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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

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

Persons to whom we sent the Texas Circular
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Massachusetts; Slaves--Massachusetts; Abolitionists--Massachusetts; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts
List of 60 names of persons who were sent copies of "the Texas Circular" in 1945 [by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Loose account pages]
Accounts current--New York (State)--Columbia County
Loose fragments of account book in a single hand [possibly originating from Columbia County, New York], describing names of purchasers of various domestic goods.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

8 - TROY FROM WATAERVLIET [front caption] (1front) [h0109ac1]
Awnings; Bricks; Buildings; Churches; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Clock towers; Commercial facilities; Pilings (civil engineering); Embankments; Hills; Industrial facilities; Loading docks; Marine terminals; Piers & wharves; Railings; Signs...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (indiscernible), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; Logo (Private Mailing Card) printed in stylized lettering (AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19-1898. THIS SIDE 13 FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.); No written message;...
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Entrance to Harbor, Buffalo, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0529ac1]
Awnings; Buildings; Chimneys; Clouds; Flags; Grain elevators; Hats; Hills; Industrial facilities; Lighthouses; Luggage; Piers & wharves; Reflections; Rocks; Shipping; Smoke; Smokestacks; Steam engines; Waterfronts; Men; Passengers; People; Color...
Queens College, Waterways of New York

[Birth certificate of male child Henry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry, aged three months and eight days, 'born of a female slave' belonging to New York City bookseller and stationer Samuel A. Burtus.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Mary]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Mary, born January 1, 1808, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Isabel' belonging to New York City bookseller Samuel A. Burtus.
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

The Crisis of the Revolution
Buttons (Information artifacts); Houses; Confiscations;
Chapter IV.; One footnote; Drawing of Officer's buton on lefthand side. Officer's button has the number 54 embossed on the front.
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

The Crisis of the Revolution
Correspondence;
Page 61; Three paragraphs; Five footnotes; Correspondence from John Andre, Adjutant-General
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

The Crisis of the Revolution
Correspondence
Page 48; Two paragraphs; Six footnotes; Correspondence from Washington to Jamieson; Signature of Captain Jeronimus Hoogland;
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

Crooke family papers,1737-1804(bulk 1737-1750)
Crooke, Charles, Jr. -- Estate; Crooke, John, of Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Crooke, John, Jr., d. 1759; Crooke, William; Crooke, Rebecca Wickham, 1771-1846; Elmendorf, Peter Edmund, 1764-1835; Livingston, Henry, 1714-1794; Wilkins, Martin S; Bleecker,...
Twenty-four letters and financial accounts created by members of the Crooke family, originally of Ulster County, N.Y. Collection includes six documents pertaining to the disposal of the estate of Charles Crooke, Jr., dated 1753-1767; one autograph...
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts