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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter from Dr. Jenkins to William B. Fordney

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F011_In03

Date Range: 1851/11/10

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Letter from Dr. Jenkins to William B. Fordney

Description: Transcription of letter from Dr. Jenkins to William B. Fordney regarding the cultural history and intellectual equality of Africans, the practice of slavery throughout Africa, the Fugitive Slave Law, abolitionism and free African Americans, the American Revolution, Thaddeus Stevens, taxes, revenue, and Pennsylvania politics.

Date Range: 1851/11/10

Creation Date: 10 November 1851

Creator: Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Fordney, William Bush; Jenkins, John Carmichael; Stevens, Thaddeus

Other Creators: Jenkins, John Carmichael, 1809-1855

Subjects: African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Free Black people; Letters; Politics; Slavery; United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)

Search Terms: Abolition; Antislavery movements; Correspondence; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Fugitive slave law; Lancaster Intelligencer; Letters; Politics; Slavery

Extent: 1 item, 20 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02_F011_In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letters written by Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins which address the subject of slavery (MG0240_Ser02_F011_In01; MG0240_Ser02_F011_In03); Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

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Other Numbers: MG-240, Series 2

Other Number: MG-240, Series 2, Folder 11, Insert 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection, Case 5, July 2007. Added to database on 28 March 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6ce5ab20-90c1-40c1-b34a-292633199120

Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In06

Date Range: 1850/07/16

to have slavery south of that line established or not, as the people may direct But in practice there will be slavery authorised by the people, if only one voter in twenty be a slave holder. The slave holders will of course vote for it, so will their relations and most of their friends, also all

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens

Description: Letter from Amos Ellmaker to Thaddeus Stevens with plans to reconcile the North and South by extending the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific. The letter contains suggestions and observations about slaveholders, slavery and the western states. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1850/07/16

Creation Date: 16 July 1850

Creator: Ellmaker, Amos, 1787-1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Ellmaker, Amos; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Letters; Missouri compromise; Slaveholders; Slavery

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Missouri Compromise; Slaveholders; Slavery; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F002_In06

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 6

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 14 April 2022.; Old # MG-115, Part 1, Folder 2, Insert 3, Item 2; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.