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...
Letter from Francis Jackson, Ellis Gray Loring, Amos B. Merrill, and S. E. Sewall to Stephen S. Foster, requesting that he address the public at an assembly at Fenuiel Hall, Boston [Massachusetts] on October 30, 1842.
Handwritten letter by Daniel Chester French to [Stanford] White, dated December 14, 1900. Discussion of estimates from bronze founders for doors. Note on the addressee: although the salutation refers only to White, additional handwritten notes on...
Brown, Mary Guion, 1782-1871; Brown, Samuel,b. 1781 or 2; Brown family; Haight family; Hobby family; Knapp family; Lounsbury family; Searle family; Smith family; Young women--United States--Diaries; North Castle (N.Y.)--Social life and...
Diary kept by Mary Guion Brown (1800-1852, bulk 1800-1808). Beginning when she was 17, she records, in considerable detail, the personal and social life of a young girl in Westchester County, N.Y., including daily activities, her efforts to...
Drawing looking north along Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) from between 31st and 32nd Streets, mid-1850's. At left, with the flag, is the Brandes Hotel and Restaurant; to its right, in the block now occupied by Two Park Avenue, are the ticket...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Enlargement; Canal Bill; Loco Foco; Pamphlet
Title page of a sixteen page pamphlet on the Enlargement of the Erie Canal. In 1851, controversy arose regarding the enlargement of the canal. The issue at hand was the constitutionality of the proposed canal bill. This document contains a...
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Four-page deed of mortgage between John D. Scott and Ann H. Hunton, including the slaves Harry, Sandy, George, America, Milly, Lucretia, James; and Mary, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Bills of Sale; Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Two-page bill of sale between James McCall and James Vallandingham, with original release of property by John R. Ford, regarding the slaves Malinda, Sarah, and Bob, in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Three-page letter from Theodore D. Weld in Belleville [New Jersey] to Reverend R. J. Judd in Brooklyn [New York] to ask for a loan on behalf of brother Kanasales [?]. Describes Weld's own financial difficulties.
Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Schooner Thames of Charleston [South Carolina] from the port of Alexandria [Virginia]. Includes names of ship's Master William J. Axworthy, shipper Robert N. Windsor, a [?]...
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
4-page letter from Francis Jackson and Edmund Quincy to Wendell Phillips, giving a statement of affairs [either of the American Anti-Slavery Society or the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]. Back of address sheet signed by Ellis Gray Loring.
