This is a handwritten letter by President Abraham Lincoln to Henry Wright, a member of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery society. Lincoln vows in 1863, not to revoke or modify the Proclamation, or return any slave to their former bonded labour. Although…
The source is a letter from former slave Anthony D. Allen to Dr. Dougal, the family of his former masters. Whilst dictated by Allen the letter is written by missionary Hiram Bingham. The letter details Allen’s experiences in becoming a free man, his…
This is a letter sent by Arthur Sleigh to the secretary of state for the colonies proposing the creation of a post office mail route to be set up in British Columbia, and requesting funding for it. He proposes a system based on ponies and horses to…
The letter is a short note written from a Christian Hawaiian, to Levi Chamberlain. Chamberlain was a Christian Missionary teacher and accountant. Chamberlain completed three tours on foot of Oahu. He went to Hawaii with his wife Maria. It details was…
A letter, with attached table of figures, from a secretary for the Vancouver Schools Board, to Vancouver City Alderman. The letter, in response to the Alderman’s request for information, details the enrolment history of Asian, predominantly Chinese,…
Documents recording the arriving steamships and passengers into the ports of Victoria and Vancouver in January 1925. Recorded for the purposes of controlling the arrival of potential migrants to Canada. The documents offer significant detail on both…
This man has written to his family following his move from Hawai’i to Vermont for his chaplaincy work. In it, we can see the love he has for his child, and the longing to be with him, despite his job during the Second World War. This provides us with…
This is a letter to Abraham Lincoln from David L. Gregg who served as the United States minister to Hawai’i from 1853 to 1858. This source is very much a private notice as Gregg expresses his feelings of deep embarrassment over Thomas Dryer’s…
A letter to the attorney general about either refunding, or paying the fine that a Chinese detective has incurred to remain useful. It states the issue of gambling amongst the Chinese, as well as gamblers from Nanaimo and New Westminster taking…