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Gravesend: 1811 Voorhies Avenue, north side, between E. 18 Street and E 19 Street, Sheepshead Bay, 1924.
Gravesend (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
New-York Historical Society, Photographs of New York City and Beyond

[Letter from Francis Jackson and Edmund Quincy to Wendell Phillips]
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
4-page letter from Francis Jackson and Edmund Quincy to Wendell Phillips, giving a statement of affairs [either of the American Anti-Slavery Society or the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]. Back of address sheet signed by Ellis Gray Loring.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Certificate issued to Jacob A. Lansing for one share in the stock of the Northern Inland Lock-Navigation Company.
Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764–1839; North, William, 1755-1836; Eddy, Thomas, 1758 – 1827; Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844; De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834; Commissioners; Expenditures/Expenses; Report; Financing; New York (State); Erie...
A thirty-five page report of the commissioners to explore the route of an inland navigation from the Hudson River to Lakes Ontario and Erie. The commissioners were appointed by joint resolutions of the New York State Senate and Assembly. In 1810,...
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

[Birth certificate of a certain mulatto child named Charles]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Charles, born 'on or about' April 15, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Rose' belonging to New York City minister of gospel William Parkinson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Charles]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Charles, born November 1, 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to Samson Benson Junior of Harlem.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a female black child called Cornelia]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Cornelia, born in January 1811, to a 'servant called Peg' belonging to Thomas Stagg of New York City.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Dick]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Dick, born April 21, 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Nance' belonging to New York City ship master James Gillender.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Frank]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Frank, born December 15, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Catharine' belonging to New York City merchant James D. Westervelt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[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 Henry Moore]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry Moore, born September 20, 1811, to the female slave Marian Moore belonging to Harriet [Henrietta] Clarkson, widow of New York City merchant Freeman Clarkson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Henry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry, born November 30, 1811, to a 'Woman Slave named Dinah' belonging to New York City sexton Samuel DeGroodt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

R. Bunn's certificate [of the] birth of 4 coloured children
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Ida, born November 9, 1809, Jack, born October 1, 1811, David, born August 15, 1815, and Amelia, born April 15, 1817, all children of slave named Sarah belonging to New York City ladies shoe maker Reuben Bunn.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of two childrenone named John and the other named Henry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John and Henry, born January 10, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mande' belonging to New York City shipwright Richard Platt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain black child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born October 8, 1811, to a 'black woman a slave named Trace' belonging to Manhattan teacher Thos. [Thomas] H. Finlay.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Margaret]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Margaret, born in August 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Susan' belonging to widow Hannah Lewis of New York City.
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

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born February 7, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Bett' belonging to New York City stock broker Leonard Bleecker.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter and a certain male child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born May 1, 1807, and John, born November 10, 1811, to a 'mulatto woman slave named Catharine' belonging to New York City teacher Charle [Charles] D. Piron.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Samuel]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Samuel, born September 20, 1810, to a 'Woman Slave named Rachel' belonging to New York City merchant Gabriel Havens.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Town Book for Castletown For the Entry of Black Children, 1799-1827
African American children--New York (State)--Richmond County; Registers of births, etc.--New York (State)--Richmond County; Slaves--New York (State)--Richmond County; Slavery--New York (State)--Richmond County; Slaves--Emancipation--New York...
Birth records and deeds of manumission for African American children in the town of Castleton, Staten Island, N.Y. between 1799 and 1827.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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