Aug. 8/03
Dear Mr. Markham,
I have your last letter in regard to our good friend Nelson, of St. Louis. I did not see him, however, this last time (tho I hear that he has been East again), so forwarded your letter to him at his St. Louis address.
I...
Small sepia photograph of Barge Canal affixed to top front with decorative border, and poem below, most printed in green ink (G) in red ink. Poem [in decorative typeface] reads: "Greetings warm I send to you, With a charming photo view Of a very...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
Houses; Trees; Windows; Porches; Gates; Stone walls; Fences;
Page 61; Photograph of Frederick Filipsen's mansion; Second photograph overlaps on bottton right of first photograph; Gateway to mansion; Caption reads Gateway and Mansion House of Frederick Filipsen; One paragraph of text beneath photographs;
Beautiful night view of steamboat "Adirondack" on Hudson River showing ship's lights, moon with clouds and passenger window lights reflected in the water.
A view of a large boat in the process of construction, standing on a platform on a raised embankment near a canal, which flows between two embankments or landings, by a tree and grass covered hillside. There are animals, horses or mules, and a man...
