Document announcing Connecticut's opposition to banning free Blacks
date: label: Date
content: 1825
name: label: Created by
content: Oliver Wolcott Jr., 1760 - 1833
label: Created by
content: Thomas Day, 1777 - 1855
label: Received by
content: John Andrew Shulze, 1775 - 1852
notes: label: Description
content: A partially printed, two-page document, from Governor Oliver Wolcott Jr. of Connecticut to Governor John Andrew Shulze of Pennsylvania. In it, Wolcott Jr. and Connecticut Secretary of State Thomas Day inform Shulze that the Connecticut General Assembly has voted to reject a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States and asks Shulze to inform the Pennsylvania legislature. The amendment, proposed by the Georgia legislature in 1823, would allow states to refuse entry of free Blacks. Document is signed by Governor Wolcott Jr. and Secretary Day. Document was folded and mailed without separate envelope. Red postage mark reads [Hartford / CT. June / 1.] Red stamp reads [PAID] and [18 3/4] in red ink notes postage paid. Faded embossed Seal of Connecticut appears at top left of second printed page. Document is poor condition and very fragile. At some time in the past it was adhered to a backing paper for stability but now that paper is deteriorating as well. Along the edges of the document are old repairs.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.21.4
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: circular letters
label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron gall ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Folded into envelope): 3 1/8 × 5 5/16 in. (8 × 13.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Folded once): 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Unfolded): 9 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (24.1 × 38.4 cm)