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The Crisis of the Revolution
Page 62; Two paragraphs; One footnote; Approval Report of orders to execute Major Andre;
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

Jonathan Ells to Messrs. Samuel and Wm. Vernon
Account current for Jonathan Ells with Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] for purchases made between August 25, 1774 and August 7, 1775.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Paul Magee to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon
Account current for Paul Magee with Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] for purchases made between August 26, 1774 and August 8, 1775.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Abiather Wilson to Messrs. Samuel and Wm. Vernon
Account current for Abiather Wilson with Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] for purchases made between August 26, 1774 and August 7, 1775.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Alexander Watson notebook, 1772-1774
Watson, John,1685-1768; Watson, Abigail, 1746 or 1747-1774; Watson family; Real property--New Jersey; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Agriculture--New Jersey; Agriculture--New York (State)
Notebook, 1772-1774, of Alexander Watson. Contains receipts, lists of deeds and properties, and a note of a lease assigned to him in New York to build a church; notes on taxes; excerpts from A new system of agriculture, by a Country Gentleman, with...
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts

Granville Sharp Collection, 1768-1803 (bulk 1768-1773)
Abolitionists--Great Britain; Blacks--Civil rights--Great Britain; Blacks--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain; Slave trade--Great Britain; Slavery--Law and Legislation--Great Britain; Armstrong, Aaron--Trials, litigation, etc.; Lewis,...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Lewis Tappan to Theodore D. Weld]
Abolitionists--United States; Abolitionists--New York; Antislavery movements--Ohio; Antislavery movements--United States; Antislavery movements--New York
Four-page letter from Lewis Tappan of New York [City] to Theodore D. Weld in Cincinatti, Ohio, regarding Antislavery demonstrations at Lane Seminary that outraged administrators Lyman Beecher and Franklin Youngs Vail. Includes mention of several...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Petition letter in opposition to the American Colonization Society]
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--England--London; Antislavery movements--England--London; African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Petition denying support for the American Colonization Society, signed by William Wilberforce and 12 others in London, 1833.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Circular
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.)
Printed circular by Elizur Wright, Jr., Secretary of the Anti-Texas Committee, asking Massachusetts citizens to collect signatures for petitions against the admittance of Texas into the Union as a Slave state. On back, list of ca. 40 names of...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Bill from Jonathan Niel for wages from the Brig Othello]
Barbados--Commerce; Merchant ships--United States
Account record by Jonathan Niel for services and provisions for the Brig Othello, including silk handkercheifs, stockings, and knives for Captain [George Sweet] Dunbar, submitted to Messrs. Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Stephen Bayard letters,1728-1743
Bayard, Stephen, 1700-1757--Correspondence; Livingston, Gilbert--Correspondence; Wendell, Evert, 1681-1750--Correspondence; Bayard, Nicholas, 1698-1766--Correspondence; Wynkoop, Jacob; New York (State)--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca....
Four letters from Stephen Bayard to Gilbert Livingston of Kingston, N.Y., and one to Evert Wendell of Albany, datedNewYorkbetween 1728 and 1743, before Bayard became mayor of the city. The correspondence is largely concerned with financial matters,...
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Harry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Harry, born March 30, 1811, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Tine' belonging to New York City physician Joseph Bayley.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Sam]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sam, born December 25, 1814, to a 'Colored Woman a slave named Tine' belonging to New York City physician Joseph Bayley.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Martha Bradstreet papers,1772-1868
Bradstreet, Martha, b. 1780--Trials, litigation, etc.; Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774--Estate; Livius, Elizabeth, d. ca. 1794--Estate; Schuyler, Peter; Morgan, Charles, fl. 1795; Bradstreet family; Real property--New York (State)--New York; Utica...
Papers, 1774-1868, mainly consisting of correspondence and legal documents relating to Martha Bradsteets attempts to regain title to land in Utica (N.Y.), which was originally part of the property of General John Bradstreet, the stepfather of...
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts