Petition for insurance funds for the Brig Orange after wrecking upon a reef "about three mites to the Eastward of Man of War Kry near the Island of Abaca, one of the Bahama Islands" after leaving the port of Havana [Cuba] on March 6, 1799, carrying...
One-page letter from Reverend John Jasper of Richmond [Virginia] to Reverend Richard Raine, pastor of M. E. church, Philadelphia, in response to an inquiry regarding knowledge of a man named Robert Paine, possibly Bishop Robert Paine, Methodist...
Birth certificates--New York (State); Slavery--New York (State)
Birth certificate of Jack, born January 24, 1799, belonging to Fredk. Fisher [probably Colonel Frederick Visscher] of Montgomery County, New York. Includes note dated June 30, 1802 stating that, 'Cates child was born named Tom.'
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Betty, born July 29, 1799, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jenny' belonging to New York City counsellor at law Isaac L. Kip. Signed by witness Joseph Fellows Jun. [Junior].
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Ann, born November 15 1803 [?], to a slave belonging to John Rutherford of New York City. Document damage at right hand side with text missing. Birth year is inferred from the date of the certificate, June 7, 1804. The date of...
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sarah, born February 4, 1799, to a 'negro woman s[lave] named Betty' belonging to John Sullivan of New York City. Document damage at right with text missing.
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...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Antislavery movements--United States
Six-page letter dated January 7, 1846, from G. [George] Bradburn in Boston [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol, Massachusetts, discussing [Samuel E.] Sewall's criticisms of Spooner's work and also mentioning the acceptance by [Charles?]...
Slavery--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Constitutional law--United States
Undated pledge of moneys to be paid to Lysander Spooner for "a review of Judge Kane's late decision, that the U.S. Courts have no constitutional right to punish for contempt without trial by jury." Signed by several prominent abolitionists,...
