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In this two-page letter H.O. Briggs acknowledges receipt of his invitation to attend the Reunion of the Free Soil Party. He enthusiastically accepts it, and then reminisces about his work for the party in South Boston with Samuel Gridley Howe and…

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In this letter, written on Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Department letterhead, Governor John D. Long thanks Samuel Downer for the event he held on the previous evening (August 30th). He states that he and his staff members are very…

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This pamphlet contains the address by Samuel Downer on the true conviction of religious faith, and honors three men who have left impressions on him: Horace Mann, Samuel Gridley Howe and Theodore Parker.

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This item includes two newspaper clippings. One is a Boston Herald newspaper clipping of an article titled "Then and Now." The article is on the formation of the Free-Soil Party with notice of the reunion scheduled for August 9, 1877. The other is…

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These two newspaper clippings were taken from July 26, 1877 edition of the Lowell Daily Citizen.  The first clipping contains two articles.  The first discusses the Free Soil Party's Buffalo Convention in 1848 as well as the proposed reunion in…

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This poem, written in honor of the Reunion of the Free Soil Party on August 9, 1877, discusses the importance of the Free Soil movement in ensuring justice and freedom for all peoples in the United States. It expounds upon the difficulties…

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This broadside, which contains an image of the Great Seal of the United States, advertises the politicians running for office in Massachusetts on the Free Soil Party Ticket. They include those running for President and Vice President, as well as…

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This broadside, which contains an image of the United States seal, advertises the Free Soil Party ticket for the Massachusetts General Court. The two candidates are Henry Humphreys and Asaph Churchill. There are two copies of this broadside.

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This broadside advertises the Free Soil Party ticket for the state of Massachusetts. Stephen C. Phillips is running for Governor and John Mills for Lieutenant Governor. Those running for senator are Jesse Pierce, Milton M. Fisher, and Edward L.…

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This image is a silhouette of Thomas Melville. He was a merchant in Boston, a member of the Sons of Liberty Party, and a participant in the Boston Tea Party. He was the grandfather of Nancy Melville, who was Samuel Downer's wife.
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