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U.S. Congressional publication concerning the Committee on Pensions and Catharine Leavitt's petition. Report submitted by Mr. Bates. 1 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.

Early edition of the Spanish Constitution, with preliminary matter not found in other copies: an engraved title page, 8 preliminary leaves containing a decree of march 1812, authorizing printing of the Constitution, a decree of 2 May 1812 ordering that the promulgation of the new Constitution be celebrated throughout Spanish dominions, and a decree of 24 May 1812 regarding how the clergy and the populace should celebrate the Constitution. The eighth leaf is a printed title for the Constitution. 134 pp.

U.S. Congressional publication concerning the Committee on Pensions and Mary Carleton's petition. Report submitted by Mr. Bates. 1 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.

Printed document, 35pp, Large woodcut vignette on title page. Likely the first edition of the 1828 constitution.

The justice of the peace for Washington County, Tennessee instructs the sheriff to detain an individual for the "assault and battery on the body of Julia a Female Slave the property of Alexander Nelson now in the employment of Henry C. Stephenson." October 28, 1841. ; https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1321/thumbnail.jpg

Bound volume, 328 p., iv, [45] leaves of plans. 31 cm. ; Relates to Emperor Maximilian I of Hapsburg.

This deed or receipt acknowledges the exchange of $800 for seven slaves: Betsy Baker, 55; Nelly, 36 and her son Jim, 12 and daughter Jane, 7; Henney, 40, and her son Washington, 5; and Polly Quander, 21. ; https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1289/thumbnail.jpg

Masters writes to Reade that Dick "has been somewhat uneasy with me, the first cause [was] my separating his wench from him. "The lowest price is one hundred pounds." Addressed to Reade in Poughkeepsie, NY. ; https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1326/thumbnail.jpg

This item is a list of over 80 "negroes" — slaves of African descent — at Spring Garden, a plantation in present-day DeLeon Springs State Park, Florida. The list notes the first names of slaves and their ages. Annotations indicate occupations and work assignments, family units, and if individuals were sent to Charleston or sold locally. The meaning of some annotations are unclear or at least not explicit, such as small circles next to females' names. Annotations indicate this list was used as reference more than once. One pair of twins is noted as are several infants. Reference to the names Heriot and Woodruff corroborate the location of the plantation. The document is marked "negro list" on the reverse side, docket. ; https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1303/thumbnail.jpg

78 handwritten pages describing travel in Europe and the United States ; Travel journal of the author in which she describes her trips to Madeira Island, Funchal (Madeira), Portugal; Lynchburg, Virginia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn and New York City, New York; Liverpool, England; Glasgow, Dunfermline, Scotland; and Edinburgh, Aberdour, Scotland.