An Asiatic elephant in the Bronx Zoo reaches out with her trunk for popcorn offered by a visitor. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
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.
Indentured servants--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Certificate of indenture for a 'servant girl Lucy aged five years' to Abraham Smith of New York, who she will serve until she reaches the age of twenty-five. Signed by Elizabeth Blydenburgh, Isaac Blydenburgh, and Richard Oakley, estate...
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...
