Text Volume 2, Register of Manumissions of Slaves in New York City, June 18, 1816-May 28, 1818, page 57 Deed of manumission dated June 4, 1814, with which Andrew McGown manumits an enslaved woman named Jane. Sealed and delivered in the presence of J. Morton, and certified by DeWitt Clinton and Josiah Ogden Hoffman. View Item
Text Canal Commissioners letter to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, October 8, 1811, page [1] Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton. View Item
Text Canal Commissioners exemplification to James Madison, President of the United States, October 8, 1811, page [1] Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton. View Item
Text Canal Commissioners letter to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, October 8, 1811, page [2] Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton. View Item
Text Canal Commissioners exemplification to James Madison, President of the United States, October 8, 1811, page [2] Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton. View Item
Image Text 4 Items [Application seeking federal aid to construct the Erie Canal], 8 Oct. 1811 Original printed and signed application addressed to David Holmes, governor of the Mississippi Territory, and accompanying manuscript exemplification addressed to President James Madison seeking federal aid for construction of the Erie Canal; both are dated 8 Oct. 1811 and signed by Canal Commissioners Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, William North, Thomas Eddy, Robert R. Livingston, and Robert Fulton. Included are engravings of full length portraits of Morris, Clinton, Livingston, and Fulton. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of manumission by Frederick De Peyster] Two-page deed of manumission by Frederick De Peyster, acting as executor for the deceased Samuel Hake of New York City, emancipating slave Phoebe Jackson. Signed by witnesses J. [John] Nitchie and Henry M. Fine, and made official by DeWitt Clinton. View Item