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Atkinson Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2009-193
Abstract
This collection consists of fourteen photographs, possibly portraits of the Atkinson family and their friends, taken by photographers in Anniston, Alabama; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Rochester, Staten Island, and Brooklyn, New York; and Chicago, Illinois.
Dates:
1880 - 1894
Henry Johnson Letter and Resolution
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4374
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a printed letter and resolution by Henry Johnson, Governor of Louisiana, dated February 16, 1826. The letter is addressed to New York Governor DeWitt Clinton and states Louisiana's rejection of Ohio's proposed plan for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people. The document reflects the ongoing debates over slavery in the early nineteenth century and Louisiana's stance on the issue, emphasizing the state's opposition to gradual emancipation efforts. This letter...
Dates:
1826 February 16
Mary Ann Starkey Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1866
Abstract
Handwritten letters from Mary Ann Starkey to her husband Horace Starkey in New York. She writes of family members, the Sabbath, church, and general well-being.
Dates:
1840
Orange Town Common School Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3910
Abstract
Notebook documenting the financial and statistical makeup of the Common Schools in he Town of Orange, Rockland County, New York
Dates:
1821-1828
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
Collection — Box: 2009001.035
Identifier: 2009-174
Abstract
This collection consists of four photographs depicting outdoor scenes. One is of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Warsaw, New York.
Dates:
1920 - 1929