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;...
Title 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...
Four-page letter dated December 27, 1878, from Daniel McFarland in South Bend [Indiana] to Lysander Spooner [probably in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing mutual acquaintances.
Jerry Rescue Convention; Antislavery movements--United States
Three-page printed "address" by Gerrit Smith presented at the Jerry Rescue Convention in Syracuse [New York]. On back, addressed to Lysander Spooner in Boston, Massachusetts, in Smith's hand.
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,...
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...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (indiscernible), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; Logo (Private Mailing Card) printed in stylized lettering (AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19-1898. THIS SIDE 13 FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.); No written message;...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (indiscernible), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back; Logo (Private Mailing Card) printed in stylized lettering (AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19-1898. THIS SIDE 13 FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.); No written message;...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (indiscernible), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (Private Mailing Card. AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, MAY 19, 1898. (POSTAL CARD-- CARTE...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: card number (16818 - CANAL AND RIVER SERIES); Logo (POST CARD), Written message (Watertown, NY 11/15/17 Dear Jen & all, Arrived here tonight at 10 P.M. dead tired....
Postal data: posted, postmarked (NEW YORK CITY ISLAND(?) APR (?) 1905 ; ESSEX, CONN APR 28 8:30 AM 1905 REC'D), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS.); Logo (Post Card - AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19, 1898)...
Postal data: unmarked; unposted (PLACE THE POSTAGE STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back; Logo (PRIVATE MAILING CARD.) printed in stylized lettering, with delicate scrollwork intertwined with the letters (AUTHORIZED BY...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (PLACE THE POSTAGE STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back; Logo (Private Mailing card.) printed in stylized lettering (AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS-MAY 19, 1898);( POSTAL CARD-CARTE...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (Place Stamp Here. 1c to United States Canada or Mexico 2c to all other Countries.) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (PRIVATE MAILING CARD AUTHORIZED BY...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [flag postmark] (LITTLE FALLS, NY, OCT 25, 1911, 12-M), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (This Side for Correspondence; This Side for Address Only); Printing information: card number (M-11288); Logo (Post Card),...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (PUT STAMP HERE) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (PRIVATE MAILING CARD, AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS MAY 19, 1898, POSTAL CARD, CARTE POSTALE).
Postal data: unmarked; unposted (Place A Stamp Here) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: undivided back (Private Mailing Card. Authorized By Act Of Congress May 19, 1898. (“Postal Card – Carte Postale”); This Side Is Exclusively For The...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted; Postcard type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS.); Logo (Private Mailing Card) printed in stylized lettering, over and under stylized graphic of ribbon, with a quill pen through the initial letters,...
