New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Final page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Old auction lot map of 36th and 37th Streets between Madison and Park Avenues. The only remaining buildings are the brownstone on the north side of 37th Street and the Morgan Library's Book Store building (formerly the Lutheran Church in America)...
Advertisement for land available for purchase in the Long Island City area. It targets people who want to move out of the city, yet desire easy access into and out of the city. The five cents refers to the fare to get into the city by public...
Currency question--United States; Free banking--United States
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated July 7, 1858, discussing his theories on American banking systems, and encouraging Smith to begin a bank of his own.
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...
Painting, American; Finance, Personal; Real property; American poetry
Notebook of John Watson, the painter, containing miscellaneous notes and personal account information written by Watsonin1726 and by Watsons nephew, Alexander Watsonin1775-1778. There are accounts of things bought, real estate transactions, poetry,...
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Advertising; Sheet music
Back cover of Second Battalion March. Advertisement featuring sample sheet music in dark pink, including the songs: Don't Tell Her That You Saw Me, Brush by Nigger, Brush by, I want a Real Coon and Cottonfield Dance.
Erie Canal; New York (State); Troy; Canal route; Campbell, Allan, 1815-1894; Commissioners; Enlargement; Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy; Report
Page 33 of a thirty-six page report of the Committee of the Common Council of the city of Troy. This page summarizes and highlights the benefits to Troy of routing the canal through that city.
Soundview station opening at 1687 Gleason Ave. is commemorated with a block of first issue stamps presented by Albert Goldman, postmaster (right) to the broker who arranged the real estate transaction.
Sailors' Snug Harbor History, Newspapers, SUNY Maritime College, Manhattan, Staten Island, New York
A newspaper article ""Snug Harbor's Financial Woes: Institution Owner of Valuable Real Estate But Land Doesn't Produce Enough Rent"" by David Eisen reports on how land rents of the Manhattan properties can't upkeep the trust fund with photo...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Two news clippings one from the Staten Island Advance ""Snug Harbor Chills College Site Proposal,"" and one from an unnamed source entitled ""Supreme Court Special Term part V "" by Justice Markowitz are shown. Keywords: real estate, Greenwich...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Various news clippings are shown from the New York Times one entitled "" Work is Started On Suites In City"" by Maurice Foley. Keywords: Washington Square, Manhattan, real estate, advertisement, Brevoort, apartment, Randall House, Broadway, David...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Three articles are shown two from the World Telegram ""New 'Village' Suite Projects Luring Many To This Section"" with photo included and one from an unnamed source. Keywords: real estate, Manhattan, Brevoort, Washington Square,
