Abbott expresses disappointment with Markham for missing a Socialist meeting in Monroe. Abbott describes the meeting and its events including an ensemble piece by Earle. Abbott mentions literature sent to Markham, including "Tennyson" and "Shelley"...
Slaves--United States; Slavery--United States; Fugitive slaves--United States
Assorted advertisements for sale of slaves, rewards for return of runaway slaves, the slave trade, and slavery in general, most unattributable to particular newspapers. Includes three engravings (two duplicated) of slave forts in Africa with...
Promotional Materials; Republican Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Clippings; Faber, Leander B., b. 1867.
Handbill promoting Leander B. Faber for Justice of the Supreme Court with clippings of articles from the New York Sun and Judiciary Committee extolling his qualifications.
Promotional Materials; Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960
Rockaway Wave newspaper advertisement for Democratic Candidate John B. Johnston as Justice of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District. Ad states he is "a man of tried ability who would be an asset to our judiciary."
Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960
Staten Island Leader article describes the strong support John B. Johnston is receiving from the "far end of Staten Island to where Long Island greets the rising sun at Montauk Point."
Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960; Dodd, Charles J.
Brooklyn Times article in which Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Dodd praises John B. Johnston as "one of the finest selections for that office made by any party in years."
Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960
Newspaper article declaring "old home night" when former Congressman Johnston, Democratic Candidate for Supreme Court, visited and met "old boyhood friends."
Promotional Materials; Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Cassin, Edward
Newspaper advertisement endorsing Edward Cassin who has "served the people as President and Secretary of South Brooklyn Board of Trade … and will vote to repeal the tax on all necessaries of life."
Promotional Materials; Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Taylor, Franklin (Frank) J., b. 1884
This handbill of a reprinted article from Brooklyn Times states that Franklin Taylor was erroneously accused of favoring peace with Germany without "first demanding the Kaiser's unconditional surrender."
Clippings; Street cleaning; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
The World reports that Street Cleaning Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn admitted that he did not have enough money to clean Brooklyn's dirty streets, and that "mounds of slush and slime line the streets."
Clippings; Snow removal; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
Article about how individuals in the Brooklyn Heights railroad system refuse to pay for snow removal. Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn plans to ask the Corporation Counsel to sue for money that the city is owed.
Clippings; Snow removal; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
The World reports that 3,500 men helped with shoveling and street-cleaning in the city, but in West Meadows "families were without food and fuel for days and tore down outhouses to get heat from the burning wood."
