Grinnell, Iowa, April 21, 1898.
My comrade:-
It was good to receive your greeting. Your words are full of the fellowship of your spirit. I thank you, and ask you to thank your Japanese friend on my behalf for the “Second Book of Fragments.” I...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Title page of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. By 1836, the development and economies of cities along the canal route had come to depend on the Erie Canal and its revenue. A proposal made for the...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report Enlargement;Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894;...
Page 34 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the devastating consequences to Troy if the canal were re-routed to bypass the city.
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Page 33 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the benefits to Troy of routing the canal through that city.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Catlin, George,1796-1872 (Illustrator); New York (N.Y.) Common Council
Title page of Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York Canals.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Memoir; Durand, A. B. (Engraver); Frontispiece; Portrait
Frontispiece of Cadwallader D. Colden facing the title page of the Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New...
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Memoir; Stone, William L.; 1792-1844 (William Leete); New York (N.Y.) Common Council; Seneca Chief; Clinton, Dewitt,...
Illustrated title page found on page 105 for the appendix which contains An account of the grand canal celebration at New York, November the fourth, 1825. Also found in the appendix (pp. 105-411) is a Narrative of the festivities observed in honor...
March 15, 1919
Dear Mr. Markham,
We are remembering that your birthday is in April – and we are looking forward to celebrating it. That will be one of the most joyful events that ever occurred at Christodora House. There is another way, too, in...
September 6, 1920
Dear Mary:
Your letters, all fillied with tender concern for me, reached my hand and thouched my heart. I understand your point of view. You think doubtless that my happiness depends upon my relation to some church, especially to...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated December 17, 1877, discussing the topic of monetary systems.
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
Four-page deposition of Robert Tailor, Junior, of Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania] describing the transfer of ownership of slave Brice Herring from the late Robert Tailor [Senior] to Isaac Barr of Fayette County, Kentucke [Kentucky]. Transcribed...
