Image Text 2 Items Brig Othello, John Duncan Master to Jones & Moe Account record of Jones & Moe of Barbados itemizing fees for services rendered to John Duncan, Master of the Brig Othello. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Sales of the Brigantine Othello's Cargo Including Duty Account record by John Thornton and Charles Yates of Fredericksburg, Virginia, for the sales of 85 slaves on behalf of Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes names of purchasers, gender and age of slave purchased, and amount paid. View Item
Image Text 2 Items The Owners of the Brigt. Marigold Their Accot. Current for Sundrys Dispos'd of on the Coast of Africa Account record of traded goods by Thomas Teakle Taylor aboard the Brig Marigold in Annamaboe Road [Anomabu, Ghana], including slaves, rum, gold, tobacco, sugar, flower [flour], coffey [coffee], molasses, and turpentine. View Item
Image Text 8 Items Brig. Othellos People, Aug't 1774 16-page booklet of personal accounts of crew members aboard the Brig Othello. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Messrs. Samuel & Wm. Vernon & Co. in Acct. with Rich'd Adams Account record by Richard Adams of expenses related to trade on serveral ships belonging to Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes mention of the Brig Royal Charlotte and the Schooner Little Sally. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Unsigned, undated accounts current] Unsigned and undated accounts current. View Item
Image Text 4 Items The Briggt. Royal Charlotte, Wm. Taylor Mastr. To William Vernon Account record by William Taylor, Captain of the Brig Royal Charlotte, for William Vernon. Includes detailed itemized list from June 20, 1761 to March 20, 1762, and names multiple vendors and quantities of goods. View Item
Image Text 3 Items [Account current for the Brigg Othello] Account current for Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] by John Thornton & Co. for expenses and profits related to the clothing and feeding of slaves to be sold in Fredericksburg, Virginia, from the cargo of the Brig Othello. View Item
Image Text 2 Items George Lambert to John Duncan Account record for George Lambert from Captain John Duncan on the Brig Othello in Barbados, listing hospital money, advance wages, and "7 gall. Rum missing out the cask he was caught stealing out off [sic]." On back, receipt signed by Boyle Vandeleure on behalf of George Lambert. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Invoice of 129 Twices [?] and 25 Barrels Rice Shipt [by] Gabriel Manigault Onboard the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Commr. for Rhode Island On Account of Messrs. Samuel & William Vernon Merchants there. Account record by Gabriel Manigault of shipment of rice aboard the Sloop Hare for Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport Rhode Island] from [Charleston] South Carolina. View Item
Image Text 2 Items John Vickery to Brig Royal Charlotte Account record by John Vickery for expenditures while aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte between April and August, 1762. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Joseph Lester to Brig Royal Charlotte Account record by Joseph Lester for expenditures while aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte between April, 1762, and January, 1763. Includes item, "2 gall. Rum to buy a Monkey." View Item
Image Text 8 Items Account of Corn recd. out of the Sloop Lydia[,] John Luke M[as]t[er] from Virginia Account of corn received out of the Sloop Lydia, John Luke, master, detailing 1,962 bushels either in "Taylor's Upper Store," Lower Store, or "sold … out of the Vessel." Over 35 individuals are listed, including Francis Brindley, customs collector Joseph Wanton, slave ship captain Joseph Tillinghast, "Venter [i.e. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Sketch of Rich's Adams's Acct. Account summary for Mr. Richard Adams [probably with Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island], including trade in slaves, hemp, and corn. View Item
Image Text 4 Items Liberator Accts, 1839 Accounts statement between abolitionist publication The Liberator and Francis Jackson for the year 1839. View Item
Image Collection 1 Items Richard Varick papers, 1743-1871 (bulk 1775-1830). Series IV: Accounts, Bills, Receipts, 1775-1871. This series contains a multitude of bills, receipts, and accounts, the majority dating from and relating to Varick's time in military service during the Revolutionary War. In addition there are a number of bills and receipts from New York tradesmen for property repairs. View Collection
Image Collection 7 Items Richard Varick papers, 1743-1871 (bulk 1775-1830) Richard Varick, born in New Jersey, 1753, served as Captain, deputy muster-master-general, and George Washington's secretary during the Revolutionary war. He was appointed one of the first mayors of New York and served from 1789-1801. He died in 1831. His papers pertain to a variety of subjects, including Varick's command of a company in Alexander McDougall's battalion at Ticonderoga and in Canada during 1775; his service on courts-martial in 1775; problems of the bateau service in northern New York State in 1776; his position as secretary to Gen. View Collection
Image Collection 7 Items Ebenezer Stevens papers, 1739-1860 Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823) served as a soldier and officer in the Continental Army and the New York State Artillery Corps during the Revolutionary War. Post-war, he was an agent for the United States War Department as well as a successful merchant in New York City. This collection documents his activities as a merchant and as a commanding officer, focusing particularly on daily functions and the fortification of New York Harbor in the years 1802-1814. The papers do not contain much information about Stevens' Revolutionary War efforts, aside from two military orders. View Collection
Image Collection 11 Items Slavery Collection, 1709-1864 The Slavery Collection contains correspondence and legal and financial documents related to the North American slave trade, slave ownership, abolition, and political issues pertinent to slavery. The Slavery Collection is called an "artificial" collection because unrelated items with different provenance have been grouped together according to subject matter. View Collection
Image Collection 3 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960). Series VII: Lists of Boarders and Members, 1858-1938, undated View Collection
Image Collection 8 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960). Series V: Financial and Tax Materials, 1869-1907 View Collection
Image Collection 13 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960) The records of the Ladies' Christian Union include annual reports, minutes, financial and real estate records, correspondence, photographs, biographical writings, membership lists, ephemera, printed brochures, articles, and manuals. The Ladies Christian Union was founded in New York City in 1858 with the aim of creating and maintaining safe, affordable housing for young, unmarried Christian women employed in the New York area. Between the years 1860-1922, the organization owned and operated a total of eight buildings in Manhattan. View Collection
Image Collection 5 Items Duane family papers, 1665-1916 (bulk 1756-1900) This collection contains papers relating to the Duane family and associated families. The bulk of the collection concerns the papers of James Duane, a prominent New York lawyer, patriot, and land developer. James Duane (1733-1797) became the ward of Robert Livingston after his father's death around 1734 and married Livingston's daughter Mary in 1759. He made a number of profitable real estate investments and was a prominent lawyer by the time of the American Revolution. View Collection
Image Text 184 Items Philip John Schuyler account book, 1763-1770 Account book kept by Philip John Schuyler in Saratoga, New York. Schuyler was an American soldier and statesman of Albany, New York. He was a participant in the French and Indian war and the American Revolution and was the owner a substantial estate in Saratoga, New York. Entries record small daily sales of a general store trading in such merchandise as rum, tea, salt, boards, wheat, flour, hides, sugar, molasses, drygoods, herring, fabrics, powder, glass, etc. View Item
Image Collection 1180 Items Joseph Reed and Esther De Berdt Reed papers, 1757-1874 Joseph Reed (1741-1785) was a lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, and statesman born in Trenton, New Jersey. His wife, Esther De Berdt (1747-1780), organized aid for the Continental Army during the Revolution and was born in London, England. View Collection
Image Collection 5 Items Henry Hart papers, 1782-1793 Letter, promissory notes, and accounts relative Henry Hart of Kingsbury, N.Y., and the administration of his estate. Account of Hamilton McCollister lists numerous people with claims to Hart's estate. View Collection
Image Collection 24 Items Crooke family papers, 1737-1804 (bulk 1737-1750) Twenty-four letters and financial accounts created by members of the Crooke family, originally of Ulster County, N.Y. Collection includes six documents pertaining to the disposal of the estate of Charles Crooke, Jr., dated 1753-1767; one autograph letter, signed, from John Crooke to Martin S. Wilkins, dated Rhinebeck, July 27, 1807; twelve autograph letters, signed, of an official nature from John Crooke Jr. to Henry Livingston, then clerk of neighboring Dutchess county, ranging in date from 1737-1750; three personal autograph letters, signed, from William Crooke to Peter E. View Collection
Image Collection 31 Items Black History Collections The New-York Historical Society holds important collections relating to Black history, slavery in the United States, and the Atlantic slave trade. Dating from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, they constitute a rich archive of primary source materials that will be of value to anyone researching the history of African Americans, slavery, the slave trade, emancipation, and the abolitionist movement. View Collection