Lot
1705 
1846 (Feb 12) Letter From Monrovia, folded letter datelined from Governor J.J. Roberts to Ben Coates in Phil., Pa., red Baltimore, Md cds lightly struck with matching "Ship" and "12" handstamps, manuscript "Pr Brig Kent", letter is settling debts and advising latest developments in the slave trade including that "England cancelled a treaty with native chiefs of Grand Cape Mount which should stop traffic through Liberia…slavers have been unable to move their victims due to the blockade by English and American ships", excellent content concerning the fight against slave trading in Africa; light stain, Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $450
Lot
1706
(Abolitionist Movement) Amos A. Lawrence and the New England Emigrant Aid Company (treasurer and principle manager of the Emigrant Aid Association, which sent out parties of settlers from New England during the Kansas struggle) two items; signed 1839 folded letter from Boston to Allentown, N.J. with interesting content regarding the silk industry in the U.S., and an 1856 notice (with cover) of charter of the New England Emigrant Aid Company showing Lawrence as an incorporator and the treasurer, also includes a circular notice regarding the "crisis in Kanzas affairs", the cover addressed to Sherman, Conn. and franked with 1851, 1¢ blue, type II canceled by Boston cds, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Amos Lawrence financed the founding of the University of Kansas, in the town of Lawrence named after him.
Realized: $95
Lot
1707
New York Kansas League and American Settlement Co., buff cover with printed corner card bearing 1852, 3¢ dull red tied by New York Jul. 16 cds, Chase notes on reverse; accompanied by 1855 non-original folded notice calling on a shareholder to pay the balance due for his stock so the American Settlement Co. can complete the purchase of lots in Council City Ks.Terr.; cover and letter faults, Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
This organization operated in a manner similar to that of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. One of its primary objects was to settle Kansas Territory with New Englanders and thus force it to adopt a free state constitution under the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The New York Kansas League was the only one of these similar organizations that is known to have used a corner card.
Realized: $130
Lot
1708
Pro-Slavery Emigration: Buchanan Pro-Slavery Aid Society, printed letter datelined "Saint Joseph, Mo. Jan 13, 1856", soliciting the organization and cooperation of similar societies in all Missouri counties bordering on Kansas Territory, to counter the efforts of the "misguided abolitionist aid societies" in settling Kansas Territory with free state intentions, addressed to Canton, Lewis County, Missouri and bearing 1852, 3¢ dull red, four margins, tied by "St. Joseph Mo. Jan 15" cds, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $280