Text John Sloss Hobart bill of sale, August 12, 1785, page [1] Pages [2]-[3], blank, not digitized. View Item
Image Text 2 Items John Sloss Hobart bill of sale, August 12, 1785. Bill of sale from John Sloss Hobart, New York, to John Lloyd, Jun., Queen's Village, Lloyd Neck, for the sale of Hannah, an enslaved woman about 48 years old, for £30; witnessed by Dr. James Cogswell and John Mersereau. View Item
Image Collection 10 Items New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849 New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves (1785-1849), commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of enslaved people in New York State. While this was the publicly stated goal, numerous members still enslaved people in their own households, including John Jay and Rufus King. View Collection
Text Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of Standing Committee 18 March 1800, page [4] Four page report of the Standing Committee, dated March 18, 1800, signed by James Robertson and Allen Clapp. Contains discussion of numerous cases, including some concerning enslaved people of Native American descent. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Receipt for goods exchanged with Mr. Jones, ship candelar at New York] Fragment containing request for "a barral [sic] of tar" to be given to Cuf, a slave belonging to Denyse Denyse. Addressed to Mr. Jones, a New York ship candler. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [List of accounts] Two-page list of accounts, listing service, payment, and vendor. Includes mention of "William Philip, Junior, his Negro boy Tom bought of [off] him for £65. Lacks author [possibly from New York State]. Date taken from pencil notation that appears in a different hand. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a female child named Elizabeth] Birth certificate of Elizabeth, born December 4, 1813, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Serene' belonging to farmer John Hathorn of Warwick, New York. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a female child named Ann Robinson] Birth certificate of Ann Robinson, born February 25, 1800, to 'a Negro wench named Ann Robinson' belonging to John Hughes of New York. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Birth certificate of a Negro male child named Jack] Birth certificate of Jack, born January 24, 1799, belonging to Fredk. Fisher [probably Colonel Frederick Visscher] of Montgomery County, New York. Includes note dated June 30, 1802 stating that, 'Cates child was born named Tom.' View Item