Collins, James B., b. 1843; Collins, Joseph T., d. 1863; Collins, John W., bookbinder; Collins, Mary Anne; Collins, John W., bookbinder; Commodore Barney (Steamboat); Monitor (Ironclad); Monticello (Steamer); United States--History--Civil War,...
66 autograph letters, signed, between James B. Collins and his brother Joseph T. Collins, their parents John W. and Mary Anne Collins, and a handful of friends and relatives, all dated between February 4, 1862 and July 9, 1863. The bulk of the...
Fessenden, William Pitt,1806-1869; Adams, John C.; Allen, Charles, 1827-1913; Allen, James; Appleton, John; Bradbury, J. W.; Burbank, David; Chamberlain, J. E.; Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889; Cobb, Sylvanus, 1823-1887; Coe, George...
Correspondence of William Pitt Fesssenden, and his sons Francis Fessenden and James Deering Fessenden. The majority of letters are addressed to William Pitt Fessenden on financial and political matters, but a few are private; several letters are...
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892; Clark, Aaron, 1783 or 4-1861; Davis, Cornelius, Jr.; Harral, H. K.; Jones, W. F.; Penney, George W.; Rathbone, Joel; Rotch, W. J.; Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883; Shotwell, H. R.; Smith, Francis H....
Correspondence, drafts of essays and speeches, drawings, and autobiographical writings of Alexander Jackson Davis. Letters to Davis and some misc. papers, 1835-59, chiefly about building residences. The correspondents include Francis H. Smith of...
Four-page letter from J. E. Paine in New York to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts] dated May 9, 1863, in which he requests that Spooner forward some of his publications and asks for legal advice concerning the trust left by his late...
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Acton, Thomas C.; Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891; Brewer, J. Hart (John Hart), 1844-1900; Carroll, Thomas B.; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852; Cofey, Henry C.; Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881; Conkling, Roscoe,...
Letters, notes, a printed circular, and one receipt pertaining to the life and activites of Horace Greeley, dated from 1840 to 1872. Nearly all letters are written by Greeley; recipents include Thurlow Weed, Henry Clay, Roscoe Conkling, Andrew...
Manuscript copy of a letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated October 30, 1863, asking Smith to return all letters ever sent to him by Spooner, with the exception of those referring to his libel suit in 1860.
Durant, Thomas J.(Thomas Jefferson),1817-1882; United states--Politics and government--1865-1877; Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950
Nine letters from various correspondents to Thomas Jefferson Durant, a lawyer and Louisiana state senator, and one of the few prominent Southerners who supported the Union during the Civil War. After the war he practiced in Washington D.C.
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...
Dayton, Charles W. (Charles Willoughby), 1846-1910; New York (State). Supreme Court; Metropolitan Fair (1864 :New York, N.Y.); Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863; Elections--United States--1864.; New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New...
The Charles Willoughby Dayton papers include diaries, composition books, speeches, miscellaneous writings, published materials, ephemera and photographs. Of the four volumes in the collection, two are composition books dated 1858 and 1862,...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
