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,...
Accounts current--Massachusetts--Hampden County; Poor--Massachusetts--Hampden County; Welfare recipients--Massachusetts--Hampden County
Two-page account detail from a "meeting of select men of Longmeadow & Springfield" regarding expenses for "keeping the poor that belong to Springfield and Longmeadow [Massachussets].
Accounts current--New York (State)--Columbia County
Loose fragments of account book in a single hand [possibly originating from Columbia County, New York], describing names of purchasers of various domestic goods.
Two-page deposition with testimonies of L. J. Bartow and Parker Howlet of Berrien County [Michigan]. Plaintiff Bartow declares nonpayment of funds by Howlet through an endorsed note from the "Bank of Niles," to which defendant Howlet responds that...
Air warfare; Bombardment; Politicians; Longshoremen; Longshoremen's unions; Flags; War casualties; Nobel prizes;
Bill writes to Marjorie telling her that his plans to leave Spain have changed since losing his passport in an air raid. The train carrying documents and books was hit by a bomb so the soldiers must submit new applications to Washington. He...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Bronx County Trust Co. gives students of St. Pius Commercial H.S. a portfolio of historical documents. The bank took on this project to encourage an understanding of American history and values and to promote loyalty to the county in the Cold War...
Bills of sale; Slaves--Emancipation--Kentucky--Harrison County; Slaves--Kentucky--Harrison County; Slavery--Kentucky--Harrison County
Two-page bill of sale between William Rayman and Richard Harcourt regarding one slave named Nelly, who was to be emancipated on the date of her 30th birthday (March 4th, 1826), in Harrison County, Kentucky.
Bills of sale; Slaves--Emancipation--Kentucky; Slaves--Kentucky; Slavery--Kentucky
Four-page bill of sale between John Smith and Richard Dallam regarding the slaves named Charles, Allman, Sall, and Rachel, who was to be emancipated according to an earlier deed of manumission, in the State of Kentucky.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born September 11, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City boarding house keeper Benajah Abrahams.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sarah, born February 17, 1804, and Bet, born July 17, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to New York City merchant Thomas Arden.
