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"The Republic of Haiti had been established as the result of a successful slave revolt. This convention pledges English-French-Haitian cooperation in suppressing the slave trade. This Treaty "for the suppression of the Slave Trade" originally was concluded between England and France, to which the Republic of Haiti now accedes." –Description from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books

"Dated 16 August 1754, this indenture records a transfer of title from the St. Kitts planter Edmund Akers (1710-1782) to Francis Fane (c.1698-1757) MP, Commissioner for trade and the plantations, of a sugar plantation of 55 acres in the parish of Christ Church Nicola Town on the island of St. Christopher 'with all and singular dwelling houses, boiling houses, mills, stills, coppers and other ... buildings.' The estate is delineated to the North by lands of John Hutchinson and William Percival, to the East by Scotch Island Gutt and the lands of William Woodley and Samuel Vanderpoole, to the South by lands of Ralph Willett, esquire, and to the West by lands of John Hutchinson.." –Description from Samuel Gedge, bookseller

"Containing a rare mid-eighteenth century reference to a synagogue on the Caribbean island of Nevis, this document of 1 February 1761 records the leasing by Samuel Harris Esq. (d.1773?) to John Ward Esq., both 'of the island of Saint Christopher,' of a piece of land, 'by estimation fifteen acres...bounded to the East with lands belonging to Ralph Willett Esquire...To the West with the Common Path...To the North with lands belonging to the said John Ward...To the South with...the common path leading from the Jew's Synagogue...” A Sephardic Jewish community on the island of Nevis is recorded from at least the 1670s to the close of the 1760s. The reference in this document must be to the synagogue at Charlestown (parish of Saint Paul), the capital of the island of Nevis, which is thought to have been built in the 1680s. Born on Nevis, Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) attended the Jewish school attached to this synagogue in the 1760s." --Description from Samuel Gedge, bookseller

"Headed as 'No. 5' and 'No.6,' and like issued together, these two letters are dated December 31 and January 1 and specify the conditions of the general amnesty proclaimed on December 5th by the three civil commissioners from France." –Description from William Reese Company.

"Contains a collection of fourteen letters on 31 leaves, both autograph and typescript, by Puerto Rican Nationalist Julio H. Velàzquez and his mother Julia, all addressed to benefactor and friend Anna Melissa Graves (1875-1964).

Julio Hector Velàzquez was still a minor in high school in 1937 when he, his father Luis F. Velàzquez, Pedro Albizu Campos, President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, and five others, were convicted and imprisoned for conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. Julio would spend several years in prison (we have been unable to ascertain how long, though a newspaper article from 1941 indicates he was in prison in that year), and the present collection, though dating from more than twenty years after his trial, indicate the enduringly crippling effect his youthful imprisonment had on his life, his family, and his career.

The recipient of all correspondence, Anna Melissa Graves, was a prominent American internationalist, civil rights advocate, peace activist, and author who held a long-time leadership position in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Much of the present correspondence relates to Julio's attempts to become, like his grandfather before him, an independently operating printer in the Bronx, with Graves his primary patron (indeed, a search for anything printed by Velàzquez in OCLC only shows two pamphlets, both by Graves: 'The Necessity for a Struggle to Abolish Colonialism' (ca. 1953) and 'Please Listen, Mr. President: A Letter to President Eisenhower' (ca. 1960). The letters from Julio's mother Julia portray a family struggling for decades with family calamity, the last few letters from her explicitly describing terrible bouts of depression and anxiety for the well-being of her son. The final letter, written by Julio in January 1963, about eighteen months before Graves' death at the age of 89, shows desperation on his part for Graves' patronage, his having just received a letter from her (not seen) in which she appears to have canceled a print job he was working on due to the poor quality of the proofs. To this Julio begs her, 'Please, please, Miss Graves I am about finished in setting the whole copy in type which is actually the heavy part of the work in printing the book and I won't feel well if after so much work I will not complete the actual printing job of the booklet. I promise you that you will like the finished printing job of the booklet.' Whether the pamphlet was ever finished is unclear. A valuable portrait of a struggling Puerto Rican Nationalist family and the adverse effects of juvenile imprisonment." –Description from Lorne Bair Rare Books, Inc.

"This detailed report is a primary source on England's efforts to stamp out the African slave trade, with correspondence on conferences in London, and many diplomatic exchanges between England and Austria, Russia, Buenos Aires, Egypt, Haiti, Mexico, Montevideo, New Grenada, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States. This item reports much information on the illegal traffic, with data on ships, their captains, slaves brought into western ports, employment of the American flag in aid of the slave trade undertakings." –Description from vendor

"An important primary source on England's efforts to stamp out the African slave trade, printing many diplomatic exchanges with France, Sardinia, Tuscany, Haiti, and Venezuela. These items report on the illegal traffic, with data on slave ships sailing illegally under the flags of nations that have outlawed the slave trade; the inhumane treatment inflicted on the captured Africans; and material on international Slave Trade Conventions. Palmerston writes, 'The demand for human begins as articles of traffic on the Coast of Africa keeps up among the Africans the practice of war for man-stealing, and occasions an infinite variety of crimes and atrocities." –Description from vendor

Document detailing the implications of the clash between the United States of America and Soviet Russia for Cuba and Puerto Rico

"[San Francisco Bay Area]: The Front, [1975]. 5 p., 8.5 x 11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner. Discusses the effort spearheaded by Chicanos to form a caucus within the Front and the rocky beginning to its work. Attached sheet lists organizations interested in possible collaboration, including CEDOAS (a Dominican organization), the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, Congress of Afrikan People, and others; also included is a summary of a visit to NYC and cultural contacts made there, especially with the Nation of Grafitti Artists, a Dominican and Puerto Rican group of kids that targeted trains, bridges, etc." -Bolerium

2 page document. The first page of this document includes an account balance. On the back of the document, there is a small paragraph written by James Newman, who has requested that George Hooper attend a meeting of annuitants. This is in relation to the death of Mr. Justinian Casamayor, surviving trustee to the annuitants on the Estates.

2 page document. The first page of this document lists the annuity account for Justinian Casamayor.

3 page document. This document shows balance due from the estate of Justinian Casamayor from 1820 to 1822.

3 page document. This document shows Newman's account balance from 1822 to 1828. He is mentioned as the agent to the account.

Includes transcript, 3 page document. This is a typescript. This document does not include a reference. In this typescript, the "White Plains" organization is requesting donations on behalf of the children of France who have been impacted by World War I. The group making the request intended to send the donations to France during the Christmas holidays.