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".
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions; Whitney Studio Club--Paperwork (Office practice);
Service invoice dated May 29, 1928, for insurance, shipping, packing, and correspondence for works of art exhibited in the Traveling Exhibition from 1927 to 1928. Two (2) pages. Artists mentioned: Nan Watson, Henry Schnakenberg, Yasuo Kuniyoshi,...
New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Final page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Twenty-five tank cars, each holding 8,000 gallons of wine from Chateau Martin, California, arrive at the Bronx Terminal Market. The shipment is thought to be the largest trainload of wine ever shipped in the country. The building on the left is the...
Plan of new Kindermann warehouse, at 1360 Webster Ave. near 170th St., by architect George S. Kingsley and drawn by J. Brioden. The company repaired and stored vehicles; packed and shipped household items, furniture and art.
Aerial view of the company's Hunts Point plant at Barry St. & Oak Point Ave. Shown at the dock is a company vessel discharging an 11,000 ton cargo of gypsum rock shipped from its quarries in Nova Scotia. The company specializes in fireproof and...
The Coliseum, erected in 1926 for the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition,
before being removed and shipped to the Bronx in 1928 for reassembly. The frame of the structure was on the former site of an amusement park called Starlight Park on...
Letter dated September 1, 1769, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the slow sale of slaves shipped on the Brig Othello, citing their poor condition. Followed by a letter...
Virginia--Commerce; Rhode Island--Commerce; Merchant ships--United States
Invoice for 200 barrels of flour shipped by the Brig Othello by Captain John Duncan for Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] from John Stanton and Charles Yates of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding various payments for shipped cargo.
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding various payments for shipped cargo.
South Carolina--Commerce; Rhode Island--Commerce; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Invoice for a trunk of merchandise shipped from Newport [Rhode Island] by Samuel C. Taggart for Gardner & Dean on the Brig Friendship. Includes instruction to sell the goods on the coast of Africa and use those funds to purchase "negroes" for sale...
Two-page printed blank form filled out in manuscript with the deposition of Mr. Samuel Patterson of the firm of Smylie and Patterson of Charleston, South Carolina. Prepared by notary public Abraham Crouch, Patterson declares shipment of 140 bales...
One leaf with manuscript on both sides. On front, letter to Mr. John Anderson of Bristol regarding international slave trade, market prices of 'young & likely' negros, and clothing for slaves being shipped. Includes mention of Brig Alert and Ship...
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 John C. Fox, John C. Fox Company, New York, to Juliana Force, dated January 27, 1928 with reference to file no. 1105 (page 1). Includes extracts from 2 letters (page 2 and 3). The extracts are: from (Sgd.) G. Sindey Houston, Jr.,...
