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...
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...
Tappan thanks Markham for visiting Baltimore and invites Markham to visit again. He requests a handwritten copy of "The Man With The Hoe" and other poems so he can have them framed and hung at his school.
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...
Letter written by [Juliana Force] to Hobson Pittman, dated December 12, 1929. Due to declining financial conditions Pittman's show must be postponed to a later date. Letter unsigned.
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Maine--Bangor; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated September 10, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Bangor, Maine, discussing general news of the abolitionist movement, mentioning Gerrit Smith, Mr. [Joshua?] Leavitt, and J. [James?]...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (Rochester, N. Y. Aug 16, 12 PM, 1912); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS): Logo (Post Card); Written message (Just to let you know that I am back home again, and will expect to hear from...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (USHERS, JUL 20 A. M. 1908 N. Y.); stamp; Postcard type: divided back; (This side may be used for Correspondence) (This space for Address only); Printing information: card number (S 872121); Logo (POST CARD); Written...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (KINGSTON, N.Y. NOV 7 1230PM 1922; KINGSTON NOV 7 1230PM N.Y. [and] 1922 [stamped outside round postmark]); Postcard type: divided back (Message May Be Written On This Side; Address Only On...
Herron writes to Markham informing him of his upcoming travel plans. Herron also supplies Markham with a list of recommended reading to help Markham speak and arouse the public.
