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[Canal workers surrounding a steam engine on a scow] [untitled] (1front) [e0699ac1]
Dogs; Canal construction; Grasses; Hats; Ladders; Ropes; Rural; Smoke; Steam engines; Trees; Canal construction workers; Men; Passengers; People; Boats; Canals;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

[Employment contract for the Brig Othello]
Merchant ships--United States; Rhode Island--Commerce; Contract Labor--Rhode Island--Newport; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Contract for employment on the Brig Othello including names of crew, wages, and terms. Form printed and sold by Solomon Southwick, in Newport [Rhode Island]. On back, list of crew that received "one month's pay advance." Attached, receipt for wages...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter] 1911 March 3 [to] Comrade
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
Carr sends payment to Markham for two books and asks if Markham has had any new books published so that the Christian Socialist may review them.
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

Appeal to the Friends of the Slaves
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
Printed letter soliciting donations for the operation of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with names of donors to be printed in the Emancipator. Signed by Henry B. Stanton. Subsciption paper attached.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

BEECHNUT PLANT – CANAJOHARIE, N.Y. [handwritten front caption] (1front) [e0607ac1]
Boats; Buildings; Commercial facilities; Industrial facilities; Ladders; Reflections; Signs (Notices); Warehouses; Waterfronts; Black & white postcards; Canals; Windows
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Building a boat near Ellenville, New York [front caption] (1front) [d0108ac1]
Boat & ship industry; Boats; Dry docks; Debris; Embankments; Animals; Animal teams; Ladders; Lumber; Men; Women; Grasses; Pilings (Civil engineering); Reflections; Shrubs; Trees; Utility poles; Hills; Black & white postcards; Panoramic views;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Commissioner's Report on Dishman's Heirs vs. Dishman
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Commissioner's Report on the Property of William E. Dudley
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Cover note from Attorney William A. Short to Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor
Sailors' Snug Harbor, Merchant Seamen, Institutional Care, Staten Island, New York City, Correspondence
Cover note Presumably attached to legal document
Maritime College, Sailors' Snug Harbor Archives

Declaration of Covenant by Perry Gaugh against C. W. Nuckols
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Exhibition of twenty new oil paintings on panels by Oscar Bluemner : November 4th to November 23rd, 1929
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions ; Painting, American--20th century--Exhibitions
Exhibition checklist of oil paintings by Oscar Bluemner. Held at the Whitney Studio Galleries, November 4-November 23, 1929. Title from cover. Includes newspaper clipping and provenance information attached to inside sleeve, opposite cover....
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

Harbor Scene, Buffalo, N.Y. (1front) [e0058ac1]
Boats; Bodies of water; Buildings; Canals; Color postcards; Commercial facilities; Harbors; Hats; Industrial facilities; Men; People; Postcards; Reflections; Rowboats; Smoke; Smokestacks; Steam; Tugboats;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Kip's Mansion.
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Kip Mansion. Once stood on Second Avenue and what is now the intersection of 35th Street. Built by the family of Jacobus Kip: 1696.
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, Murray Hill

La Recreation. Wait Adams, Bakers, Confectioners Caterers
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:...
Brooklyn Public Library, Fulton Street Trade Cards

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