Canal Fund; Commissioners; Report; Financing; Revenue; Tayler, John; De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834; M'Intyre, Archibald, 1772-1859; Dox, Gerrit L.; Yates, J. V. N.; Oakley, Thomas J.; New York (State); Erie Canal; Report
A three page report of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund presented to the New York State Legislature In Assembly, January 7, 1820 and submitted by John Tayler, Simeon De Witt, Archibald M'Intyre, Gerrit L. Dox, J. V. N. Yates, and Thomas J....
A view from the side of a passenger steam boat traveling on a calm Hudson River. The wide expanse of the Hudson is set against a backdrop of gently sloping hills and mountains and a delicate rose-colored sky indicates early morning. Barely...
Bill of sale for "one negro man named James" purchased by John Joyce of Kingston, Jamaica, from Michell & Daggers. Additional note at bottom signed by Joyce indicates that the "above James runaway" [probably shortly after purchase].
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...
Image taken from a book of a three-story, corner structure which appears to have retail and residential uses. A smaller store front next-door indicates the merchant sells coal. There is a vendor stand on the corner, a mother and child crossing the...
Index to Maps in Hudson River Valley Atlas. Page includes an index of references to the Accompanying Map. There are three maps that denote with red lines what counties are included in the Atlas.
Letter from John Montgomery to Mr. William Patterson of Baltimore [Maryland] regarding the sale of several slaves mortgaged to Mr. Contee. Note in a different hand indicates that letter was answered 29 June [1793].
Sterner, Marie (Marie Walther); Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956; Du Bois, Guy Pène, 1884-1958; Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991; Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942; Rocher, Charles; Fillon
Vigilant Association of the City of New York; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
One-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 22, 1860, referring to a manuscript copy of Smith's letter written to his nephew, John Cochrane regarding his libel suit, which he indicates is enclosed.
The colored postcard shows a slightly angled frontal view of a drawbridge as seen from the embankment on the right side of the canal. The hoisting elements of the bridge are clearly visible in its geometric structure. A second bridge is barely...
Slavery--Mississippi; Slavery--New York; Fugitive slaves--Mississippi; Stowaways--New York
Two-page deposition of the separate testimonies of Captain Joshua Farrell, of the Ship Clara, and York, a runaway slave. Farrel states that he discovered York on board his ship when sailing from the port of New Orleans to New York City. York...
UPTON SINCLAIR
LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH
CALIFORNIA
May 1933
Dear Friend:
I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book!
So many persons have been asking me for something on the...
View of passenger and arriving train on elevated platform; Chrysler and Chanin buildings visible in distance. Caption on back indicates this was the last el in the city, and was slated to be torn down.
