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The Crisis of the Revolution
Military mobilizations;
Page 16; Estimate of Forces at West Point and its Dependences in September 13, 1780.
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

Canal Commissioner’s Office. $15 fine! for crossing state bridges faster than a walk.
Erie Canal; New York (State); Commerce; Inland trade;
Canal Commissioner’s Office. Fiine notice for crossing state bridges faster than a walk.
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

Park Avenue looking north from 31st Street, 1850's.
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Drawing looking north along Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) from between 31st and 32nd Streets, mid-1850's. At left, with the flag, is the Brandes Hotel and Restaurant; to its right, in the block now occupied by Two Park Avenue, are the ticket...
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, Murray Hill

Captain Tickle Taylor & Wm. Vernon
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Receipt for maintenance and repair service [for the Brig Royal Charlotte] from Wlliam Gyles for Capt. Tickle [Thomas Teakle] Taylor and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Taylor, Master, to Collins & Flagg
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Receipt for maintenance and repair service [for the Brig Royal Charlotte] by Collins & Flagg for Captain [William] Taylor.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Receipt for wages paid to Thomas Stevens]
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Receipt for wages paid to Thomas Stevens for cleaning and repair services for William Taylor on the Brig [Royal] Charlotte.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

P.F. Lambert, Furnaces, Ranges Heaters, Set, Cleaned, and Repaired.
Fireplaces; Repairing trades; Furnaces; Heating; Buildings - Repair and reconstruction; Roofs; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Text,"P.F. Lambert, Furnaces, ranges heaters, set, cleaned, and repaired. Open fire place grates. Roof repaired painted. Gutters, leaders, and ventilators..Jobbing promptly attended to."
Brooklyn Public Library, Fulton Street Trade Cards

In assembly, April 11, 1840. Report of the Canal Board in answer to resolutions respecting the canal debts and revenues and the enlargement of the Erie Canal. No. 306.
Canal Board; Debt; Revenue; Enlargement; Tolls; Expenses; Champlain Canal; New York State Assembly; Erie Canal; New York (State); Report
Title page 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 report includes both the...
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

The Land of Sleepy Hollow
Houses; Roads; Trees; Fences; Windows; Shutters; Doors & doorways; Stone walls; Carriages & coaches;
Page 57; Two paragraphs; Photograph of the Old Paulding Mansion in a dilapidated state of repair; Caption reads "The old Paulding Mansion";
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

[Letter from A. P. Aldrich to Lysander Spooner]
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--South Carolina--Barnwell; Slaves--South Carolina--Barnwell
Five-page letter dated August 20, 1866, from A. P. Aldrich in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Lysander Spooner [of Boston, Massachusetts] regarding the economic hardships faced by the South during the reconstruction era.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Envelope and manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith to John Cochrane]
Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
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.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Brig Othello Messrs. Sam'l & Wm. Vernon Owners to Benj'a Doubleday
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Bill to Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] from Benjamin Doubleday for carpentry on the Brig Othello.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Brig't Othello Thomas Rogers Master to Henry C. Flagg
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Bill to Thomas Rogers, Captain of the Brig Othello, for stays, cordage, "worming", and coils supplied by Henry C. Flagg [of Newport, Rhode Island].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Account of carpenters work in repairing the Brigg Othello comenced January the 2nd 1774
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Six-page booklet of carpentry labor for repairs on board the Brig Othello. Names carpenters Church, Palmer, Trickee, S. Crapon, Crapon Junr.; Pike; Thos. Crapon, and W. Crapon.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Brigg'tn Othello to Sundry Disbursements at Antigua
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Antigua
Account record by Captain Thomas Rogers for expenses aboard the Brig Othello in Antigua, including ship repair, food and water, and medical services for slaves.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Receipt for a new chain plate for the Brig Othello]
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Receipt for the purchase of a new chain plate for the Brig Othello from Michael Hunt by Captain George Sweet.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Seamen Accounts 1762, Settled & Paid
Merchant ships--United States; Ships--Maintenance and repair
Receipt for "peeples worke" on the Brig Othello, including names of several "negroes," who are listed by first name next to the the last name of their owner.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery