A boy rests on his bicycle while waiting at the Bronx County Building near Macombs Dam . This young boy died in a social club fire the following week. He was only fourteen years of age.
The back of the postcard gives the history of the Empire State Building site:, "In 1799 a man named Thompson owned a farm at what is now Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, New York City. He later sold it and in 1827 the Astor Mansions were...
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.
Envelope and eight-page manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith Peterboro [New York] to John Cochrane dated July 20, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
Coffin, John,1756-1838; Campbell, George, 1736-1799; Perkins, Sergeant; Atwood, Isaac, Captain; Livingston, John William, Captain; Chapman, Thomas, Captain; Campbell, Dougall, Lieutenant; Great Britain. Army; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry --...
Drafts of Major John Coffins statements in reply to the defense of Lieutenant-Colonel George Campbell at Campbells court martial. The first draft (eleven pages, numbered as 5, [1] leaves) is addressed to ""Mr. President & Gentlemen of the Board,""...
Conference chairperson Betty Powell, Charlotte Bunch, an editor of Quest: a Feminist Quarterly; Barbara Gittings, long time gay activist; Julia P. Stanley, writer and feminist separatist. Partially visible: Bert Hansen.
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
Byron-Curtiss writes to Markham thanking him for sending a manuscript that he plans to publish and stating that he hopes not to have to cut it down because of length. Byron-Curtiss goes on to talk of the good this article will do for the Kingdom of...
Baird, Mary Louise--Portraits; De Rham, Marion--Portraits; Heckscher, Frances--Portraits; Mesker, George L., Mrs.--Portraits; Potter, Polly--Portraits; Redmond, Geraldyn L.; Sports for women--Pictorial works
