Caption reads: A. Weingarnter's Lithy. N.Y., for D. T. Valentine's Manual / Drawing of Old Residences on Murray Hill, Lexington Avenue near 37th Street on the Old Boston Post Road, 1858.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Rachel Hutchinson, born August 6, 1801, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Judy' belonging to New York City ship wright Elisha Blossom.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Lilla, born November 8, 1801, to 'Jenny a slave belonging to Samuel L. Mitchill,' a physician and member of the United States House of Representatives. Addressed to Tunis Wortman, Esq., Clerk of the City of New York.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Clara, born Novemer 8, 1801, to a 'female slave Rachel,' and of Mary, born May 6, 1802, to a 'female slave Sylvia,' both belonging to New York City merchant Jonathan Lawrence.