Two-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 3, 1862, discussing Spooner's work, "Diest's Reply" [The Diest's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity].
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...
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...
Catalogue for the annual exhibition of work by members of the Whitney Studio Club, held at 10 West Eighth Street, May 1-25, 1924. Year taken from handwritten note on catalogue cover and typed note on inside acid-free sleeve. Title taken from...
Markham writes about the negative aspects of churches and how they do not fulfill the ideas of Jesus Christ. He writes about how actions of people on earth affect their experiences in the after-life.
Sailors' Snug Harbor, Captain Robert Randall, will, by-laws
4"X7", 26 pages, 1907 edition hardbound book with transcripted text of Captain Randall's will and testament and text of the by-laws of Sailors' Snug Harbor.
