Two-page evaluation of the estate of Francis M. Hunt, prepared by appointed commissioners to determine the value and interest of his property, including "a negro slave named Willis worth $1,000." Signed by commissioners N. G. Tevis, Roy Stewart,...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--New York (State); Antislavery movements--United States
One-page letter dated December 28, 1850, from Stephen P. Andrews in New York City, to Lysander Spooner of Boston [Massachusetts], reporting on the distribution of books sent by Spooner to Freeman Hunt, [William Cullen] Bryant, [Horace] Greeley, and...
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...
Catalogue for the annual Member's Exhibition, April 1922. Works separated into two lists, painting and sculpture. Title and date taken from typed note on inside of acid-free sleeve. The physical copy scanned is a photostat. Color of scanned...
Catalogue for the annual exhibition of work by members of the Whitney Studio Club, held April 2-30, [1923]. Year of exhibition taken from penciled note on cover. Original catalogue scanned is a photocopy from microfilm. Colors of scanned image...
Catalogue for the annual exhibition of work by members of the Whitney Studio Club, held May 18-30, 1925 at the Anderson Galleries, Park Avenue and 59th Street, New York. Catalogue scanned is a photocopy from microfilm. Cover is missing. Title,...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated September 7, 1860, acknowledging receipt of Spooner's new pamphlet.
Account record for the sale of 75 slaves from the cargo of the Brig Othello, sold by Captain George Dunbar Sweet for Samuel and William Vernon of [Newport], Rhode Island. Includes names of purchasers. Followed by account record for the Brig Othello...
Account record by G. D. Sweet for "the owners of the Brig Othello" [Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island] to be paid to Francis Mairez and David Cooper [of Jamaica] for services and supplies provided to the Brig. Includes lists of...
Inventory list of goods aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte between October 1761 and August 1766. Includes the names of many vendors and service from unnamed slaves listed under their owner's name.
List of 24 Massachusetts citizens who agreed to take slaves "let against their names." Includes the number of slaves for each person. On back, a proposition for the erection of a "spacious hall in which free decision may be had," with subscription...
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
