The following visualization shows some of the ways that the individuals included in this collection relate to one another. The arrows indicate the flow of the relationship, such as from writer to recipient or enslaver to enslaved. Individuals without arrows either had unclear correspondents or were writing to themselves, such as personal notes or treatises. The color of the lines represent the type of relationship. Some individuals may have had multiple relationships, such as a mother writing to a son, which are not comprehensively covered here.
Wrote to
Wrote about
Published
Had contract together
Collaborated
Enslaved
Related
Member*
*Women could not be Library Society members in their own right during this period, but they could participate and check out books through their husbands or other male family members who were Library members.