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...
Ceremony establishing Bronx, New York Post Office in the former Bronx Central Annex Building at 149th St. & Grand Concourse. This event inaugurated a separate postal designation from Manhattan for the Bronx. Originally all Bronx mail was addressed...
Letter is addressed "Salud folks." He recounts the story of Harry Malofsky being wounded at Jarama and continuing to fight for another 24 hours. Paul says that the experience has made Harry more mature. Mentions that some friends from home are...
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note. Dated July 11, 1911, the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Ella Bidwell of Prairie City, Iowa. It reads, "Dear Mother, I arrived in New York yesterday, 3 pm. Had a fine trip. We are seeing the sights...
The back of the postcard has a description, "The Empire State Building, the tallest in the world: 1248 feet from sidewalk to tip of mooring mast. Equal to 102 stories: 85 stories of office space, 62 express elevators; houses twenty thousand people...
The back of the postcard has a message addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hilton of Tiffin, Ohio, "Am taking a mid-winter vacation here in New York and having a fine time." It is signed Leone Hines.
Back of postcard has a personal note addressed to Lena in Forth Worth, Texas, "Dear Lena, Dog gone it Lena, you get all the dates while I am gone. I can't even give you any competition at all. Isn't that terrible? Well, may the best man win. Had a...
Personal message on back of postcard is addressed to a Miss F.E.L. Taylor, "Dear E, Is everything okay? I hope so. Have been thinking about you all and trust everything is O.K. now. Hope that stove and everything is working fine. Love, Mama." The...
