Related Items and Collections
Artifacts and Paintings
- Elizabeth Freeman ("Mumbet"), miniature portrait
- Bracelet made of gold beads from necklace of Elizabeth Freeman ("Mumbet")
- Bucks of America flag
- Bucks of America medallion
- Phillis Wheatley's writing desk
- Samuel Sewall, portrait by Nathaniel Emmons
Printed Items
- "An Elegaic Poem On the Death of that celebrated Divine, and eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned Mr. George Whitefield," 1771
- An Elegy, To Miss Mary Moorhead, On the Death of her Father, The Rev. Mr. John Moorhead, 1773
- An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of the Great Divine, the Reverend and the Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, 1784
- Laws of the African Society, Instituted at Boston, Anno Domini 1796
- Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (title page and frontispiece of 1773 edition)
- Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (title page and front matter of 1802 edition)
- "Queries Respecting the Slavery and Emancipation of Negroes in Massachusetts, Proposed by the Hon. Judge Tucker of Virginia, and Answered by the Rev. Dr. Belknap," from the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, first series, volume 4, 1795
- The Selling of Joseph by Samuel Sewall
- "To the Right and Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth ..." from Poems of Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1802 edition)
Printed Forms Completed in Manuscript
- Bill from John G. Grossman to the estate of Dinah Hartford, signed by Sarah Belknap, 3 April 1813
- Indenture between David Stoddard Greenough and Dick Morey, witnessed by selectmen of Roxbury, 6 September 1786
- Letter from John Eliot to Jeremy Belknap (on printed circular with queries about slavery in Massachusetts), [February 1795]
- Tax certificate to Arford Broom [Hartford Broom], 22 August 1786
- Warrant for the arrest of Ann Grafton, Cuffee, and Quoma, 12 July 1748
Manuscripts
- Account of William Park's expenses relating to Silvanus Warro, 15 November 1682
- Act for imposing a duty on the importation of enslaved people into Massachusetts (draft), [20 March?] 1767
- Act for imposing a duty on the importation of enslaved peopleinto Massachusetts(draft), [April 1767]
- Agreement of Joseph Warren with Joshua Green regarding payment for an enslaved person, 28 June 1770
- Bill from Hartford Robbins to Mr. Calf, 21 August 1786
- Bill from Cato Hunt to Hartford Turner, 1787
- Bill from Parker Emerson to John Belknap, 29 April 1813
- Bill of sale from Isaac Powers to John Hancock for Jack (an enslaved person), 22 April 1728
- Bill of sale from William Richardson to James Dolbeare for Loran (an enslaved person), 9 March 1732
- Bill of sale from Malachy Salter, Jr. to James Dalton for an enslaved person, 14 November 1749
- Bill of sale from Patience Hatch to Silvanus Hatch for Salathiel (an enslaved person), 8 February 1760
- Bill of sale from Nathan Brown to Elizabeth Cabot for the sale of Phillis (an enslaved person), 26 August 1768
- Bill of sale from Andrew Boyd to John Chandler for Dinah (an enslaved person), 20 February 1769
- Bill of sale signed by Benjamin Dolbeare as administrator of the estate of Nathaniel Loring to Benjamin Williams regarding Boston (an enslaved person), 1 June 1774
- Bill of sale from John Fellows to Theodore Sedgwick for Ton (an enslaved person), 1 July 1777
- Bill of sale from John Mory to David Stoddard Greenough for Dick (an enslaved person), 30 July 1785
- Deed from Benjamin Bancroft to William Lawrence for Bodee (an enslaved person), 10 July 1728
- Deed from Habijah Weld to William Clark for sale of Dido (an enslaved person), 17 January 1736/7 [1737]
- Deed signed by William Waitt to James Dalton acknowledging the sale of Peter (an enslaved person), 29 July 1747
- Document signed by John Saffin regarding the emancipation of Adam (an enslaved person), 26 June 1694
- Document by Samuel Stillman certifying that Hartford Turner and Dinah Ned were married by him, 8 April 1784
- Deposition of John Cornuck and others regarding Pompey (a freedom seeker), 7 October 1724
- Deposition of Mary Mountire about the ownership of Kent and Sambo (two enslaved people), 16 April 1740
- Hugh Hall account book, 1728-1733
- Indenture from William Clark to Ebenezer Griggs regarding Robin (an enslaved persob), 24 October 1747
- Indenture between Isaac Smith and Scipio Dalton (an enslaved person) regarding his freedom, 20 June 1779, with addendum, 20-24 December 1779
- Instructions to the prison keeper regarding Silvanus Warro's imprisonment, 2 March 1672
- Legal notes by William Cushing about the Quock Walker case, [1783]
- Letter from John Saffin, John Usher, and others to William Welstead, 12 June 1681
- Letter from Samuel Bowman to [Samuel P. Savage?], 14 October 1752
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 19 July 1772
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 19 July 1772
- Letter (copy) from Phillis Wheatley to Lord Dartmouth, 10 October 1772
- Letter from John Andrews to William Barrell, 24 February 1773 and response from William Barrell to John Andrews, 22 March 1773
- Letter from S. Huntingdon [Selina Hastings, Countess Huntingdon] to Susannah Wheatley, 13 May 1773
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to David Wooster, 18 October 1773
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 30 October 1773
- Letter from John Andrews to William Barrell, 28 January 1774
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 21 March 1774
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 6 May 1774
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 29 May 1778
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Mary Wooster, 15 July 1778
- Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 10 May 1779
- Letter from Abraham Peirce and others from Waltham, Massachusetts, regarding Phelix Cuff's service in the militia, 17 August 1780
- Letter from John Jacobs to William Heath regarding the status of Phelix Cuff, 26 August 1780
- Letter from unidentified sender [possibly Dinah Roberts] to unidentified recipient, 11 August 1788
- Letter from John Tracy to John Hancock, 7 December 1791
- Letter from St. George Tucker to Jeremy Belknap (with enclosed queries), 24 January 1795
- Letter from Samuel Dexter to Jeremy Belknap, 23 February 1795
- Letter from Samuel Dexter to Jeremy Belknap, 26 February 1795
- Letter from Nathaniel Appleton to Jeremy Belknap, 26 February 1795
- Letter from James Winthrop to Jeremy Belknap, 4 March 1795
- Letter and enclosure from Edward A. Holyoke to Jeremy Belknap, 19 March 1795
- Letter from Thomas Pemberton to Jeremy Belknap, 12 March 1795
- Letter from Samuel Dexter to Jeremy Belknap, 19 March 1795
- Letter from John Adams to Jeremy Belknap, 21 March 1795
- Letter from James Sullivan to Jeremy Belknap, 9 April 1795
- Letter from St. George Tucker to Jeremy Belknap, 11 April 1795
- Letter from James Sullivan to Jeremy Belknap, 30 July 1795, with letter from St. George Tucker, 10 February 1796
- Letter from St. George Tucker to Jeremy Belknap, 29 June 1795
- Letter from John Adams to Jeremy Belknap, 22 October 1795
- Letter from St. George Tucker to Jeremy Belknap, 31 October 1795
- Letter from St. George Tucker to Jeremy Belknap, 27 November 1795
- Manuscript copy of the Lord's Prayer, circa 1785-1786
- "Mumbett" (manuscript draft) by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1853
- Note from Edward Hewes to Dinah Keeth, 25 May 1777
- Note from Edmund Ranger to Capt. Robins with instructions to let Mr. Hartford have wood, 15 March 1785
- Note from Nathaniel Appleton to Judge Wendell, about Dinah, 28 February 1786
- Note from Dorothy Forbes to Charles Hayden, 30 June 1786
- Petition for freedom to Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson, His Majesty's Council, and the House of Representatives, June 1773
- Petition for freedom to Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage, His Majesty's Council, and the House of Representatives, 25 May 1774
- Petition for freedom to Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage, His Majesty's Council, and the House of Representatives for freedom, June 1774
- Petition for freedom (manuscript copy) to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives, [13] January 1777
- Petition from Prince Hall to the Massachusetts General Court, 27 February 1788
- Poems by Phillis Wheatley, "An Address to the Atheist" and "An Address to the Deist," 1767
- Poem by Phillis Wheatley, "Athiesim," July 1769
- Poem by Phillis Wheatley, "A Poem of the Death of Charles Eliot ...," 1 September 1772
- Poem by Phillis Wheatley, "To His Honor the Lieutenant Governor on the death of his lady," 24 March 1773
- Promissory note from Hartford Broom to Elizabeth Fennecy, 7 April 1786
- Queries about slavery in Massachusetts (manuscript copy) and draft letter to potential respondents by Jeremy Belknap, 17 February 1795
- Queries respecting slavery in Massachusetts with answers (manuscript draft) by Jeremy Belknap, [April 1795]
- Receipt from Ezekiel Lewis Jr. to James Dalton for exchange of Prince (an enslaved person) for Pompey (an enslaved person), 25 April 1750
- Receipt and agreement from James Dalton signed by Thomas Prince, relating to sale of Mindoe (an enslaved person), 24 October 1753
- Receipt from William Shackford to James Chesley for sale of Corradan (Corydon) (an enslaved person), 19 July 1756. [Note: Page 2 is a receipt of payment in exchange for freedom of Corydon signed by Otis Baker, 13 April 1778.]
- Receipt from Henry Ward to Otis Baker for sale of Cato (an enslaved person), 6 December 1763. [Note: Page 2 is a document giving Cato freedom signed by Otis Baker and witnessed by Jeremy Belknap, 4 June 1777.]
- Receipt from Katho Lame to Harford [Hartford] Broom, October 1783 - 24 May 1784
- Receipt from France Swalus to Hartford Robberts, 29 April 1784 or 1785
- Receipt from Cato Gray to Hartford Turner, 6 April 1785
- Receipt from Elizabeth Fennecy to Hartford Broom, 6 October 1785
- Receipt from Charleston Soley to Hartford Roberts, 16 November 1787
- Receipt from Daniel Steward to Hartford Turner, 6 November 1788
- Receipt from William Turner, Jr. to Hartford Turner, 6 April 1789
- Receipt from Abraham Haskell to Hartford Turner, 12 August 1789
- Receipt from Venes Inchurs to Hartford Broom, 5 December 1789
- Receipt from Crumell Barns [Cromwell Barnes] to Hartford Roberts, 28 September 1791
- Receipt from Henry K. Stevenson to Dinah Roberts, 29 July 1806
- Testimony of Anna Bill (manuscript copy) about the sale of two enslaved people, October 1761
- Will of Catherine Cornwell, 8 February 1752