10,234 research outputs found
Examination of Benjamin Williamson, June 15, 1847
No full textExamination of the witness, Benjamin Williamson in the matter of the Petition of Henry I. Williams.
People Included: Anthony Rutgers, John Kean, Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, Peter A. Jay, Julia Kean Fish, Hamilton Fish, Christine Alexander William Kean, Robert Birch, Sarah A. Birchhttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1840s/1011/thumbnail.jp
Benjamin Williamson to Johnathan Chetwood, February 1, 1840
No full textThe following document is a receipt between Benjamin Williamson and Jonathan Chetwood for a certified copy of the affidavit of John Kean as one of the executors of Susan Niemcewicz (deceased) and a certificate of probate of Susan Niemcewicz\u27s will by all the executors.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1840s/1015/thumbnail.jp
Petition of Benjamin Williamson, July 11, 1847
No full textPetition of Benjamin William regarding the Last Will and Testament of Susan Ursin Niemcewicz.
People included: Susan Ursin Niemcewicz,https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1840s/1002/thumbnail.jp
Land settlement agreement, July 31, 1874
No full textLand lease and settlement agreement between agent Robert M. Williamson and Benjamin Lundy, permitting Lundy to settle his "League of Land" colony west of the Colorado River, what was was then Tamaulipas, Mexico. Certificate is numbered 'No. 275'; and verso indicates its contents as a settlement agreement. In the 1820s, Williamson received an empresario contract which allowed him to settle upwards of 300 families north of the San Antonio Road, between the Colorado and San Guadalupe Rivers. This contract with Benjamin Lundy may refer to Williamson's capacity as empresario of these territorial holdings. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Monhegan Light
No full textDown East staff photographer Benjamin Williamson shares favorite photos he has taken of Monhegan
Henry I. Williams to Benjamin Williamson, June 4, 1847
No full textHenry I. Williams wrote to Benjamin Williamson, addressed to Elizabeth Town, NJ regarding the estate of Susan Ursin Niemcewicz.https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1840s/1009/thumbnail.jp
J.C. Painter letter to Benjamin Lundy
No full textLetter from J.E. Painter to (presumably) Benjamin Lundy, answering a request for information about the history and operations of the Underground Railroad. Letter includes details of a story of an ex-slave transported on the Underground Railroad through Ohio and stories of the plight of other fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River.
Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His "Genius of Universal Emancipation" was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Mexican land grant contract to Benjamin Lundy, March 10, 1835 (English)
No full textLegal document from an unsigned officer to Benjamin Lundy, authorizing him rights as empresario to a tract of land in then-Mexico. The document extends a previous treaty made to Lundy by the government of Mexico from November 17, 1823 -- presumably, this land is to be the site of Lundy's freed slave colony. Original Spanish-language document is also a part of this collection. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Indenture Petition of Benjamin Williamson, July 21, 1845
No full textIndenture Petition of Benjamin Williamson in the matter of the Trust under the will of Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, specifically property in Morris, NY. Signed and submitted by J. Stephen Cumbreleny.
People Included: William Samuel Johnsonhttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1840s/1008/thumbnail.jp
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