11 Cambridge Parade
Twickenham, April 26th 1910
Dear Mr. Markham,
As I am not in the mood for writing my next New Age article, I shall now send you a line, having, this morning received your letter of the 19th night. I am glad you sent me that...
Declaration of Independence; Lewis Morris; Morrisania; Events; Landmarks
Background on signer Lewis Morris, Lord of the Manor of Morrisania, buried in the Morris Family vault at St. Ann's Church. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. IV, Nos. 5-6, pp. 19-21.
Wars; Lewis Morris; Gouverneur Morris; Morris Family; Monuments; Declaration of Independence; U.S. Constitution
Two resolutions to erect monuments--one for honor Civil War soldiers from the Bronx; and the other to honor statesmen Lewis Morris and Gouverneur Morris. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 2, p. 20-21.
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.
Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Hon. D. [David] Wilmot, in which he responds to a letter from Wilmot discussing slavery and the United States Constitution, and sends him a copy of Lysander...
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...
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...