The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison
The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison

Author: William Lloyd Garrison

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 782

ISBN-13: 9780674526631

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Despite provocation, Garrison was a proponent of nonresistance during this period, though he continued to advocate the emancipation of slaves. Set against a background of wide-ranging travels throughout the western U.S. and of family affairs back home in Boston, these letters make a distinctive contribution to antebellum life and thought.

Episodes from a Hudson River Town
Episodes from a Hudson River Town

Author: Clesson S. Bush

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1438440359

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Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence presented by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network The seemingly unremarkable Hudson River town of New Baltimore has had its ups and downs, you could certainly say that. Here, generations of families have worked the fields until the yield tapped out, built and repaired ships and barges until the steam age died, and harvested ice until refrigeration made "icebox" a quaint colloquialism. Yet despite the various economic, social, and military forces that have transformed the town, New Baltimore and its residents have endured, celebrating their triumphs and enduring their tragedies. Drawing on original town board minutes, Greene County surrogate and land records, federal and state military records, land patents, colonial documents, conversations with local residents, censuses, and period newspapers, town historian Clesson S. Bush provides an authentic portrait of a small-town community, making the routine—and drama—of small-town life on the Hudson River come alive.