Kennaday writes to Markham requesting him to join the American Association for Labor Legislation. Kennaday discusses the aims of the organization and asks for membership dues.
Barnard sends Markham a copy of Oklahoma's New Constitution for his comments regarding child labor, education, and other labor issues. Barnard also discusses her upcoming attendance at the National Association of Charities and Corrections...
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...
Sinclair writes about his new book, "The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America." He also write a great deal about his book "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox", and its influence on not only the United States but the world as well. He also writes...
Barnard writes Mrs. Stokes about an invitation to the Twilight Club in New York City. She asks Mrs. Stokes to contact Markham so that he can be invited to the meeting.
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated December 21, 1860, discussing an extradition case in Toronto, Canada [involving slave John Anderson]. Letter includes an undated newspaper clipping entitled "The...
Extradition--Canada--Toronto; Fugitive slaves--Canada-Toronto; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated December 21, 1860, dicussing an extradition case in Canada [involving slave John Anderson].
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD); Printed message (THE RIVER ABOVE WEST POINT. Here the mountains rise abruptly from the water's...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (SOUTHAMPTON MASS., APR 1, 1905, 10AM), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY. CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 418 POSTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS); Logo...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Page 33 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the benefits to Troy of routing the canal through that city.
Erie Canal; New York (State); Enlargement; Canal Bill; Loco Foco; Pamphlet
Title page of a sixteen page pamphlet on the Enlargement of the Erie Canal. In 1851, controversy arose regarding the enlargement of the canal. The issue at hand was the constitutionality of the proposed canal bill. This document contains a...
Sixteen-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated June 25, 1849, describing his "argument on the Post Office laws" and transmitting copies of certificates of "lawyers and several others" that have...
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated March, 1850, in which Spooner accuses Gerrit of copyright infringement.
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated March 18, 1871, praising Spooner's "treatise on money" and discussing the topic of monetary systems.
