Fugitive slaves--Martinique; Fugitive slaves--Rhode Island
One-page petition submitted by Remy Thiboult regarding the discovery of a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Johnson of Rhode Island, on the Schooner Corsaire docked in the harbor of St. Pierre, Martinique.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; New York (State) Stock Certificate; Moran Brothers of New York; Loans; Reimbursements; Canal Department;Joseph, Alexander, Comte de Peurtales; Letter
7.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. Notarized manuscript two page letter from Alexander Joseph, Comte de Peurtales in Geneva, Switzerland appointing the Moran Brothers of New York City as his "true and lawful attorneys to receive the reimbursement of four...
DeWolf, George; De Wolf, William; Line, John; Plantations--Cuba; Plantation life--Cuba; Slavery--Cuba; Blacks--Cuba; Coffee industry--Cuba; Cuba--Social life and customs--19th century
Joseph Goodwin was a plantation manager in Cuba originally from Hudson, N.Y. This diary was presumably kept by Goodwin, although it may have been kept by his brother. After leaving home in Hudson, N.Y., Goodwin worked for Gen. George De Wolf, first...
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born 'on or about' April 24, 1813, to 'a Negro Woman Slave name[d] Nancy' belonging to Mary De Butts, widow of Elias De Butts of New York City.
Three sepia-toned vignettes of travelling ships illustrate the history of navigation on the Hudson River from 1609 to 1909. The captions for each of the three ships read (De Halve Maene 1609), (Claremona, 1808), and (Robert Fulton, 1909). Next to...
Flowers; Bookstores; Stationery; Paper products industry; Books; Booksellers and bookselling; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of flowers [water lily surrounding name and address. Text,"Will remove (about 1st of May) to 825 Broadway, New York. Verso side: text,"Orders for books, stationery, card and wedding engraving,&c. solicited and will be promptly...
Franco's agent in the United States' responds to Mrs. Lardner's letter that presumably asks for help in locating Jim. De Cardenas promises he will do his best to help Mrs. Lardner.
July 30, 1917.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
92 Waters Ave.,
West New Brighton, N.Y.
My dear Mr. Markham:
Your letter of the 26th received. Am I to understand that this poem is dedicated to The Cult and that you will recite it at Madison Square Garden? I have...
Aug. 3, 1917.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
92 Waters Ave.,
West New Brighton, N.Y.
My dear Mr. Markham:
Your letter of the 2d received. Of course, what I wanted was to have an original poem for the Madison Square Garden meeting dedicated specially for the...
Slaves--Emancipation--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York; Slaves--New York (State)--New York
Two-page deed of manumission by Frederick De Peyster, acting as executor for the deceased Samuel Hake of New York City, emancipating slave Phoebe Jackson. Signed by witnesses J. [John] Nitchie and Henry M. Fine, and made official by DeWitt Clinton.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Thomas, born in March 1812, to 'a black woman slave' belonging to New York City ship master Elias De Butts. Also signed by De Butts's attorney Anthony Wildon [?].
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
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,...
