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[Birth certificate of Stephen, a male child]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Stephen, born February 18, 1805, to a 'negro girl called Hannah' belonging to New York City merchant John Lawrence.
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 male child named Simon]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Simon, born February 1, 1804, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City mariner William Lowndes.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain negro child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born August 26, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City merchant David Lydig.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Joseph]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Joseph, born September 10, 1808, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City house carpenter Isaac Mead.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of Sam]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sam, born January 23, 1802, to a 'servant Hannah' belonging to New York City [merchant] John Oothout.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain child named David]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of David, born October 17, 1799, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to Jonathan Pearsee of New York City.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Jenny]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Jenny, born December 25, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City gentleman Ebenezer Turell.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child called William]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of William, born June 14, 1803, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City merchant Coertland Van Beuren.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Joe]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Joe, born March 2, 1800, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Hannah' belonging to New York City merchant Abraham Van Buskirk.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936). Series V: Book of Records of Stipend Committee, 1881-1905.
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936). Series IV: Indentures, 1878-1929.
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Erie Canal from Prospect Street, Lockport, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [e0190ac2]
Postal data: posted, postmarked (LOCKPORT, N.Y., 1907), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: order number (118534); Logo (Post Card) in stylized lettering with bumblebee in curve of the C; Written message (Dear Little Sisters. ...
Queens College, Waterways of New York

The Crisis of the Revolution
Wills; Clocks & watches;
Page 81; One footnote; John Andre's last will and testament
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

The Crisis of the Revolution
Quotations; West Point;
First page; First chapter; Subtitle: New York to King's Ferry-Safety; Small Illustration of the Kip House; Includes Quotation by Colley Cibber.
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

The Crisis of the Revolution
Wills; Graves;
Page 82; Four footnotes
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

The Crisis of the Revolution
Books;
Full text searchable PDF of William Abbat's "The Crisis of the Revolution"
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

[Letter from Rich'd Adams to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Virginia--Richmond; Slavery--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond, Virginia, to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding slave and agricultural trade.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Manifest of the Schooner Brandy Wine]
Slaves--Transportation; Slave ships; Slave trade
Ship "manifest of the cargo on board" the Schooner Brandy Wine of Snow Hill from the port of Snow Hill to Alexandria [D.C.]. Includes names of ship's Master Samuel J. Smith, shippers John Sanders and James Carsen, and collector Edward Green. Lists...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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