Autumn; Stores, Retail; Leaves; Stationery; Paper products industry; Printers; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of autumn leaves on black background behind card with name and address. Verso side: text, One price only. Paul Grosser, Stationer..Writing paper, envelopes, albums, memorandums, pocket, bill and account books, lead pencils, pens,...
With the City flagship 'Macon' in the lead, a flotilla of ships sails downstream under the remodeled High Bridge. The Bronx is on the right and Manhattan is on the left of the Harlem River.
Jim tells his mother he will be going to Spain for his vacation, but promises to stay out of harm's way. He hopes that his research in Spain will lead to his writing a book. He has started taking Spainish lessons in preparation of his trip and...
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Letter of protest sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student:
"My dead Mother,
As one of the seven women responsible for the circulars and letters of protest sent to every person and association whose address we...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Maine--Bangor; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter dated September 10, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Bangor, Maine, discussing general news of the abolitionist movement, mentioning Gerrit Smith, Mr. [Joshua?] Leavitt, and J. [James?]...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Three-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 13, 1858, responding to Spooner's pamphlet written on American banking systems.
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.
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Letter written by C. S. Pietro to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated January 18, 1917. Signed in ink. Two (2) sheets with information written in red ink on Page 2, verso.
