Sloan, John, 1871-1951; Art patrons--United States--Correspondence.; Art patronage;
Letter written by Edward Stanton, Secretary to Mayor James John Walker, City of New York, to Juliana Force, dated December 1, 1927. Explaining the declination of Sloan contribution request and the Mayor's position on such requests. Signed.
Sloan, John, 1871-1951; Art patrons--United States--Correspondence.; Art patronage;
Letter written by Juliana Force to Edward Stanton, Secretary to Mayor Walker, City of New York, dated December 3, 1927. Apologizing for the Mayor receiving the contribution solicitation by mistake. Photocopy of original.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Catlin, George,1796-1872 (Illustrator); New York (N.Y.) Common Council
Title page of Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York Canals.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Memoir; Durand, A. B. (Engraver); Frontispiece; Portrait
Frontispiece of Cadwallader D. Colden facing the title page of the Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New...
Promotional Materials; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960; Walker, James John, 1881-1946
This two-page typescript attests to Mayor Jimmy Walker's friendship with John B. Johnston, the Democratic nominee for Supreme Court. Walker states that Johnston is a man who is an "outstanding practictioner of...
Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Walker, James John, 1881-1946
Article on the reception Mayor Jimmy Walker received upon opening the campaign, and his appeal to voters "not to allow indifference to defeat the amendment to the State Constitution."
Clippings; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Johnston, John B., 1882-1960.; Walker, James John, 1881-1946
Newspaper article about a visit by New York Mayor Jimmy Walker to Staten Island. During his speech, he praised John B. Johnston and remarked "how jealous I am of you that you can vote for him and I cannot."
Promotional Materials; Pamphlets; Correspondence; Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.); Walker, James John, 1881-1946; Hylan, John Francis, 1868-1936; Hammond, Henry; McCooey, John H.
Pamphlet sent to the 7,500 member Kings County Democratic Committee reprinting two letters outlining the controversy over the Committees' support of James Walker for Mayor.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Albany (N.Y.); Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David), 1769-1834; Celebration; Memoir; Stone, William L.; 1792-1844 (William Leete); New York (N.Y.) Common Council; Seneca Chief; Clinton, Dewitt,...
Illustrated title page found on page 105 for the appendix which contains An account of the grand canal celebration at New York, November the fourth, 1825. Also found in the appendix (pp. 105-411) is a Narrative of the festivities observed in honor...
Permit for the use of Faneuil Hall [in Boston, Massachusetts] for public assembly, granted by Mayor Jonathan Chapman [probably to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society].
Letter to the Mayor [Samuel Atkins Eliot] and Aldermen of Boston [Massachusetts] from Francis Jackson and 11 other committee members [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] arguing a recent denial for permission to use Faneuil Hall for a...
Dayton, Charles W. (Charles Willoughby), 1846-1910; New York (State). Supreme Court; Metropolitan Fair (1864 :New York, N.Y.); Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863; Elections--United States--1864.; New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New...
The Charles Willoughby Dayton papers include diaries, composition books, speeches, miscellaneous writings, published materials, ephemera and photographs. Of the four volumes in the collection, two are composition books dated 1858 and 1862,...
Bayard, Stephen, 1700-1757--Correspondence; Livingston, Gilbert--Correspondence; Wendell, Evert, 1681-1750--Correspondence; Bayard, Nicholas, 1698-1766--Correspondence; Wynkoop, Jacob; New York (State)--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca....
Four letters from Stephen Bayard to Gilbert Livingston of Kingston, N.Y., and one to Evert Wendell of Albany, datedNewYorkbetween 1728 and 1743, before Bayard became mayor of the city. The correspondence is largely concerned with financial matters,...
The Street Cleaning Department was censured for neglecting to remove ashes from the streets of Brooklyn. A resolution was adopted to complain to Mayor Van Wyck about the Commissioner of Street Cleaning.
