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...
Title page from the fifteen page report (pp. 1087-1103) of the committee that was appointed to explore the western waters of New York State in 1792 to examine the state of the Mohawk River from the town of Schenectady to Fort Schuyler. This early...
View of two sides of the Park Avenue Hotel exterior from the corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street. In the foreground are horses and carriages as well as dogs and people walking on the sidewalks. The hotel no longer exists.
Drawing taken from the book "The Symbol of American Achievement." Upon the site of the historic old Waldorf Astoria, stands the Empire State Building, the highest structure in the world. Its tower designed as a mooring mast for airships is often...
An aerial view toward the north-east corner of the original Pennsylvania Station that features automobiles, street cars, double-decker buses and pedestrians on the street. This Beaux-Arts style landmark building designed by McKim, Mead & White...
Construction projects--New York (State)--New York.
The southeast corner of 36th Street and Eleventh Avenue shows the construction of the 7 subway line, which will eventually run to the Jacob K. Javitts Convention Center on the West Side. Midtown buildings rise behind while signs near the corner...
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
Page 1100 from the fifteen page report (pp. 1087-1103) of the committee that was appointed to explore the western waters of New York State in 1792 to examine the state of the Mohawk River from the town of Schenectady to Fort Schuyler. This early...
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Title page of a fifty-one page document of the Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal addressed to the Honorable The Assembly. This report includes both the...
New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Title page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
his color postcard is an idealized drawing of the Empire State Building. At the base of the building are houses and tenements. Next to the building is a list of structures with the dates of when these buildings stood on the site before the Empire...
Image taken from the Northeast side of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The buildings on the opposite side of Fifth Avenue looking south are visible, starting with the Empire State Building which dominates the image. The image features crowds on the...
This is a long view of Herald Square looking from south to north. Elevated subway tracks and the Broadway Tabernacle are visible on the right and excavation for the IRT on the left. Macy's is not yet in evidence but may be under construction. ...
Two well-dressed women and a little girl crossing 33rd Street below the Waldorf-Astoria. There is a horse drawn carriage and several men also in the street, one possibly a flower vendor.
This is one of the two eagles that adorn the tops of the doorways of the old William Sloane House. The eagle's shield are the words, "Spirit, Mind, Body," those elements of people that Y.M.C.A. programs seek to build.
Kennaday writes to Markham requesting him to join the American Association for Labor Legislation. Kennaday discusses the aims of the organization and asks for membership dues.
Barnard sends Markham a copy of Oklahoma's New Constitution for his comments regarding child labor, education, and other labor issues. Barnard also discusses her upcoming attendance at the National Association of Charities and Corrections...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter dated March 5, 1846, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, responding to cirticisms of his book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery] and discussing the concept of "free banking" in the United...
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...
