TY  - GEN
AU  - Leavitt,Joshua
TI  - Joshua Leavitt family papers,
KW  - Allen, Samuel C.
KW  - Birney, James Gillespie,
KW  - Field, Chloe Maxwell Leavitt,
KW  - Grennell, George,
KW  - Leavitt, Chloe Maxwell,
KW  - Leavitt, Roger,
KW  - Leavitt, Roger Hooker,
KW  - Smith, Moses,
KW  - Leavitt family.
KW  - Free Soil Party (U.S.)
KW  - Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
KW  - Oberlin College
KW  - Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
KW  - History
KW  - Schism, 1837-1870
KW  - Emancipator (New York, N.Y. : 1835)
KW  - Independent (New York, N.Y. : 1848)
KW  - New York evangelist
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - Free trade
KW  - Journalism
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Political parties
KW  - United States
KW  - Riots
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Ohio
KW  - Oberlin
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Editors
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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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