Postal data: posted, postmarked (SENECA FALLS N.Y. NOV 11, 5 PM [1919]), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SIDE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE.; THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY.); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (NOV - 10, 1919 Dear Friends...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (ROCH. & NI. FALLS R.P.O., JUN 15, 1908, 1[?]); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE; THIS SPACE IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (June 13. 08, I am going into...
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...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark], (LUZERNE, MAY 22, [unknown year] 9 AM), stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: card number (402,348.); Logo (SOUVENIR POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Coenties Slip (N.Y.); East River (N.Y.); Canal-boats; Commerce; Inland trade; Family life; Schooners; Illustration
Newspaper engraving found on page 104 of Harper's Weekly, dated February 16, 1884. Because winter travel on the canal was difficult, many canal boats laid up along the New York waterways. This scene depicts everyday activities among the canal...
Hudson River; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; Huested Brothers Coal & Lumber Company; Croton Aqueduct; Tarrytown; Andre Brook; Andre Monument; Dutch Reformed Church; Tarrytown Music Hall;
A two-page map with color; includes Business notices for the area.
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...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
