Sinclair writes about his upcoming book "Jimmie Higgins" and details about it being published, along with prices and other information. He includes reviews of "Jimmie Higgins" and "The Profits of Religion".
Barnard writes Mrs. Stokes about an invitation to the Twilight Club in New York City. She asks Mrs. Stokes to contact Markham so that he can be invited to the meeting.
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Advertising; Musical instruments; Sheet music; Music stores
Back cover of Brighton Beach March. Advertisement for Blasius & Sons, piano sellers. Featuring sheet music for, "Song to the Stars." Text, "Buy your piano direct from the manufacturer. Save all immediate profits - easy terms."
Commissioners; Report; Federal government; Financing; Indians; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; New York (State); Erie Canal; Pamphlet
Pages four and five of a thirteen page pamphlet issued in 1816 addressed to "the honourable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress, the representation of commissioners of the State of New-York, in of the said...
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...
Military hospitals; Convalescent hospitals; Wounds & injuries;
Jim reports on the progress of his injuries. He has walked into town without a limp and has been enjoying the easy life at his hospital. He believes there is still a piece of shrapnel in his leg. He compares his hospital to "an old people's...
Advertisement for land available for purchase in the Long Island City area. It targets people who want to move out of the city, yet desire easy access into and out of the city. The five cents refers to the fare to get into the city by public...
Postcard shows how easy it is for those staying at the hotel to walk across the street to Penn Station and catch the subway to the fair grounds. The Long Island Railroad and the I.R.T. (Interborough Rapid Transit) lines are drawn from Penn Station...
One Block East of Pennsylvania Terminal from Hudson tubes Connecting at Hoboken with Lackawanna R.R. & Ocean Steamship piers; at Jersey City with Erie R.R. Crosstown cars passing the Hotel transfer to Grand Central Station (8 minutes) and other...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated July 7, 1858, discussing his theories on American banking systems, and encouraging Smith to begin a bank of his own.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 31, 1859, discussing the rights of slaves and outlining a strategy for aggressive liberation from the South.
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated November 22, 1860, disucssing Smith's libel suit against [Royal] Phelps and others.
