Call Number:

C1524

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Daniel Hoit anti-slavery correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1838-1845 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hoit, Daniel, 1778-1859

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century

Abstract:

Consists of several anti-slavery letters and circulars, dating from 1838 to 1845, to New Hampshire state legislator and abolitionist, Daniel Hoit (1778-1859).

General Daniel Hoit (also spelled Hoyt) (1778-1859), of Sandwich, New Hampshire, was an ardent abolitionist who ran several times as the Liberty Party and Free Soil Party candidate for governor. He was elected 15 times to New Hampshire's state legislature and was a member of the governor's council. The son of Joseph Hoit (1751-1778) and Betsy Folsom (1747-1834), Hoit married Sarah Sally Flanders (1786-1837) with whom he had several children, including Reverend William Henry Harrison Hoit (1813-1883) and portrait painter Albert Gallatin Hoit (1809-1856).

The collection consists of several letters and circulars from anti-slavery societies and abolitionist figures, including a lithographed copy of a letter, likely a mass mailing, from anti-slavery leader Orange Scott; a Liberty State Committee circular; and a couple of letters from the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, including one with a copy of the organization's constitution.