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...
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...
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...
1419 Bolton St.,
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 22, 1915.
My dear Mrs. Markham,
When we were arranging for the coming general conference of the Christian Socialist Fellowship, I begged the Hospitality Committee to give Mrs. Tappan and me the pleasure of...
92 Waters Avenue
West New Brighton N.Y.
January 7, 1912
Dear Mr. Martin:
I thank you heartily for sending me an inscribed copy of your volume, “The Passing of the Idle Rich.” It is a strong, useful and convincing work, one that will have a...
Account book, 1856-1858, kept by the prominent slave trading firm of Bolton, Dickens & Co. of Lexington, Kentucky, with branches in Memphis, Charleston, Natchez, and New Orleans. It chiefly records slaves purchased and sold by the firm, with...
April 16th, 1920.
Mrs. Robert Mackay, Treasurer,
202 West 108th Street,
New York City.
Dear Madam:-
I take pleasure in sending my check for $1.75 for an autograph copy of Mr. Markham’s new volume of poems. I am also sending reservations for the...
Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits; New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial...
Commemorative volume, 1824-1825, containing transcripts of resolutions and addresses of various organizations and prepared by the New York Common Council as a duplicate of the volume created by the Council for presentation to General Lafayette on...
Antislavery movements--United States; American Abolition Society; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Eight-page letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated September 10, 1857, in which he encourages Smith to put forward a motion at the American Abolition Society annual meeting in Syracuse to purchase...
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
January 14, 1918.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
92 Waters Ave.,
West New Brighton, New York.
Cher maître,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law! It has been very remiss of me not to write to you for so long. I have had a spell of creative work (of...
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
January 7/07
Dear Mr. Markham:
The great little book has been duly received, and finding me too ill to rise from my bed, has charmed and strengthened me. How strong the poems are! _How full of a noble and virile humanity! I was familiar with the...
Fife music; Flute music; Violin music; Music--United States--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Songs and music
Manuscript book of music given to Greenwood by a British fife-major, probably after 1780. According to 'Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 15891839: An Index' (http://www.colonialdancing.org/Easmes/Biblio/B018536.htm, viewed...
Melvin, Floyd J. (Floyd James), b. 1877. Socialism as the sociological ideal
March 23, 1915
Mr. Edwin Markham,
West New Brighton, N.Y.
Dear Sir:
Knowing that you are especially interested in the subject, we take pleasure in sending you under separate cover with our compliments, Melvin’s “Socialism as the Sociological...
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
May 16, 1908
Edwin Markham,
West New Brighton,
New York.
Dear Comrade:
Please send to J.M. Guilliams, State Normal School, Bowling Green, Ky., Box 164, a volume of “The Man With The Hoe and Other Poems”, and also “Lincoln and other Poems”...
Painting, American; Finance, Personal; Real property; American poetry
Notebook of John Watson, the painter, containing miscellaneous notes and personal account information written by Watsonin1726 and by Watsons nephew, Alexander Watsonin1775-1778. There are accounts of things bought, real estate transactions, poetry,...
Oct 11 1911
My Dear Mr. Markham,
Thank you for your $5.00 secured for the C.S.F. I had expected to write you before this about a meeting to unite the C.S. Forces in this city, but it hangs free[?]. We have looked carefully and can’t find the...
