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...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
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...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
""2,000 Hear Oslo Bishop At Fund Rally"" from the Staten Island Advance details the demonstration to raise funds for the Eger Home for the Aged at Sailors Snug Harbor. A photo of the rally is included.
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.
Hudson River; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; Sleepy Hollow cemetery; North Tarrytown; Tarrytown; Andre Brook; Croton Aqueduct; Briggsville; Old Dutch Church; St. Paul's Methodist Church; St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church; Rand Drill...
A two-page map with color; includes a listing of Business notices in North Tarrytown.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of James, born June 19, 1802, to 'Marianne, the wife of York' belonging to New York City surgeon William Hurst. Document cosigned by attorney Timothy Hurst. James was baptised August 1, 1802, by the Right Reverend Bishop Moore.
Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.
