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Collection Reference Number GLC04717.31
From Archive Folder Collection related to Gerrit Smith 
Title Gerrit Smith to the Liberty Party of the County of Madison
Date 15 September 1846
Author Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Offers encouraging words to the Liberty Party following the recent Canastota Convention: "The New-York State Liberty Car is again upon the track."
Subjects Reform Movement  Abolition  African American History  Politics  Government and Civics  Slavery  
People Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  
Place written Peterboro, New York
Theme Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Smith, a politician from New York, served as a U.S. Representative from 1853-1854. He was a noted philanthropist and social reformer active in anti-slavery campaigns and women's rights.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859