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.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark] (ILION, N.Y., Jan 12, [indiscernable] PM, 1920); stamp; Postcard type: divided back ( ADDRESS ONLY ); Logo (POST CARD); Printing information: The Valentine Souvenir Co., New York; Written message:...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 11, 1910, 1130PM); Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: card number (70258); Logo (Post Card) written in stylized font in red ink; Written message (Will try and write this week. We...
Air warfare; Bombardment; Leaves; Communists; Tobacco;
Syd mentions having received another pair of letters from Marjorie. He says that the leaf she enclosed (not included) caused several arguments over which kind of tobacco is was. Syd says that when he got to the part of her letter that explained...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
Merchant ships--United States; Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc.
Request for advanced wages for Samuel Scranton to be paid to Sarah Jones by Samuel and William Vernon in Newport, Rhode Island. In turn, Scranton promises to contine work aboard the Othello until the debt is settled.
