Charles Russell was arrested and charged with obtaining money from "poor Italians under the pretence of getting them jobs in the Street-Cleaning Department."
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
The article ""Snug Harbor Sued for Charging Fees"" by Arthur Gelb from The New York Times discusses Sailors Snug Harbor being charged by New York State for charging maintenance fees of up to $4 a day from the aged and disabled seamen who reside at...
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 13, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others.
Envelope and eight-page manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith Peterboro [New York] to John Cochrane dated July 20, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Hartford [Connecticut] to Gerrit Smith dated October 11, 1860, reporting on a visit to New York [City] and progress on Smith's libel suit.
Letter from G. D. Sweet to Mr. [David] Cooper requesting that funds be given to the bearer of the letter, and that it be charged to the account of "John Niel, sailor on board the Brig Othello."
Depositions--Virginia; Trials (Assault and battery)--Virginia; Indians of North America--Virginia
Deposition regarding the case of Benjamin Tucker, charged with "trespass, assault, & battery and false imprisonment" of "Indians" Phillis, Phebe, Eaton, Patt, and Sarah. The testimony, signed by Walker Crutchfield, Clerk of Petersburg District...
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...
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...
Dayton, Charles W. (Charles Willoughby), 1846-1910; New York (State). Supreme Court; Metropolitan Fair (1864 :New York, N.Y.); Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863; Elections--United States--1864.; New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New...
The Charles Willoughby Dayton papers include diaries, composition books, speeches, miscellaneous writings, published materials, ephemera and photographs. Of the four volumes in the collection, two are composition books dated 1858 and 1862,...
Coffin, John,1756-1838; Campbell, George, 1736-1799; Perkins, Sergeant; Atwood, Isaac, Captain; Livingston, John William, Captain; Chapman, Thomas, Captain; Campbell, Dougall, Lieutenant; Great Britain. Army; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry --...
Drafts of Major John Coffins statements in reply to the defense of Lieutenant-Colonel George Campbell at Campbells court martial. The first draft (eleven pages, numbered as 5, [1] leaves) is addressed to ""Mr. President & Gentlemen of the Board,""...
