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[Letter] 1912 May 7, Cambridge, Mass. [to] Mr. Markham
Harvard University. Socialist Club
2 Holworthy Hall, Cambridge, Mass. May 7, 1912 My Dear Mr. Markham:- I am writing without shame to ask a very great favor of you. Our Socialist club at Harvard is planning to have its annual dinner on or about Tuesday, May 21, and we are very...
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

[Letter] 1912 March 23
Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933
March 23, 1912 Hillquit-Untermyer Debate Resolved: That Socialism is the only solution of the trust problem. Carnegie Hall, Saturday evening, April 27, 1912, Morris Hillquit and Samuel Untermyer will debate in Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening,...
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

[Letter] 1916 February 24 [to] Markham
Arundel, Alfred W.
February 24, 1916. Mr. Edwin Markham, 92 Waters Avenue, West New Brighton, New York. My dear Markham:- I thank you very much for your instant response to my letter, accepting the invitation to speak at the Christian Socialist Fellowship luncheon on...
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

[Letter] 1933 May [to] Friend
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
UPTON SINCLAIR LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH CALIFORNIA May 1933 Dear Friend: I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book! So many persons have been asking me for something on the...
Wagner College, Horrmann Library Edwin Markham Correspondence

Compliments of Chas. W. Kitchen, Druggist.
Flowers; Pharmacists; Drugs; Medicine; Cosmetics; Beauty, Personal; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of flowers surrounding sign with name and address. Text,"Branch at Brighton Beach, Coney Island. Verso side: text,"Secret of beauty, for the complexion, the great demand for a pure, harmless beautifier that will displace the many...
Brooklyn Public Library, Fulton Street Trade Cards

Enlargement of the Erie Canal. Efforts of the twelve fugitive Senators, sustained by the opinion of Attorney-Gen’l Chatfield, and the voice of a Loco Foco meeting at the capital, illustrated by extracts from Loco Foco organs, to defeat the law...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Enlargement; Canal Bill; Loco Foco; Pamphlet
Page 16 of a sixteen page pamphlet on the Enlargement of the Erie Canal. In 1851, controversy arose regarding the enlargement of the canal. This shows excerpts from various New York newspapers voicing protest against the project to enlarge the Erie...
CUNY Graduate Center Collection, The Erie Canal

Little Bo Peep.
A P.S. 8 student is seen dressed in a home made Little Bo Peep paper costume. Children who had costumes walked in the front of the annual school parade.
Lehman College, Childhood in the Bronx

[Letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Two-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated April 1, 1861, acknowledging receipt of Spooner's "New System" [A New System of Paper Currency] and discussing the "making of banks."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Virginia--Richmond; Slavery--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--England--London
Manuscript copy of a letter dated June 27, 1770, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding remittance of payment to London merchant Thomas Adams. Followed by a letter that includes...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Rd. Adams to Messrs. Samuel & Wm. Vernon]
Slaves--Rhode Island--Newport; Slavery--Rhode Island--Newport; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Slaves--Virginia--Richmond; Slavery--Virginia--Richmond; Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
Manuscript copy of a letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island dated February 8, 1771, regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery