessler reporting that 1500 Confederate prisoners have arrived in camp over the last two days | 26 September 1863 | Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson de Yambert to Sarah W. Hale regarding the death of his and Aurelia's daughter | 28 December 1832 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the death of his an Aurelia's daughter, Sarah | 14 March 1834 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding the death of his daughter and Aurelia's improving health | 23 June - 7 July 1834 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson de Yampert to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding his son's travels and friends of his wife, Aurelia | 28 October 1835 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham discussing building work at Monticello | 8 June 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman regarding cancelling the sale of 3-year old slave | 30 July 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Goodman re: marriage among his slaves | 6 January 1815 | Documents Relating to 1815 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson to Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barneuvo | 10 March 1791 | Documents Relating to 1791 | Correspondence; Government document | |
| Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor regarding judgment on lawsuit | 23 May 1821 | Documents Relating to 1812 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Jefferson to Marquis de Lafayette regarding several matters, including New England federalists | 16 June 1792 | Documents Relating to 1792 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas P. Pelot to William McBlair reporting the events that led to the British capture of the slave trading ship "Clara B. Williams" | 11 November 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Thomas Reid to James Hill requesting a letter of commendation for Route Agent | 21 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Rile to Amanda Rile regarding his life in the infantry | 24 January 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce enquiring after the appointment for Supervisor of Census | 20 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas S. Tate to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending E.B. Ewyn as Post Master | 10 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Stinger to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for assistance in getting a southern republican appointed Marshall | 13 April 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas W Thompson to John Langdon regarding the suspension of the non-importation law, Aaron Burr's presence in Louisiana and Jefferson | 29 December 1806 | Documents Relating to 1806 | Correspondence | |
| Thomas W. Hart to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing Mr. Ralph Ballion | 7 June 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas W. Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding an appointment for his son at West Point | 16 April 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas W. Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding urging the President to appoint Compton as Auditor | 18 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Wendell P. Garrison regarding "Slave Songs" | 4 January 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Thos. K. Knowland to Blanche Kelso Bruce for news of the Southern Claims Commission | 3 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Thos. W. Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help in gaining a confirmation for a friend of his for a Post Office position | 23 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait of J.A. Pratt, in uniform | ca. 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Timothy Pickering to John Morton on a captured schooner, commerce with Spain and the slave trade | 16 November 1799 | Documents Relating to 1799 | Correspondence | |
| To Blanche Kelso Bruce | 1 May ca. 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 20 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| To D. W. Burroughs to Franklin Pierce defending his position on slavery | 18 March 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| To Davie Jeems (a KKK threat) | ca. 1868 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| To the editor of the Independent - regarding the Tuskegee Negro Conference | 9 February 1909 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Correspondence | |
| To the free Africans and other people of color in the United States | 6 January 1796 - 9 May 1797 | Documents Relating to 1796 | Broadside | |
| To the free and independent voters of the city and county of Philadelphia | ca. 1843-1847 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Pamphlet | |
| To the free men of the North! | ca. 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Map | |
| To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts | 20 March 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Government document | |
| To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts | 3 March 1837 | Documents Relating to 1837 | Correspondence | |
| To the Librarian at the Library of Congress | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | ||
| To the opponents of slavery extension | 30 August 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Broadside | |
| To our constituents | 26 February 1849 | Documents Relating to 1849 | Pamphlet | |
| To the People of the state of Louisiana | ca. 1860 | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides | Broadside | |
| To the people of Suffolk Co. Information, acquired from the best authority, with respect to the institution of slavery | 1856 | Documents Relating to 1856 | Pamphlet | |
| To the persons who derive title from myself or my late father to land in Charlotte River and Byrne's Tracts, in the Counties of Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie | 24 May 1844 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Correspondence | |
| To the planters and slave-owners of Louisiana | 29 October 1864 | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides | Broadside; Government document | |
| To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled | 1797 | Documents Relating to 1797 | Book | |
| To the voters of Oswego and Madison counties New York | 5 November 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Broadside | |
| Tobias Gibson to Captain J. W. Francis refusing to comply with General Sheridan's orders to act as a commissioner of elections | 20 August 1867 | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. | Correspondence | |
| Tobias Gibson to Loula Gibson complaining of having to settle a contract with the hands who will work on the plantation | 14 April 1864 | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. | Correspondence | |
| Tobias Gibson to Randall Lee Gibson regarding plantation business | 8 December 1854 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Tobias Gibson to Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys regarding crops | 7 October 1858 | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves | Correspondence | |
| Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding difficulties with workers on his plantation | 3 August 1864 | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. | Correspondence | |
| Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding the difficulty of running a profitable plantation | 20 February 1871 | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. | Correspondence | |
| "The Tom-Tit Polka" | 1852 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Artwork; Miscellany | |
| Topsy's Polka | 1852 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Artwork; Miscellany | |
| Tracts for the people. No. 1. Who were our friends in time of need? | 3 December 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Pamphlet | |
| Transmittal of a proposed amendment to protect slavery | 16 March 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence | |
| Treaty between Great Britain and Texas for suppression of slave trade | 1842 | Documents Relating to 1842 | Pamphlet; Government document | |
| Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 086 (February 13, 1861)] | 13 February 1861 | Editions of the Tri-weekly Mercury | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 945 (December 29, 1863)] | 29 December 1863 | Editions of the Tri-weekly Mercury | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Tri-Weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 65 (August, 18, 1863)] | 18 August 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape From Bondage | 1845 | Documents Relating to 1845 | Book | |
| A true vindication of the South | 1917 | Documents Relating to the 1910s | Book | |
| Twelve years a slave: narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the red river, in Louisiana | 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Book | |
| Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag" | ca. 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Object | |
| Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a free man; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Book | |
| Two acts of Congress, regarding the protection of seamen and partial ban on imported slaves | 28 February 1803 | Documents Relating to 1803 | Broadside | |
| Two Letters discussing Joseph Hale's health and friendship | 1837 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Two letters from Joseph Hale address to James L. Belden and John Joseph Wright respectively regarding friendship | n.d. | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Two Speeches by Frederick Douglass regarding West India emancipation and Dred Scott | 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Pamphlet | |
| Two young slave children, Isaac & Rosa | 1863 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Typewriter repair bill for R.C Bruce | 30 April 1920 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| U. S. Grant and the colored people | 17 July 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Pamphlet | |
| U. States v. Cinqué & others... | 1839-1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Legal document | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln regarding a report from John Eaton discussing African Americans in his department | 11 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse R. Grant regarding a new career and the free states | 12 March 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to John Eaton regarding his memoirs | 12 July 1885 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to Judson D. Bingham regarding the role of 'Negro Commissioner' | 21 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to Phillip Sheridan regarding postwar troop adjustments | 19 March 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Ulysses S. Grant to Zachariah Chandler about firing a black servant for drunkenness | 27 February 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America | 4 July 1823 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Broadside | |
| Uncle Sam | ca. 1853-1863 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Artwork; Miscellany | |
| Uncle Tom | ca. 1852-1860 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Miscellany | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | ca. 1910 | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 | Broadside | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | 1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Book | |
| Uncle Tom's cabin No. 2: The slave mother | 1852 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Artwork; Miscellany | |
| ("Uncle Tom's Cabin") Poor Tom! | 1852 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Artwork; Miscellany | |
| Uncle Tom's glimpse of glory | 1858 | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin | Miscellany | |
| The underground railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles... | 1872 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Book | |
| An unidentified slave to his mother about his hopes that his master will buy him a wife | 8 October 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| The Union and the state-rights parties. Speech of Hon. E. W. Chastain, of Georgia, on the position of the Union Party of Georgia | 1852 | Documents Relating to 1852 | Pamphlet | |
| Union refreshment saloon [in paper case] | ca. 1861-1865 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Union Vidette. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (1863)] | ca. 1863 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| United We Win | ca. 1942 | Documents Relating to the 1940s-1960s | Broadside | |
| The Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine for May, 1790 | May 1790 | Documents Relating to 1790 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The unjust judge. A memorial of Roger Brooke Taney, late Chief Justice of the United States | 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Pamphlet | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 15 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for his help in protecting his rights | 10 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce endorsing M. Ferguson | 14 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce introducing Mr. Gage | 4 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce petitioning to get Robert Stewart reappointed as Post Master | January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending B.H. Polk | 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending Dr. Edward Latham | 9 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending J.G. Reid | 14 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding continuing a subscription | 16 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the death of the comptroller | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the death of the register of the treasury | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding discord between the Customs offices | 13 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a district attorneyship | 12 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding employment | 3 Dec 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a friend who called Bruce the only true gentleman in the South | 14 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his application for deputyship | 13 March 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding J. Reed who wants to be a route agent | 29 January 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a legal suit | 7 June 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Mrs.. McConnell | 25 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a position as a driver | 26 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding their plans for Captain S.R. Blow | 24 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding two letters asking for help acquiring positions | 9-12 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding white office holders | 1 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a copy of the Eulogies delivered in the Senate | 28 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a position for H.L Bardwell | 14 December 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting to take charge of the Post Office as soon as possible | 21 February 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce trying to make an appointment regarding school issues | 16 June 1897 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce with a letter of recommendation | 24 September 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce with thanks for the Congressional Record | 12 January 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Edward L. Winder regarding medical treatment for a sick man aboard a ship | 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Unknown to Hill regarding plans for the Democratic Party in the south as they try to regain power | 8 July 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to James Hill begging for an appointment | 7 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to John Little Jr. regarding an escaped slave and preparing for war | 9 June 1861 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to officers and soldiers of the Virginia colored guards presenting a flag and requesting they protect it | ca. 1863-1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Samuel L Servant declining an invitation to give a lecture | 5 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Sarah Ogden regarding a pasteboard and taking things to the hospital | ca. 1860-1870 | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Sarah W. Nichols (née Hale) regarding her health and monetary situation | 28 August 1836 | Aurelia Hale letters | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to Unknown referring to the corpses of "murdered colored men" and the resignation of Davis | n.d. | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Unknown to William McBlair discussing events at Saint Helena | 15 March 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Unknown to William McBlair thanking him for a gift | 27 September 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Unpublished manuscript relating events of the Battle of Fort Pillow | 15 April 1893 | Items relating to Mack J. Leaming | Miscellany | |
| Up from slavery: an autobiography | 29 December 1909 | Documents Relating to the 1900s | Book | |
| Victor Thomas to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his appointment as Deputy Collector | 6 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Victor Thompson to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help after being told he had gained a position and then being told he hadn't | 1 April 1889 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Victor Thompson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding speaking about having a position | 5 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Victor Thompson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that senator see Commissioner Raum | 12 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Victor Thompson to L.Q.G. Lamar regarding his confirmation | 1 April 1889 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| View of Chimborago Hospital, Richmond, Va. | ca. 1864 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| A view of exertions lately made for the purposes of colonizing the free people of colour, in the United States, in Africa, or elsewhere | 1817 | Documents Relating to 1817 | Pamphlet | |
| Views of slavery | ca. 1830-1840 | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Broadside | |
| Vignette bust portrait of Douglass (Currier and Ives print) | ca. 1870s | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Artwork | |
| Vindication of Major General John C. Fremont, against the attacks of the slave power and it's allies | 4 March 1862 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Pamphlet | |
| Virginia state documents | 1863-1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Book; Government document | |
| Vol 1 of original artwork by an ensign on the U.S.S. Alexandria | 1864-1870 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Artwork | |
| Vol 2 of original artwork by an ensign on the U.S.S. Alexandria | 1864-1870 | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates | Artwork | |
| W Hunt to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the necessity of change in District Attorneyship | 4 June 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W Stanley to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for assistance getting a post for Route Agent | 22 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W. Delarue to C. M. Sloan about Mrs. Sloane's travels, life insurance and "her negroes" | 22 October 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| W. H. Morse to William McBlair regarding a request to store naval material in a United States owned warehouse | 26 July 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| W. T. Smith to James Buchanan regarding his support for Watson Freeman and Benjamin F. Hallett | 16 March 1857 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| W.B. Hall to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he secure him an appointment | 21 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Hardy to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the treatment of Judge Leachman | 16 October 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help in getting his brother a position in Washington | 21 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for help securing a position for his brother | 31 June 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Harris to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help with a payment on his farm | 20 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| "W.H. Harrison" (Albert Hazlett) to Annie regarding his imminent death [copy] | 1 March 1860 | Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Parker to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking for a loan | 3 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Parker to Blanche Kelso Bruce to get his support in retaining McKenna as the Post Master of Georgetown Colorado | 14 March 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Rolton to Blanche Kelso Bruce promising his continued support | 2 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting help for an unemployed friend | 4 August 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H. Tegarden to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his appointment as Post Master | 2 May 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H.H. Green to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking to have an appeal to the supreme court dismissed | 20 September 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.H.H. Greens to Blanche Kelso Bruce announcing the resignation of local agent Willet | 24 December 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S Holland to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting a position as Postmaster | 23 May 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Dodson to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting appointment as Route Agent | 29 September 1879 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding awaiting the arrival of the oath after accepting the position of Collector of Customs | 2 February 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding his preferred professional position | 16 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Henderson to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding J.H Osborne | 18 January 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Lamb to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting assistance in gaining an appointment | 16 December 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Stricklin to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Mr. Crawford | 8 April 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.S. Stricklin to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding Mr. Crawford's case | 24 May 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.T. Hand to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting assistance to become Route Agent | 12 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W Hancock to Blanche Kelso Bruce recommending John F. Roe | 10 November 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W. Dedrick to Blanche Kelso Bruce advising him that McKees regularly speaks ill of him | 6 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W. Dedrick to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding a telegraph from the attorney General that says he can defend himself | 9 February 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W. Hancock to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the last election | 11 December 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W. Hancock to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting documents | 13 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| W.W. Hancock to Blanche Kelso Bruce writing to say he returned home safely | 16 January 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Wallace Mitchell to Floretia Mitchell with news that it is almost certain they will return home soon | 3 July 1861 | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier | Correspondence | |
| Wallace William Southgate to R. W. Southgate regarding general opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation | 18 January 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| Walter Lowrie to Hugh Auld regarding the purchase of Frederick Douglass | 24 November 1846 | Documents Relating to 1846 | Correspondence | |
| War Department accounts | 30 June 1791 | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 | Military document; Government document | |
| The War in Texas | 1836 | Documents Relating to 1836 | Pamphlet | |
| War Office 1790 Salaries October, November, December | 6 January 1791 | The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 | Military document; Government document | |
| War office salaries | 7 October 1790 | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 | Government document; Business and financial document; Military document | |
| The War, Its Causes and Consequences | 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Book | |
| Ward Voight to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting State Surveys | 20 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Warner Mifflin to William Smallwood explains his Christian anti-war stance and condemning the practices of slave owners | 31 August 1786 | Documents Relating to 1786 | Correspondence | |
| Warrant for a mulatto woman claiming to be free in Missouri | 4 August 1857 | Documents Relating to 1857 | Legal document | |
| Warrant for the Sheriff of Halifax County to hold Abram, convicted of participating in the Easter Plot | 26 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to hold three slaves convicted of participating in the Easter Plot | 18 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to receive the slaves Sancho, Frank, Jim, and Phebey into custody | 17 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Warrant to the jailer of Halifax County to receive Abram, a slave, into custody until 23 April | 17 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Warrant to the Sheriff of Halifax County to hold Robin, a slave, until 1 May trial, and to summon two witnesses | 26 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers... | 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Pamphlet | |
| A Watched Pot Never Boils | 1876 | Life Studies of the Great Army | Artwork | |
| Water damaged letter from Unknown to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 2 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Watson Freeman to Aaron V. Brown recommending Colonel Isaac H. Wright to the office of postmaster of Boston | 25 May 1857 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| Watson Freeman to James Buchanan asking to be reappointed as U.S. Marshall [copy] | March 1857 | Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman | Correspondence | |
| "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..." | ca.1880-1889 | Documents Relating to the 1880s | Miscellany | |
| Weekly Gazette and Comet, Vol. 45, No. 20 | 25 February 1863 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Weekly gazette and comet. [Vol. 45, no. 21 (March 4, 1863)] | 4 March 1863 | Collection of Union Occupation Newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| The weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 11 (March 12, 1863)] | 12 March 1863 | Collection of Confederate wallpaper newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Wendell Phillips | n.d. | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era | Artwork | |
| Wendell Phillips to Robert Adams regarding a visit by British abolitionist, George Thompson | ca. 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| The West Point mob | 13 March 1871 | Collection related to Gerrit Smith | Miscellany | |
| Wheresoever any person bound to service... | 28 August 1787 | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes | Miscellany; Government document | |
| White slavery in the Barbary States | 17 February 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| Will Edwin Gage to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the charges facing Cal Hunt | 27 April 1880 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding cavalry men and the negative opinion on African American soldiers | 15 August 1863 | Collection of William A. Allison | Correspondence | |
| William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding concerns about African American soldiers | 1 May 1864 | Collection of William A. Allison | Correspondence | |
| William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding recuperation following the battle of Rappahannock | 4 January 1863 | Collection of William A. Allison | Correspondence | |
| William A. Allison to Stockton Bates regarding slow news, local citizens, prisoners of war and African American soldiers | 7 March 1863 | Collection of William A. Allison | Correspondence | |
| William A. Smith to Mary E. Townsend regarding the Emancipation Proclamation | 11 February 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William B. Allen to Mary Mayberry about his loneliness, fishing in Maryland, happy rebel prisoners, his easy life and getting a rubdown from African Americans | 2 August 1863 | Letters of the Allen Family, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America | Correspondence | |
| William B. Davis to his sister describing the retreat of whites from the South | 13 May 1861 | Collection of William B. Davis, D company, 10th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William B. Taliaferro to "My Darling Wife" re: doubting reported plan to rescue Brown | 24 November 1859 | Documents Relating to 1859 | Correspondence | |
| William Birney to John Angel James Creswell discussing the recruitment of African American troops | 27 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Birney to John Angel James Creswell regarding African American soldiers | 10 December 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Brunt to Martha Weir regarding being appointed Captain of Company Division 16th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry | 2 December 1863 | Collection of William Brunt, D company, 16th regiment, USCT, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William Brunt to Martha Weir regarding his devotion to the cause of the union and the emancipated slaves under his command | 23 December 1863 | Collection of William Brunt, D company, 16th regiment, USCT, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William Brunt to Robert Weir regarding enlisting freed slaves as soldiers | 2 November 1863 | Collection of William Brunt, D company, 16th regiment, USCT, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William Cullen Bryant to Bradford R. Wood discussing black suffrage | 23 February 1866 | Letters and poems of Bryant and Holmes | Correspondence | |
| William Cullen Bryant to James Thomas Fields concerning a poem he had written | 5 June 1866 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| William E. Jones to newspaper editor, calling to prepare for imminent civil war | December 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| William Echols to M.L. Bonham about Maxwell's negroes in Charleston | 21 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Echols to M.L. Bonham about medical treatment for slaves impressed into the Confederate Army | 29 July 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Eliot to Charles Sumner about a Civil Rights Bill | ca. 1872 | Charles Sumner-related items | Correspondence | |
| William Ellery to George G. Channing regarding a bank in which Ellery owned stock, the Presidency and slavery | 21 August 1812 | Collection of nine letters from William Ellery to his grandson, George Channing | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Government document | |
| William Few to Edward Telfair condemning the import of black slaves into Georgia | 30 June 1804 | Documents Relating to 1804 | Correspondence | |
| William Furness to Thomas Dawes Eliot regarding a fugitive slave | 28 May 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| William G. Dickinson to E. Levassor regarding reconstruction | 22 December 1865 | Letters to Dickson's grandfather | Correspondence | |
| William Grant to Thomas Grant re: soldiers' reasons for enlistment | 21 July 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris about idle slaves | 28 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris commenting of the small number of slaves supplied and fears of an attack on Charleston | 20 April 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William H. Echols to Major D. B. Harris complaining about an unfulfilled requisition for slaves to build coastal defenses | 5 June 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William H. Grifman to his sister discussing the end of the war and his delight in killing black people | 5 September 1865 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 | Correspondence | |
| William H. Harvey to Blanche Kelso Bruce | 3 May 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| William H. Harvey to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting that he send him 4 to 5 thousand dollars to pay a settlement | 6 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| William H. Holly to Mary Ann Davis describing visiting a plantation and conversing with former slaves | 29 July 1862 | Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William H. Holly to Mary Ann Davis discussing his enjoyment of female companionship and his wish to leave the army | 22 May 1864 | Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William H. Holly to Mary Ann Davis regarding mutual acquaintances, Christmas and religion | 4 January 1862 | Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry | Correspondence | |
| William Henry Harrison to C. W. Hanson about his candidacy for the presidential election; discusses slavery | 21 February 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Correspondence | |
| William Henry Harrison to John Brown Dillon regarding slavery | 12 December 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| William Henry Harrison to Joseph Gales, Jr. and William W. Seaton promising payment on a debt | 16 October 1822 | Documents Relating to 1822 | Correspondence; Business and financial document | |
| William Heyward to William A. Williams regarding making contracts with his former slaves for labor | 2 December 1865 | Four letters and two other documents regarding William A. Williams | Correspondence | |
| William Hodges to Blanche Kelso Bruce asking that he help control the Post office in Jackson as there is no Republican Representative there | 20 December 1875 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| William Knox to Henry Knox about the location of Congress and military matters | 2 September 1788 | The Henry Knox Papers [0085] July-September 1788 | Correspondence; Government document; Military document | |
| William L. Garrison to Reverend Putnam commenting on South Carolina's hatred of Massachusetts | 29 November 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| William Lewis Maury to Nan [Maury] describing an incident where an African American woman set fire to the house of her mistress | 27 February 1865 | Maury papers including CSS Georgia list of prizes | Correspondence | |
| William Livingston to unknown regarding the sale of a slave, who would be fit for "waiting on a gentleman" | 21 November 1774 | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to Ebenezer Dole thanking him for money | 14 July 1830 | Documents Relating to 1830 | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to the Editor of the Tribune regarding a recent meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society | 5 February 1864 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to Henry Wilson regarding abolition | 11 February 1866 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to John Greenleaf Whittier, discussing the deaths of other abolitionists | 10 May 1878 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to Joseph Knight concerning autographs | 28 November 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to Messrs Walker and Wise regarding a letter of introduction | 18 June 1861 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| William Lloyd Garrison to Thomas W. Higginson discussing lecturers | 1 February 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Correspondence | |
| William Logan to Sallie Logan reporting that they are camped waiting for clothes for the men | 30 July 1863 | Collection of Captain William Logan | Correspondence | |
| William Logan to Sallie Logan reporting that they marched for 33 hours and have not had a full meal in four days | 19 June 1863 | Collection of Captain William Logan | Correspondence | |
| William McBlair to Charles Wise discussing the capture by a British ship of a vessel flying the American flag | 12 October 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing British pressure regarding American suppression of the slave trade, religion and his daily operations at sea | 23 April - 3 May 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing family and life at sea | 25 December 1858 - 14 January 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing his attendance at state dinners and a Liberain church service | 7 February 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing his dislike of the British, the island of Goree and the death of a United States Consul in Sierra Leone | 14 March-16 March 1859 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing life at sea and his visit to Liberia | 12 February 1858 - 5 March 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing naval life and family matters | 24 June - 20 July 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McBlair to V. McBlair discussing the route for his voyage to the Canaray Islands, religion and their children | 24 May - 2 June 1858 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William McLain to George A. Baltimore describing the difficulty of a free black man traveling to Washington | 24 June 1848 | Documents Relating to 1848 | Correspondence | |
| William P. Trindale Jr. to Blanche Kelso Bruce to inquire about a position as rail agent between Cornith and Meridian | 14 March 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| William Paca to George Washington reporting British violations of a ceasefire | 21 February 1783 | Documents Relating to 1783 | Correspondence; Military document | |
| William Phillips to George Weedon discussing flags of truce and prisoner exchanges | 12 April 1781 | Documents Relating to 1781 | Correspondence | |
| William Pitt to James D. Fessenden regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Bill | 28 February 1854 | Documents Relating to 1854 | Correspondence | |
| William S. Holabird to Henry D. Gilpin regarding a successful appeal made in the Amistad case | 4 May 1840 | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny | Correspondence | |
| William Sherman to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal | 6 May 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| William T. Sherman to David D. Porter regarding southerners moving to Texas | 30 March 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman to John A. Lynch regarding the burning of Columbia, South Carolina | 12 July 1873 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Correspondence | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman to John Conness regarding a quarrel with Edwin M. Stanton over Johnston's surrender | 9 January 1876 | Documents Relating to the 1870s | Correspondence | |
| William Travis to David G. Burnet re: politics in Texas | 6 February 1835 | Documents Relating to 1835 | Correspondence | |
| William W. Jones to Philip B. Jones regarding the purchase of slaves | 31 December 1862 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 | Correspondence | |
| William W. Jones to Philip B. Jones regarding the purchase of slaves | 18 February 1863 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 | Correspondence | |
| William Wallace Smith to Asa Smith regarding the fall of Fort Donnelson and Englishman currier | 19 February 1862 | Letter from the Smith family to Asa Smith | Correspondence | |
| William, McBlair to V. McBlair regarding life at sea, religion and his attempts to catch a slave trader | 13-17 October 1857 | William McBlair collection | Correspondence; Military document | |
| Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 290, whole no. 1675 (April 26, 1853)] | 26 April 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)] | 27 April 1853 | Documents Relating to 1853 | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Willis Wills to John Winn regarding a dispute over payment for slaves rented | 20 December 1843 | Middlesex County Virginia documents | Correspondence | |
| Wills H Smith to Blanche Kelso Bruce wishing to testify in front of a committee in regards to the Mississippi election | 12 February 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Wilmot Proviso: bill and explanation of Preston King, of New York, in the House of Representatives of the U.S., January 4 & 5, 1847 | 4 January 1847 - 5 January 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Pamphlet | |
| Wilson Hicks to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding the oath of A.G Mayer | 17 March 1878 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| Winfield Scott Hancock to John W. Stevenson and John P. Stockton accepting his nomination for President of the United States by the National Democratic Convention | 29 July 1880 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 | Government document | |
| Witnessing 200 pound bond for manumission of slave | 4 May 1757 | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 | Legal document | |
| Witter H. Johnston to Miss Johnston about Elliot's maturity, Seymour's commission and a dinner with exchanged prisoners | 22 September 1864 | Letters from Witter H. Johnston | Correspondence | |
| Witter H. Johnston to Miss Sue Johnston discussing the recruitment of African American troops and the draft | 31 August 1864 | Letters from Witter H. Johnston | Correspondence | |
| Witter H. Johnston to Miss Sue Johnston explaining that there is no longer any African American or German soldiers in his regiment | 19 August 1864 | Letters from Witter H. Johnston | Correspondence | |
| Wm. Lowe to Blanche Kelso Bruce requesting copies of recent speeches | 13 March 1876 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| "Woman's right to labor," or, Low wages and hard work : in three lectures, delivered in Boston, November, 1859. | 1860 | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 | Book | |
| The World. [Vol. 5, no. 1367 (November 9, 1864)] | 9 November 1864 | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers | Newspapers and Magazines | |
| Worship of the North | ca. 1880-1890 | Confederate war etchings | Artwork | |
| Wrapper for 19th United States Colored Troops accounts for March & April 1865 | 1865 | Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K | Miscellany | |
| Writ of summons for the county sheriff to gather justices for an "examination of the fact" regarding the slave Samuel | 19 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Writ of summons for the Sheriff of Halifax County to gather justices for a trial of the slave Abram, for his role in the Easter Plot | 26 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Writ of summons for the sheriff of Halifax County to summon county justices for a trial of slaves involved in the Easter Plot | 17 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| Writ of summons for the sheriff to call county justices for a trial of the slaves Bob, Absalum, and Martin | 18 April 1802 | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 | Legal document | |
| The Wrongs to Missouri's Loyal People: Speech of Charles D. Drake, before the mass convention at Jefferson city, September 1, 1863 | 1863 | Civil war loyalty pamphlets | Pamphlet | |
| Y Scott to Blanche Kelso Bruce regarding money owed | 12 October 1877 | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate | Correspondence | |
| The Yankee slave-dealer; or, an abolitionist down South. A tale for the times by a Texan. | 1860 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Book | |
| Young Africa, or the Bone of Contention [carte de visite], by E. Anthony | 1862 | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War | Photograph | |
| Young slave girl seated in white dress with black lace | 1860 | Cartes de visites | Photograph | |
| Z. Flitner to his daughter regarding several matters, including a visit to church and African Americans | 10 June 1860 | Collection of letters written by members of the Flitner family | Correspondence | |
| Z.A. Leach to James McGuire regarding a runaway slave | 11 March 1865 | Documents Relating to the 1860s | Correspondence | |
| Zachary Taylor to Richard Taylor re: slavery debate preceding compromise of 1850 | April 1850 | Documents Relating to 1850 | Correspondence | |
| Zachary Taylor to Robert C. Wood about abolitionists and Indian affairs | 14 October 1843 | Documents Relating to 1843 | Correspondence | |
| Zachary Taylor to Robert Crooke Wood | 19 October 1847 | Documents Relating to 1847 | Correspondence | |
| Zachary Taylor to Thomas S. Jesup regarding the second Seminole War | 25 March 1838 | Documents Relating to 1838 | Correspondence | |
| Zachary Taylor to William Davenport regarding slaves and Indians | 18 July 1839 | Documents Relating to 1839 | Correspondence; Military document |
