BURGESS, Ebenezer (1790-1870). Autograph letter signed ("E. Burgess"), to Phillips Academy instructor Mr. James B. Richards. Dedham [Massachusetts], 14 October 1839. 1p, 7 3/4 x 10 in. (adhesive residue, creasing at folds, light soil). Burgess inquires if Richards is interested in a teaching engagement in the Upper Village District, and states that his sons inquire whether he might not teach them next winter.

Burgess was a minister who served as an agent of the American Colonization Society, accompanying the Rev. Samuel J. Mills to explore the western coast of the African continent in 1817-1818.

CHRISTY, David (1802-1882). A group of 2 receipts, signed ("D. Christy" and "David Christy"), dated 21 January 1832 and 19 June 1832, each approx. 8 x 2 1/2 in. Receipts issued for payment to Christy for publishing notices on behalf of executors for estates of the deceased.

Christy was a prominent antislavery writer best known for his contribution to Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this Important Subject. Additional writings include those published in conjunction with the American Colonization Society such as African Colonization by the Free Colored People of the United States an Indispensable Auxiliary to African Missions (1854).