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...
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.
