New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Final page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Canal Appraiser’s Office; Damages; Expenditures; Receipt
20x25 cm. receipt from Canal Appraiser's office awarding Henry Crouse $223.96 for damages incurred as of June 1, 1846. Although the receipt was dated April 17, 1850, the award was made on March 23, 1850.
Depositions--Virginia; Trials (Assault and battery)--Virginia; Indians of North America--Virginia
Deposition regarding the case of Benjamin Tucker, charged with "trespass, assault, & battery and false imprisonment" of "Indians" Phillis, Phebe, Eaton, Patt, and Sarah. The testimony, signed by Walker Crutchfield, Clerk of Petersburg District...
Seven-page manuscript draft of a letter and envelope from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated June 8, 1860, discussing a libel suit against several publishers.
Slave trade--Charleston--South Carolina; Merchant ships--United States
Affidavit submitted by John Duncan, giving account of damages sustained to the Brig Othello during passage to Charleston, South Carolina, with a shipment of slaves.
New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Title page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated June 17, 1860, recounting [Royal] Phelps's admission of guilt involved with Smith's slander suit, and their dicussion of the payment of damages.
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated October 13, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others.
Admissions (Law)--United States; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Four-page manuscript draft of a letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated September 30, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit and correspondence from Col. [Charles] Miller. Last two pages titled "This is a...
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated August 29, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others.
Envelope and eight-page manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith Peterboro [New York] to John Cochrane dated July 20, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Hartford [Connecticut] to Gerrit Smith dated October 11, 1860, reporting on a visit to New York [City] and progress on Smith's libel suit.
Slaves--Virginia--Lincoln County; Slavery--Virginia--Lincoln County
Receipt for the sale of a "negro woman named Pegge" from Richard Terrell and Lyse Rolards to Jyke Richardson of Lincoln County, Virginia. On back, additional note reads, "We of the jury do find for the Plantif [sic] seventy five pounds damages, Wm....
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
