Sinclair writes about his upcoming book "Jimmie Higgins" and details about it being published, along with prices and other information. He includes reviews of "Jimmie Higgins" and "The Profits of Religion".
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Title page of a fifty-one page document of the Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal addressed to the Honorable The Assembly. This report includes both the...
Slavery--Mississippi; Slavery--New York; Fugitive slaves--Mississippi; Stowaways--New York
Two-page deposition of the separate testimonies of Captain Joshua Farrell, of the Ship Clara, and York, a runaway slave. Farrel states that he discovered York on board his ship when sailing from the port of New Orleans to New York City. York...
Catalogue for the annual exhibition of work by members of the Whitney Studio Club, held March 30-April 30, 1920. Title taken from cover. The physical catalogue scanned is a photocopy from microfilm. Color of scanned images has been inverted.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & C] (NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. I, JUL 25, 8-PM, 1908); Postcard type: divided back; (This Space For Writing Messages; This side for the Address only.); Logo (Post Card) printed in stylized...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [circle postmark] ([top line indiscernible] APR, 30 9:00 PM, 1913, OHIO); Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Printing information: card number Z-1115 [indicated on front only];...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped postmark with letter C] (LIMA OHIO, APR 30, 1913 [?] 9:00 PM); stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE.; FOR ADDRESS ONLY.); Logo (POST CARD); PUBLISHED BY SCRANTOM, WETMORE & CO.,...
Four-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner in Worcester [Massachusetts] dated April 2, 1850, in which Smith responds to Spooner's accusations of copyright infringement.
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated September 30, 1871, thanking him for obtaining the assistance of [Arthur W. Austin] and discussing topics of slavery and monetary systems.
Bills of sale; Slaves--Emancipation--Kentucky--Harrison County; Slaves--Kentucky--Harrison County; Slavery--Kentucky--Harrison County
Two-page bill of sale between William Rayman and Richard Harcourt regarding one slave named Nelly, who was to be emancipated on the date of her 30th birthday (March 4th, 1826), in Harrison County, Kentucky.
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...
