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Chiefly correspondence of Leavitt with his brother, Roger Hooker Leavitt, as well as correspondence of their sister, Chloe Maxwell Leavitt Field, and parents, Chloe Maxwell Leavitt and Roger Leavitt. Also includes a number of speeches and articles. Subjects include the abolitionist movement; free trade; the Free Soil Party; James Gillespie Birney and the Liberty Party; the schism in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in the 1830s; the founding of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; rioting in New York, N.Y., in 1837; Joshua Leavitt's editorship of periodicals including the New York Evangelist, the Emancipator, and the Independent; and Leavitt family affairs. Other correspondents include Samuel C. Allen, George Grennell, Jr., and Moses Smith.
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Correspondence, Politics and government, Emancipator (New York, N.Y. : 1835), Oberlin College, Independent (New York, N.Y. : 1848), Journalism, Slavery, Riots, Free trade, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Free Soil Party (U.S.), New York evangelist, Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848), Political parties, Antislavery movements, Universities and colleges, HistoryPeople
Roger Hooker Leavitt (1805-1885), Leavitt family, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), Moses Smith (1817-1869), Chloe Maxwell Leavitt Field (1803-1876), Roger Leavitt (1771-1840), Chloe Maxwell Leavitt (1772-1851), George Grennell (1786-1877), Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842)Places
United States, Ohio, New York (State), Oberlin, New YorkTimes
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Open to research.
Deposit, 1938.
Converted to gift, Roger Leavitt, 1942.
Abolitionist, Congregational clergyman, and editor.
Collection material in English.
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