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...
Clippings; Street cleaning; Quinn, Patrick H., 1852-1926
Police received several reports of trucks obstructing streets in the borough. Their response: "Reasonable time had to be allowed owners to remove such vehicles."
Flowers; Florists; Plants; Ornamental horticulture; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Flowers including lily of the valley and violets surrounding card with name and address. Verso side: stamped with text [partially legible] Seed..plants and choice cut flowers always on hand. All orders for weddings, parties, funerals,&c. promptly...
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815; Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816; Hudson River; Correspondence; Revenue; New York (State); Erie Canal; Pamphlet;
Page ten of the pamphlet consisting of a letter written by Robert Fulton to Gouverneur Morris dated February 22d, 1814 with the response by Morris dated March 3, 1814. Fulton and Morris, both supporters of the canal, exchanged letters on the...
Four-page letter dated February 23, 1846, from George Bradburn in Lowell [Massachusetts] to Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts], in which he copies a letter received by James Haughton [?] of Dublin, who discusses Spooner's work, and metions...
Two-page letter dated May 1, 1846, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn discussing the separation of Elizabeth Sargeant from her husband and mentions acquiring a publisher for the first part of his book.
Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated September 8, 1860, giving his thoughts on several of Spooner's pamphlets that he had recently received.
Slave trade--United States; Merchant ships--United States
Unsigned letter with no addressee regarding charges from Captain [Thomas] Rogers [possibly on the Brig Othello] for wood, canoe hire, corn, and water. The author writes that, "if you possibly can imagine this to be a reasonable charge, pray allow...
Two document on one leaf. On front, petition dated January 4, 1709, by "Jack O [sic] Negro]" of Boston [Massachusets] to marry "Esther, a negro servant" despite witheld consent from his master, Mr. Gutteridge. On back, petition dated March 30,...
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 Ward Lockwood to Juliana Force, dated November 21, 1929. Notification of the shipment of paintings, watercolors, and lithographs. See also: List of oil paintings (wscg0468).
Catalogue of portraits by Robert W. Chanler and sculpture by Reuben Nakian. Held at the Whitney Studio Club November 3-November 17, [1926]. Title from cover. On the cover: "The Shop. A Permanent Collection of Prints, Drawings, Water Colors and...
