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MHS Miscellanynumber / Spring at NOW PRIMARY SOURCES on AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 92 2007 MHS MiscellanyNumber / Spring AT WWW.MASSHIST.ORG NOW PRIMARY SOURCES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY he mhs is proud to announce the launch from the Society’s collections, including historical T of African Americans and the End of Slav- manuscripts and early printed works, that offer ery in Massachusetts, a selection of digitized pri- a window into the lives of African Americans in mary source materials available at www.masshist. Massachusetts from the late 17th century through org/endofslavery. The new site features 117 items the abolition of slavery under the Massachusetts Excerpt from a petition for freedom to Gov. Thomas Gage, His Majesty’s Council, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives for June 1774. The petition proclaims that slaves have “in common with other men, a natural right to be free.” Jeremy Belknap papers, collections of the MHS. see inside this issue of the miscellany Constitution in the 1780s. While the materials MHS Events Listing for the spring and provide insight into the vital role that African summer, illustrated and in color! pp. 6 & 7. Americans, both enslaved and free, played in the state and local life of colonial Massachusetts, the A revised edition of the Society’s most site focuses on the struggle for personal liberty in famous publication, The Education of Henry the Commonwealth—a struggle that is central Adams. See the back cover. to a full understanding of our national history. MHS cooperation with Color images of manuscripts and published the Russian embassy in materials—including handwritten letters and celebration of 200 years of poems of Phillis Wheatley, America’s fi rst Afri- U.S.-Russian diplomatic can American female poet, and the only remain- relations and of JQA as ing copy of Samuel Sewall’s The Selling of Joseph the fi rst U.S. ambassador (1700), the earliest antislavery pamphlet pub- to Russia. pp. 8 & 9. LCA lished in New England—appear alongside fully Website, page 2 Periodical newsletter of the Massachusetts Historical Society MHS Miscellany 2 1 MHS Council Website, from page thoughts with Belknap, who published searchable transcriptions. Other highlights them in the Collections of the Massachusetts President include manuscript petitions of African Historical Society in 1795. Amalie M. Kass Americans requesting their freedom, war- The website is arranged into nine topi- Vice Presidents rants and depositions for runaway slaves, cal areas, including the Slave Trade, Lives William L. Saltonstall bills of sale and account books document- of Individual African Americans before Joseph Peter Spang ing the domestic and international slave 1783, the Struggle for Freedom, and the Secretary trade, and materials relating to Elizabeth Legal End of Slavery in Massachusetts. John F. Moffi tt Freeman and Quock Walker, the sub- Each section includes links to the digital Treasurer jects of the two landmark legal cases that images of documents related to that topic Nancy R. Coolidge brought an end to slavery in Massachu- and a brief essay that provides context for Members-at-Large of the Council setts. The site also includes a series of let- the documents. A search tool allows users Nancy Anthony ters that MHS founder Jeremy Belknap to search the entire site, including the doc- Bernard Bailyn assembled in 1795 after Virginia abolition- ument descriptions and transcriptions. A Levin H. Campbell ist St. George Tucker sent Belknap a letter bibliography of published and electronic William C. Clendaniel William Cotter posing a set of questions on the history of resources, including a link to the subject Arthur C. Hodges slavery. Belknap circulated Tucker’s que- guide “Collections Relevant to African Catherine S. Menand ries to a number of prominent Massa- American History at the Massachusetts Sheila D. Perry chusetts citizens. John Adams, Edward A. Historical Society: An Overview,” by Beth Lia G. Poorvu Holyoke, Nathaniel Appleton, and James A. Bower, is also available. L. Dennis Shapiro Winthrop, among others, shared their The culmination of a 10-month proj- Michael R. Yogg Hiller B. Zobel ect, African Americans and the End of Slavery Honorary Council Members in Massachusetts was Leo Leroy Beranek Henry Lee funded by the Insti- tute of Museum and Director Library Services under Dennis A. Fiori the provisions of the MHS Miscellany, no. 92 Library Services and Periodical Newsletter of the Technology Act grant Massachusetts Historical Society as administered by the Address: Massachusetts Board 1154 Boylston St. Boston MA 02215 of Library Commis- 617-536-1608 www.masshist.org sioners. Hours: The MHS reading room is open to the public free of charge, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:45 pm, and until 7:45 pm on Thursdays. For more information: This pamphlet, printed in 1796 Please call ahead or check the website , outlines the rules of for directions, information about the African Society, a Boston collections, reading room policies, group of African Americans holiday hours, and special events. organized to provide a form of health insurance and Masthead illustration: funeral benefi ts, as well as spiritual brotherhood, to its “Plan & Elevation of the Tontine members. Crescent, now erecting in Boston.” Laws of the African From the Massachusetts Magazine, 1794. Society. By the African The MHS occupied the Tontine Society, Boston, 1802. 1794 1833 Crescent from until . Collections of the MHS. 3 Spring 2007 / 92 From the Director The Belknap Society The 3,600 manuscript collections at the MHS make it a destination for researchers from around the world; this In the years immediately following the Revolution- would be true even if we made no extra effort to sup- ary War, the Reverend Jeremy Belknap, conducting port and stimulate scholarship. But our mission does research on his history of New Hampshire, observed not allow us to be passive: we must promote the study of that “many papers which are daily thrown away American history. Over the past 20 years, under the lead- may in future be much wanted, but except here and ership of Conrad Edick Wright, the body of programs there a person . , no one cares to undertake the and fellowships that serves this goal has grown consid- collection.” He concluded that “public repositories erably. In recognition of this impressive roster and its for historical materials” were needed and eventu- importance to the mission, the Society has established ally went on to found The Historical Society that a separate Research Department. Headed by Conrad, later became the Massachusetts Historical Society. Research will receive the attention it deserves. His model, to invite a small group of individuals What the department encompasses is indeed wide- who had “a sincere interest in the organization and ranging and substantial. Research will manage more would work to strengthen it,” is a model that has than 30 fellowships, including long-term, regional, and sustained the MHS into the 21st century. short-term awards; over 30 seminars in early American, Today, as in the 18th century, too few individuals immigration and urban, and environmental history; and understand and value the importance of collecting conferences such as last year’s “Remaking Boston.” As and preserving materials for the study of history. the Worthington C. Ford Editor of Publications, Conrad While the MHS is fortunate that its endowment will oversee and edit the Massachusetts Historical Review covers 70 percent of operating revenue, it must and Sibley’s Harvard Graduates. make up the difference through grants, dues, and A Research Committee has convened to advise and charitable gifts. The Annual Fund provides vital guide the new department. Council member Lia Poorvu operating revenue for the MHS, allowing the will serve as chair. The other members of the commit- library to remain free and open, supporting “pub- tee to date, including Charles Capper, Frederick Grant, lic lectures on history that educate the public” (a Marilynn Johnson, Jane Kamensky, Richard Miller, priority for Belknap), and underwriting the cost Miles Shore, and Reed Ueda, put a range of expertise of caring for its incomparable collection. Several and points of view at the department’s disposal. years ago, in honor of the Society’s most gener- What the future holds for Research will be determined ous annual contributors, the MHS launched the by an intersection of committee deliberations, the stra- Belknap Society. This year, the MHS has expanded tegic plan now reaching conclusion, Conrad’s unfl agging the Belknap Society to include all those who give zeal, and available resources. In anticipation of setting $1,000 or more each year to strengthen the promo- an agenda for the next fi ve years many ideas have sur- tion of history literacy, and continues to recognize faced. For stability, the fellowships need full and perma- Annual Fund donors at all levels with gratitude. nent endowment. We need to increase stipend amounts, The Annual Fund goal for fi scal year 2007 which are in some cases barely minimal, and housing and (which runs July 1 through June 30) is $365,000—a private study spaces would certainly improve the experi- 20 percent increase over the past fi scal year. With ence and productivity of fellowship recipients. The semi- just two months left to achieve that goal, we are nars, which could benefi t from endowment as well, also in the home stretch: our fi nal FY07 appeal will be need increased funding to underwrite speaker expenses. arriving in your mailbox shortly. We are grateful to We will consider adding a new series—possibly one on the many hundreds of members and friends who women’s history in cooperation with the Schlesinger have already made their gift this year. If you have Library. A strengthened presence for the MHR is also not yet made your gift to the Annual Fund, we under review, since it is our primary vehicle for dem- hope that you will give as generously as you can.
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