Family record ("Catalogue of Children of Leven Still and Charity his wife")
Family record recording the births of fourteen named children to Leven and Charity Still from 1798 to 1821. The document was written all at one time in the same handwriting.
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Garrison, W[illia]m Lloyd, letter, Roxbury, [Mass.], March 5, 1875, to [William] Still.
William Lloyd Garrison acknowledges the receipt of William Still’s letter requesting a reply by a certain date; reports that there is no possibility of his attending the centennial of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, to which he has been invited, on account of his ill health; offers to send a letter expressing his feelings, which could be read at the event, if it is desired; comments on a federal civil rights bill; and reflects on the poor prospects for equal rights after the end of President Grant’s administration.
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1875-03-05
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Garrison, W[illia]m Lloyd, letter, Roxbury, [Mass.], April 7, 1872, to William Still.
William Lloyd Garrison thanks William Still for the gift of Still's book on the Underground Railroad; comments on the volume’s presentation and contents, including the perils encountered by escaping slaves and the impact of the Fugitive Slave Law; and expresses the hope that the book will be sold widely, both to recoup the expense of preparing it and “for the enlightenment of the rising generation as to the inherent cruelty of the defunct slave system.”
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1872-04-07
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May, Samuel J., letter, Syracuse, [N.Y.], February 28, 1861, to "Uncle Peter" [Peter Still]
The Rev. Samuel J. May explains to Peter Still the circumstances, as he has been able to ascertain them, of the sale of the copyright and stereotype plates of Still's published narrative (after the bankruptcy of the publisher), which went first to Still’s friend Mr. Parrish and then to a Mr. Jones of London; indicates his resulting conclusion that Mrs. Pickard was not at fault for what happened to the plates, despite Still’s perception; presumes that printing in London is cheaper than in New York, so that for Still to purchase an edition of the book now would likely not be more expensive than formerly; provides advice regarding Still’s dispute with a Mr. Smith over the price of Still's house and land, suggesting that “three good men” be selected to act as arbitrators; and notes in a postscript that he recently visited Catharine [Still], who is unhappy with her situation at the Onondaga Academy, as she “thinks she does not receive as much instruction as she ought to.”
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1861-02-28
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Still, Catharine, letter, Onondaga Valley, N.Y., February 17, 1861, to "My Dear father" [Peter Still]
Catharine Still acknowledges the receipt of a letter from her father (Peter Still); comments on the cold weather, including as a reason for not visiting Mrs. Pickard; notes that she will enclose a separate note [not present] for Alice; and asks questions, in part about items that her father was to get (including from "uncle William").
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1861-02-17
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doi:10.7282/T37M082P
Ely, H.P., letter, Medford, [N.J.], November 15, 1857, to "Resp[ec]t[e]d F[rien]d." [Peter Still]
H.P. Ely informs Peter Still that he (Ely) has received a letter from Dillwyn Smith; alludes to a trip to New England by Still to sell books; reports that Smith is suffering financially, apparently as arbitration (relating to construction of Still’s house?) reduced the amount of money that Smith was to receive, despite related bills that Smith must still pay; believes that Still should pay one of Smith’s relevant bills, as Smith “has met with many losses” and “Dillwyn[’]s family & connections have done more for [him] than all others with their money & reccommendations [sic]”; further suggests that through inaction Still could “loose the interest of [his] best friends and injure the cause of freedom for the slave”; and adds, in a postscript, that he has forgotten to mention a bill from the painter, who urgently seeks payment.
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1857-11-15
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Pickard, Kate E.R., letter, Camillus, [N.Y.], May 30, 1857, to "Uncle Peter" [Peter Still]
Kate Pickard acknowledges to Peter Still that she has not written to him for some time, although in the meantime she has learned news of him through Mr. Hamilton and Mr. May; updates Still on the health and activities of members of her family (including the birth of her daughter Jane); consoles him on the death of his mother; encourages him in selling the book about his life and family, noting that he gets both his “share as proprietor & the agent’s percentage besides”; and relates that, although there is not much news from Alabama, she has learned that Judge Weakl[e]y of Florence has died.
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1857-05-30
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doi:10.7282/T3G44QDD
Pickard, Kate E.R., letter, Camillus, [N.Y.], June 3, 1856, to "Uncle Peter" [Peter Still]
Kate Pickard informs Peter Still that the book she has written about his life and family is finally out; describes the physical appearance of a copy of the volume that she recently obtained when she saw the publisher, Mr. Hamilton; conveys a request from Hamilton that Still "take an agency to sell the book" so as to realize a good (i.e., greater) profit from it--which is especially likely if Still retraces the travels that he made when fundraising to free his enslaved family; notes that the book is priced at $1.25 per copy; gives Still advice about whether or not to accept an agency to sell the book; notes that she and Still are receiving ten percent on each book; and entreats him to let her know if he is coming (to New York State) to accept a position as a sales agent for the volume.
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1856-06-03
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doi:10.7282/T3028RNF
Pickard, Kate E.R., letter, Camillus, [N.Y.], May 9, 1856, to "Uncle Peter" [Peter Still]
Kate Pickard expresses the hope that Peter Still and his spouse Vina have been comfortable in their “own home through all the past cold winter”; reports that the book about the Still family will be issued later in the month; notes that the publisher, Mr. Hamilton, has taken as a partner in the enterprise the Auburn firm of Miller, Orton & Mulligan, a publishing house which has previously issued books on slavery; states that one engraving (of Still and his family) will be omitted, at least from the book’s first edition, as the likenesses in the proof were poor; observes that publishing the book now might actually work out better than had it appeared the previous fall; and notes, in a postscript, that the daguerreotypes consulted by the engraver are in her care and ready to be returned.
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1856-05-09
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doi:10.7282/T3BC3ZN7
Pickard, D.L., letter, Camillus, [N.Y.], January 23, 1856, to "Uncle Peter" [Peter Still]
Writing for his wife, D.L. Pickard informs Peter Still that arrangements for publication of the book about Still and his family “have been made with Wm. T. Hamilton, book merchant of Syracuse”; notes that the volume “is now ready for the press”; desires to know of current prospects for freeing the small child (Still’s grandson) remaining in bondage; wants to know whether or not the book must therefore be delayed; and reports on the health of his family.
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1856-01-23
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doi:10.7282/T36M36XW