Postal Data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (Mount Vernon N.Y., AUG 6, 830 PM, 1909), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (This space may be used for Correspondence. Address Only to be Written Here); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized...
Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steamer Mount Vernon from the port of Alexandria [Virginia]. Includes names of shipper James H. Simpson and collector Edward Green. Lists 12 slaves.
Two-page deposition of William Shekly of Mount Pleasant [Pennsylvania], regarding an act of general assembly made by "a female negroe [negro] named Phebe." Recorded and signed by Jacob Spangler [Deputy Surveyor of York County, Pennsylvania] for []...
Slavery--Virginia; Churches--Virginia; Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church (Richmond, Va.); African American clergy--Virginia; Slavery and the church--Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
Mounted newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled 'De Sun Do Move' containing biographical details of Reverend John Jasper, an emancipated slave and founder of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist church of Richmond [Virginia]. Date in ink...
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
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...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & D] (MOUNT VERNON N.Y., OCT [?],5-AM, 1909; [?], OCT 16, [?], 1909), [stamp apparently removed]; (Place Stamp Here, Domestic One Cent, Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box;...
Aerial view of the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden, the Bedford Park and Norwood neighborhoods. Also seen is the 52nd Police Precinct, the grounds of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, and a Third Ave. El station at Bedford Park Blvd.
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Various news clippings from the Staten Island advance and an unnamed source are shown with photos included. Keywords: McCutcheon's, linen, Manhattan, Brevoort, apartments, Mount Loretto choral group, Christmas, concert, nativity scene.
Rockland Lake; Swartwout Lake; New Lake; Congers; North Nyack; Verdrietege Hook; West Shore Railroad; Hackensack River; Hudson River; Ossining; Town of Ossining; Town of Mount Pleasant; Sing Sing Yacht Club; State Prison Grounds; Buckhouts;...
Section 8; Portion of Rockland County; Portion of Westchester County
Nyack; West Nyack; Snake Hill; Blauvelt; Tappan Zee; Hudson River; North Tarrytown; Tarrytown; Westchester House Farm and Property; Elmsford; Irvington; East Irvington; Eastview; Mount Pleasant; Town of Greenburgh; Glenville;
Section 7; Portion of Rockland County; Portion of Westchester County
