Bliss writes thanking Markham for his monetary contribution as well as getting together a meeting of the Christian Socialists. Bliss also refers to a missing book or volume.
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Page 4 of a fifty-one page document of the Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal addressed to the Honorable The Assembly. This page includes a table of tolls...
Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between Whitney Studio Galleries and Robert B Harshe, dated Feb 20 (Note: additionally dated March 5, 1929 by H.M.) On loan: set of lithographs by Glenn O. Coleman. [Page 2] refers to "Folio B'. [Page 3] refers to "Folio C".
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Songs, Yiddish; Musical theater--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano; Songs with piano
Cover features blue-toned portrait photographs of Isidor Lilien (in tuxedo) and Peretz Sandler (in suit). Titles printed in Latin and Hebrew alphabets. Text, "Liberty Theatre Success." The title refers to Israel as the new home.
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...
Slums--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.Â
"Fever Nests" refers to areas of the city, usually tenements, in which typhus fever, typhoid fever and smallpox flourished. Image shows Civil War era slums with animals in the streets and an industrial smoke stack in the background spewing smoke.
Two-page letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated October 30, 1863, asking Smith to return all letters ever sent to him by Spooner, with the exception of those referring to his libel suit in 1860. Note on...
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...
Letter written by Henri Burkhard to Juliana Force, dated August 25, 1930. Letter is handwritten and signed. Burkhard requests a check for the landscape and refers to tough times. On [Page 2] verso, there is a notation of $150 sent for "Side of the...
Letter written by John Steuart Curry to Juliana Force, dated September 28, 1929. It refers to artworks that he made with the help of Force's monthly financial stipend, including "Baptism in Kansas", which had already been shown at the Corcoran. He...
