Insurance record No. 39 for the Sloop Carolina, Master Gilbert Fuller, to sail from the port of Providence, Rhode Island, to the coast of Africa, to Havana [Cuba] for purposes of trade. Signed by Edward Dickens, Samuel Allen, Cyrus Allen, and...
Four-page document consisting of ca. 90 names, including Thomas C. Amory, Francis Brinley, Christopher C. Holmes, Thomas P. Ruh, Joseph McKean Churchill, Ignatius S. Amory, Thomas B. Hall, Joseph S. Whitney, William A. Bangs, Aaron C. Baldwin.
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States
Two-page list of donors to the Liberator in 1839. Also includes donations made in January 1840 and "amounts loaned to Liberator committee." The list of donors includes William Rotch, Andrew Robeson, the Pawtucket Anti-Slavery Society, William...
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...
Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits; New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial...
Commemorative volume, 1824-1825, containing transcripts of resolutions and addresses of various organizations and prepared by the New York Common Council as a duplicate of the volume created by the Council for presentation to General Lafayette on...
A small Town along the D & H Canal in High Falls N. Y. It is a black and white card which seems to have faded. It includes the canal and a canal boat with a man seen on the back. The man seems to be steering the boat. I think the boat is about to...
Canals; Canoes; Clouds; Color postcards; Grasses; Reflections; Towpaths; Trees;
This is a painted postcard in color showing two men paddling a canoe on the Erie Canal. There is a towpath to their left which has a [presumably] a horse drawn carriage on it.
Canals; Steamboats; Fences; Hills; Buildings; Reflections; Roads; Sheds; Steam; Trees; People; Black and white postcards; Panoramic views; Walls; Towpaths; Trails & Paths
Photograph of a small steamboat moving on a canal toward the foreground. The location is semi-rural with roads or paths on either side of the canal, a few buildings, trees in the background, and a hillside in the distance.
Black & white postcards; Farms; Fences; Grasses; Hills; Lock houses; Rivers; Sheds; Trees; Towpaths;
This is a black and white photo postcard of the Lansingkill, Gorge. It shows a road going passed several small buildings. The road curves to the right going up a hill. To the right is a river. The building next to the river presumably is a...
A color image of an aqueduct spanning a river. Two people stand on the shore. One appears to be holding a fishing pole. Trees and shrubs appear along the banks of the river. Buildings fill the background.
A Sepia image of the Erie Canal. Buildings can be seen a short distance from the canal. A path runs along the canal to the left. A bridge appears to span the canal in the background. No additional detail is discernible.
