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...
Lansing, John, 1754-1829; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787); United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)--History--Sources; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)--Sources; United States. Constitution; United States....
Two autograph notebooks (1787 May 25-June 16 and 1787 June 18-July 10), containing John Lansings notes taken during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Some contents include: transcriptions of various committee reports, including a...
