Receipt for 379 pounds of curry received by Alexander Murray and Judge Marshall from William Vernon, owner of the Brig Tyger, and on behalf of Captain John Tillinghast.
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...
Loan receipt compiled by the Fogg Art Museum Registrar to the Whitney Studio Club, April 12, 1928. Document is nine pages. Each page is signed by the Registrar. Includes a catalog number and description for 42 artworks received.
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Eleanor, born April 9, 1807, to a 'Negro woman Margaret' and her husband Pompey. Includes note that Eleanor was baptised by Reverend Mr. Harris [probably Rev. William Harris] at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery and sponsored by...
This wholesale grocery distributor moved from Manhattan to the Hunts Point area due to its proximity to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad yards at Oak Point and Leggett Ave. Deliveries from all parts of the country come right to the...
Six-page letter from J. H. Stringfellow, Virginian slave owner and resident of Atchinson [Kansas], to a political leader [probably Kansas Territory Governor Robert J. Walker] in oppostition to the adoption of the Lecompton Constitution.
