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John Watson notebook, 1701, 1726, 1775-1778
Painting, American; Finance, Personal; Real property; American poetry
Notebook of John Watson, the painter, containing miscellaneous notes and personal account information written by Watsonin1726 and by Watsons nephew, Alexander Watsonin1775-1778. There are accounts of things bought, real estate transactions, poetry,...
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts

[Letter from Lysander Spooner to Gerrit Smith]
Constitutional law--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated November 2, 1855, in which Spooner disucsses anti-slavery arguments and the distribution of 300 copies of his book, "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Certificate of judgment of the case of Phillis against Benjamin Tucker]
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Deposition of Robert Tailor, Junior]
Slavery--Pennsylvania; Slavery--Kentucky; Depositions--Pennsylvania
Four-page deposition of Robert Tailor, Junior, of Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania] describing the transfer of ownership of slave Brice Herring from the late Robert Tailor [Senior] to Isaac Barr of Fayette County, Kentucke [Kentucky]. Transcribed...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter] Friday [to] Brother
Poet's Garden
Le Prade writes to Markham about ideas for helping the children. She also asks him to pray for both her and the Poets' Garden and looks forward to his upcoming visit.
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

A modell of Christian charity. Written on boarde the Arrabella. On the Attlantick Ocean.
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649;Arbella (Ship);Transatlantic voyages; Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;Puritans--Doctrines
Manuscript copy, probably contemporary, of John Winthrop's sermon 'A Modell of Christian Charity,' 1630. Gift of Francis B. Winthrop, 1809.
New-York Historical Society, Historical Manuscripts

Address Reported by Gerrit Smith to the Jerry Rescue Convention, held in Syracuse October 1, 1857
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner]
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--South Carolina--Barnwell; Slaves--South Carolina--Barnwell
Five-page letter dated August 20, 1866, from A. P. Aldrich in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts] regarding the economic hardships faced by the South during the reconstruction era.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Report of the Committee of the Common Council of the City of Troy, and adopted by them, remonstrating against the direct route for the eastern termination of the Erie Canal. and in answer to the report of Allan Campbell, civil engineer, made by the...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report Enlargement;Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894;...
Page 34 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the devastating consequences to Troy if the canal were re-routed to bypass the city.
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

[Letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated September 7, 1860, acknowledging receipt of Spooner's new pamphlet.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

The Land of Sleepy Hollow
Photographs; Rivers; Mountains; Clouds; Sailboats; Trails & paths; Villages;
Photograph of Hudson River; Surrounding hillsides; With handwritten caption "Bearing with honorable faith the bark that trusted to its waves"
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

Charles Sumner's The anti-slavery enterprise, 1855
Antislavery movements--United States
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 Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

John Utt vs. Tamer his slave
Slavery--New York (State)--New York; Depositions--New York
Two-page deposition of John Utt and his slave Tamer, who he accuses of being disobedient despite fair treatment.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

JRF to Mr. Harry Gottlieb, Dec. 18, 1928
Art, American--20th century--Correspondence;
Typed letter by Juliana Force to Harry Gottlieb, dated December 18, 1928. Letter showing concern for Gottlieb's wife's health, including mention of an enclosed check in sympathy and faith in future sales during his upcoming exhibition. Added...
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

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