Seven-page manuscript draft of a letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated June 8, 1860, discussing a libel suit against several publishers.
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...
Girls; Food service; Dolls; Confectionery; Restaurants; Caterers and catering; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of female child seated in garden and holding doll. She is looking off into the distance. Text,"Weddings parties supplied at short notice and in first-class style. Ladies gents restaurant attached. Gold background. Verso side:...
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Declaration of Covenant by Perry Gaugh against C. W. Nuckols regarding the prior sale of Martha Ann, a slave woman sold by Nuckols to Gaugh with the assurance of having sound mind and body. Martha Ann fell ill and died soon thereafter, resulting in...
Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Four-page commissioners' report on the property of William E. Dudley, regarding the sale of land and the slaves named Anderson, Harvin, Lewis, Joseph, Patsy, Marian, Rose, in Fayette County, Kentucky [with attached newspaper clipping announcing a...
Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Two-page commissioner's report on the dispute between William Dishman and the heirs of William Dishman regarding the sale of two slave men named Nelson and Tom in Fayette County, Kentucky [with attached newspaper clipping announcing the sale of...
Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Two-page petition by George Wooley against A. O. Roberts requesting a recision of a previous contract regarding the purchase from A. O. Roberts by George Wooley of the slave girl named Ann, on the ground that the negro slave is unsound and...