Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library

: Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787; Rufus King’s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor., New-York Historical Society

: John Lansing notebooks, 1787; Two autograph notebooks (1787 May 25-June 16 and 1787 June 18-July 10), containing John Lansing's notes taken during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Some contents include: transcriptions of various committee reports, including a transcription of Alexander Hamilton's plan ('Colonel Hamilton's System'); the text of Elbridge Gerry's committee report of July 5 1787; and a three-page list of the delegates of the convention arranged by state (excluding New Hampshire, since their delegates arrived after Lansing had left Philadelphia)., John Lansing, delegate to the Constitutional Convention from New York, was born in Albany on January 30th, 1754. He was admitted to the bar in 1775, but temporarily suspended his practice to serve as aide-de-camp to General Philip Schuyler in 1776 and 1777. Beginning in 1780, Lansing served his first of six terms in the New York State Assembly, where he would be elected speaker twice. He was a member of Congress under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1786, at which point he was chosen to be mayor of Albany. In 1790, he was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court, and became Chief Justice in 1798. In 1801, he was made Chancellor of New York State, a position he held until his retirement in 1814. Upon retiring, Lansing returned to practicing law, and made an unsuccessful attempt to return to the New York State Assembly, running and losing in 1824. He nonetheless kept busy, becoming involved with Columbia College and the State University of New York (where he was named a regent), and spending a great deal of time managing his land holdings, which were nearly 40,000 acres. Lansing disappeared one evening in December of 1829, while he was in New York City for some meetings at Columbia College. Lansing was last seen walking from his hotel to the dock at Cortlandt Street to mail some letters; he never returned and was never heard from again.

: The Independent Journal: or, The general advertiser, Saturday, October 7, 1787, Number 408

: The Federalist: : a collection of essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. : In two volumes. : Vol. I[-II]; Title page, introduction, table of contents, and first page of John Pintard's copy of the first complete edition of the Federalist published in book form. The Federalist is included on nearly every list of influential books because it is due, at least in part, to this work that the United States Constitution was ratified. Its 85 essays were first published in newspapers and then issued in two volumes. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Each essay signed: Publius. This New-York Historical copy has a label tipped into each volume: "Printed and bound, at Franklin’s Head, no. 41, Hanover-Square"; the title pages inscribed: "John Pintard". References: Evans 21127; ESTC W5416., New-York Historical Society

: John Jay's In relation to foreign nations, circa 1788; Draft in John Jay's hand of Federalist Number 64, originally published on March 5, 1788 in the Independent Journal. It bore the number 63 in the newspaper version, but was renumbered 64 in the first collected edition, published 22 March 1788. Comparison with the published version shows little change in the substance of the argument for the constitutional provisions for senatorial approval of treaties. Changes in organization and wording are substantial. Jay's draft speaks of "the Convention" making certain provisions while the published essay substitutes "the Constitution." Jay's justification of the election of Senators by state legislatures is omitted in the final, published paper. In answering objections to making treaties the supreme law of the land, Jay, in his draft, cites examples of British constitutional law; in his published version, the citations refer to colonial and state practice. Jay's concluding paragraph asking for a fair trial for a constitutional plan with theoretical merits is omitted in the published essay.

: George Mason, Amendments to the new constitution of government, June 9, 1788; New-York Historical Society

: Alexander Anderson, A medical grammar, circa 1795; Alexander Anderson was a New York City physician and illustrator. He was the first physician at Bellevue Hospital, established in 1795 to treat patients in a yellow fever epidemic, but he is best known as one of the first American wood engravers. This is a manuscript with three pen and ink drawings done by Dr. Anderson when he was 20 years old, relating to his medical practice and his interest in engraving., New-York Historical Society

: Yellow fever. : As the yellow fever has again made its appearance in this city, the opinion of a physician …; Sketching the causes of yellow fever, and suggesting preventive measures and treatment. Signed: James Smith, M.D. No. 10, Lombard-Street, New-York. Sept. 10, 1798. Text in two columns. References: Bristol B10524; Shipton & Mooney 48618., New-York Historical Society

: Birth certificates for children born to enslaved women in New York City, 1800-1818; 247 birth certificates for children born to enslaved or indentured women in New York City. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the enslaver. The certificates usually include information such as the enslaver's occupation, the mother's name, and the date of birth and sex of the child.

: John McComb, New York City Hall, front elevation, 1802; Ink, wash, and graphite. John McComb, in consultation with Joseph F. Mangin, made 105 drawings of a proposed new City Hall building, all of which are preserved in New-York Historical's library. The city fathers accepted his plans. As soon as the building was completed in 1811 it was recognized as one of the finest public buildings in America and it has remained one of the nation’s architectural treasures., New-York Historical Society

: Authorization for the sale of the Louisiana Territory, April 24, 1803; This document, which bears the signatures of Napoleon, Emperor of the French, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Foreign Minister, and Hugues-Bernard Maret, Secretary of State, gave authority to François, marquis de Barbé-Marbois, to negotiate a treaty for the sale of the Louisiana Territory with Robert Livingston, United States Minister to France, and James Monroe. The Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed six days later, April 30, 1803. The stain on the right is thought to be Madeira wine, used to toast the prospective sale., New-York Historical Society

: Alexander Hamilton duel with Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804; Correspondence of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr preceding their duel which resulted in Hamilton's death on July 11, 1804. Also correspondence of their seconds, Nathaniel Pendleton and William Van Ness, and two letters from Elizabeth Hamilton, Alexander's widow, to Nathaniel Pendleton. Alexander Hamilton was the Caribbean-born American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1789 to 1795. Aaron Burr was a politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805.

: Injured humanity; : being a representation of what the unhappy children of Africa endure from those who call themselves Christians; A broadside that graphically illustrates the brutalities of the life of enslaved people in the hope of effecting a boycott of the West Indian trade in enslaved people. Wood-engraving at upper left signed: A.A. [Alexander Anderson]. Samuel Wood is listed at this address in New York City directories from 1805-1808. The text and illustrations in this broadside also appear in the following work, first issued by Wood in 1807: The mirror of misery, or, Tyranny exposed. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Not in Lib. Company. Afro-Americana. New-York Historical copy: wood engraving at upper left is not signed; wood engraving at middle right is signed: "A"., New-York Historical Society

: This map of the City of New York and island of Manhattan as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the legislature April 3, 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, alderman and commonality thereof / by their most obedient servant Wm. Bridges ; en; Photolithographic reproduction of the William Bridges map of New York. Street planning map. Covers the entire island of Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Shows some buildings. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by shading. Derived from a manuscript draft by John Randel--cf. Cohen and Augustyn, op. cit. "Filed April 1st 1811." Certified by the commissioners. Ink, color wash. No watermark. Includes index. References: I.N.P. Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island (1915-1928), Vol. III, page 549; Daniel C. Haskell, Manhattan Maps (1931), 655; Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in maps. NY: 1997, p. 100-105., New-York Historical Society

: [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., New-York Historical Society

: A Plan of the city and environs of New York as they were in the years 1742. 1743. & 1744. / drawn by D--- G--- in the 76th year of his age, who has at this time a perfect and correct recollection of every part of the same. Cedar Street. August 1813.; David Grim’s map of prerevolutionary Manhattan. Historical map. Covers Manhattan Island south of modern 14th Street, New York (N.Y.). Shows buildings and many other urban features; also shows natural and agricultural features. Date of ms. 1813 Aug. Date of situation between 1742 and 1744. On label pasted at top center: "Presented to the New York Historical Society by David Grim". Pen-and-ink (black and color), watercolor, pencil on paper. Selected material shown pictorially. Includes index. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps, p. 62-63; Stokes, I.N. Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island, v. 1, p. 270-271 and pl. 32[a]., New-York Historical Society

: The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel, Junr.; Street planning map. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries. Includes extensive "REMARKS," also a key to New York City buildings. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Shows relief by hachures. Imperfect: lacking 4 x 9 and 2 x 5 cm. upper right corner, 2 x 2 cm. upper left side. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, 1997, p. 106ff; Stokes, I.N. Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island, v. 3, p. 543-544., New-York Historical Society

: Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen’l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied; This manuscript map of Harlem is thought to have been drawn under the direction of James Renwick, whose son and namesake became a famous architect, for the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. It includes a view of the Hudson River in the inset at the upper right. Military map. Covers the area later bounded by 85th and 135th Streets, Hell Gate and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows fortifications, including batteries and redoubts. Also shows buildings, roads, streams and bridges. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by form lines. Date of situation 1814, based on dates of construction for Forts Stevens and Fish--cf. Roberts, Robert B. Encyclopedia of historic forts. NY: Macmillan, 1988. Watermark "T.G. & Co." on wove paper. Includes text describing fortifications. Date of this manuscript copy after date of situation and within 15 years after the Gilpin paper mill ceased operation in 1837--cf. Gravell, Thomas L. Catalogue of American watermarks 1690-1835. NY: Garland, 1979, p. 178. Pen-and-ink (black and color) on paper backed by paper., New-York Historical Society

: New-York African Free School records, Volume 4: Penmanship and drawing studies, 1816-1826; The fourth volume of the records of the New-York African Free School contains penmanship and drawing studies by the students from 1816 to 1826. Of particular interest are copies of the speech given by prominent African American physician James McCune Smith on the occasion of the Marquis de La Fayette's visit to New York in 1824. While there is little, if any, information on individuals in the first two volumes, attributions are often given for the material appearing in volumes three and four.

: New York Common Council, Tribute from the City of New York to the illustrious friend of freedom, 1824-1825; On the occasion of General Lafayette’s visit to New York City in 1824 the New York Common Council prepared this commemorative volume (1824-1825) containing transcripts of resolutions and addresses of various organizations as a duplicate of the volume presented to Lafayette. The volume includes numerous specimens of decorative and figural penmanship by Isaac F. Bragg and Christopher Hunt, elaborate page borders and vignettes, two small oval portraits of George Washington and General Lafayette by Henry Inman and Thomas Cummings, and four full page pen and ink wash drawings, executed by Charles Burton, depicting the United States Capitol building, Fort Lafayette (N.Y.), New York City Hall, and the construction of the Erie Canal. Text includes copies of addresses and resolutions prepared by the Common Council and various other organizations, including members of the New York Bar, the Society of the State Cincinnati, and the faculty of Columbia College. Bound in gold tooled morocco with silk doublures, signed at foot of spine by J.H. Sackmann, bookbinder, N.Y.

: Freedom’s journal, Vol. I, No. 3, New-York, Friday, March 30, 1827; First page of Vol. I, no. 3 (March 30, 1827) of the first newspaper published by African Americans in the United States. Weekly. Published: Vol. 1, no. 1 (March 16, 1827)-v. 2, no. 27 (September 26, 1828) ; v. 2, whole no. 80 (October 3, 1828)-v. 2, whole no. 104 (March 28, 1829). Issues for April 11, 1828-September 26, 1828 called also whole no. 55-whole no. 79. New-York Historical holds scattered issues. Freedom's journal has been digitized in its entirety from microfilm by the Wisconsin Historical Society, and is available on its website, https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS4415., New-York Historical Society

: The Hudson River port folio; Plates from the Hudson River Portfolio, circa 1828. Title from cover. Engraved by John Hill and J.R. Smith from the watercolors of William G. Wall., New-York Historical Society

: Cherokee phoenix, and Indians’ advocate, January 1, 1831, January 29, 1831 and March 12, 1831; In English and Cherokee. Title in masthead also in Cherokee, Feb. 11, 1829-Jan. 5, 1833. "Printed under the patronage, and for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation, and devoted to the cause of Indians." Published: Vol. 1, no. 48 (Feb. 11, 1829)-v. 5, no. 52 (May 31, 1834). The publisher expressed his intention to publish weekly; however, due to "difficulties of obtaining printers," there were numerous suspensions. Weekly, May 24, 1834-May 31, 1834. Suspended May 6-20, Oct. 7, 1829; May 11, 25-July 13, 1833. Continues numbering of: Cherokee phoenix, published Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 21, 1828)-v. 1, no. 47 (Feb. 4, 1829). Editors: Elias Boudinot, Feb. 11, 1829-Aug. 11, 1832; Elijah Hicks, Sept. 8, 1832-May 31, 1834. Printers: John F. Wheeler, Feb. 11, 1829-Feb. 19, 1831; John Candy, Mar. 5, 1831-Dec. 1, 1832; Carrington W. Hicks, Jan. 19-Apr. 20, 1833.

: Illustrations of cholera asphyxia; in its different stages Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street. / By Horatio Bartley, apothecary and chymist [sic]; Lithographic illustrations of cholera victims, annotated in pencil with the outcome of their illness. New-York Historical copy signed on the title page: Dr. S.L. Howell. Annotated by Dr. Howell. The lithographs are hand colored., New-York Historical Society

: George Templeton Strong diary, 1835-1875; The four-volume diary of George Templeton Strong (1820-1875) is a detailed chronicle of the activities, interests, and relationships that characterized its author’s life. Beginning in 1835, and continued consistently into 1875, its thousands of individual entries contain descriptions of all facets of Strong’s experience, typically beginning with the weather and going on to discuss matters such as his legal work, family life, health, social ties, politics, and the arts. The diary documents upper class life in mid-nineteenth century New York City and provides reflections on the lives and attitudes of his peers. The reporting of personal activities is supplemented by Strong’s reactions to current events, most notably those related to the American Civil War. Digitization of the diary was made possible by a grant from the Peck Stacpoole Foundation.

: To emigrants & others. 100,000 acres of land for sale. : The subscribers having recently purchased 400,000 acres of land of the Holland Land Company, situated in the counties of Genesee, Cataraugus, and Alleghany, in the south-westerly part of this state,; Encourages immigrants to purchase land in Western New York. Also issued in German translation. "For particulars inquire of Nicholas Devereux, at Utica, or Asher Tyler, selling agent, at Ellicottville, Catarauga Co." Signed and dated: D.O. Macomber, agent. New-York, September, 1837. Text within ornamental border., New-York Historical Society

: 195-199 Chatham Square and 9-17 East Broadway, New York, N.Y., circa 1842-1865; Ambrotype. Early New York City street scene. It shows a structure in the foreground advertising caps and furs, pedestrians, several horse drawn carriages, and commercial buildings with signs in the background., New-York Historical Society

: The drawing of the first register, made by me, for Morse's magnetic telegraph, New York, 1846, John Stokell; "Presented to the N.Y. Historical Society by Wm. J. [?] Davis, 1852"., New-York Historical Society

: Notice. Preventives of Cholera! : Published by order of the Sanatory [sic] Committee, under the sanction of the Medical Counsel; Probably relates to the cholera epidemic of 1849. Signed: Caleb S. Woodhull, mayor. James Kelly, chairman of Sanatory [sic] Committee. Caleb S. Woodhull was mayor of New York from 1849 to 1851., New-York Historical Society

: Caesar, an enslaved man, 1851; Daguerreotype. Portrait of an African-American male figure, three quarters-length, front view, holding a staff or a shovel (?) in his right hand, wearing a white collar, dark foulard, and checked waistcoat. A note taped to the back of the case identifies the sitter and sitter's history: "born a slave of Van R. Nicoll, son of William, in 1737 at Bethlehem, N.Y., where he died in 1852, the last slave to die in the North.”, New-York Historical Society

: Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a northern slave : emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828 …; Frontispiece portrait of Sojourner Truth from the New York, 1853 edition of her published memoir. Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries has digitized its copy of this book and made it available via the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/narrativeofsojour00gilb. New-York Historical copy has imprint date on cover: 1855., New-York Historical Society

: Victor Prevost photograph collection, 1853-1857, undated; Victor Prevost (1820-1881) was born in France and studied art before moving to California in 1847 and to New York in 1850. On a visit back to France in 1853, he learned Gustave Le Gray's calotype process, which was based on the process developed by William Henry Fox Talbot and employed sensitized waxed paper to make photographic negatives. When he returned to New York, Prevost opened a photography studio. The Victor Prevost photograph collection consists of 44 calotype negatives and several generations of contact prints. The artfully composed scenes are thought to be among the earliest surviving paper photographic views of New York City. They are prized as fine examples of the calotype process, which was rarely used in the United States.

: Jones’ Wood petition books, 1853; First page of a petition in two volumes requesting to have Jones’ Wood turned into a public park. Jones' Wood was a large tract of farmland formerly belonging to the Schermerhorn and Jones families and located on the present-day Upper East Side of Manhattan., New-York Historical Society

: New York Crystal Palace, 1854; Daguerreotype. The New York Crystal Palace was built to house the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854), America's first world's fair, on the site of present-day Bryant Park. This is an interior view of the south nave of the Crystal Palace in its second year of exhibition, with statues, windows, stairs and other structural elements of the building., New-York Historical Society

: Vigilance Committee parade, San Francisco, circa 1855; Daguerrotype. This early photographic view of San Francisco shows Brig. Gen. John Stoneacre Ellis's First Regiment, with soldiers standing at attention for parade, ships in the harbor in the background, stores lining a street with signs visible, and onlookers standing by., New-York Historical Society

: Map of the lands included in the Central Park, from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856; The Egbert L. Viele map of Central Park. Covers the area later bounded by 59th and 106th Streets, 5th Avenue and Central Park West, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows rock outcrops, buildings, reservoir, existing roads. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Oriented with north to right of sheet. "Engr. by Ferd. Mayer & Co." on companion map. From First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, January 1857., New-York Historical Society

: Horace Greeley letter to Henry David Thoreau, November 4, 1856; Letter from Horace Greeley, editor and publisher of the New York Tribune, 1841-1872, to Henry David Thoreau, asking whether he would be his children’s tutor., New-York Historical Society

: Plan of the Central Park : respectfully submitted to the Commissioners of the Park : March, 1858 : A.H.N.; The George E. Waring, Jr. plan of Central Park. Number 29 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, roads, plantings, a "Gymnasium and Drill Room" [arsenal], and a home for the Crystal Palace. Inscription on verso: "#29 of 33 plans submitted for competition, April 1858. Edw Selo Draughtsman, G.E. Waring author". The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 23. Waring was a sanitary engineer who designed and supervised construction of the drainage system that created the scenic lakes and ponds of Central Park. A.H.N. = Art of the Handmaid of Nature., New-York Historical Society

: Plan of the Central Park, New York : entry no. 4 in the competition. March 20, 1858; The John Rink plan of Central Park. Number 4 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, a parade ground, roads, plantings, and a monumental museum building (precursor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) proposed for the south and east flanks of the Yorkville Reservoir. The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 22. Rink was probably an engineer in the employ of the parks commissioners., New-York Historical Society

: A visit from St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore, 1862 March 13th, originally written many years ago; Holograph manuscript, dated March 13, 1862, of Clement C. Moore’s famous Christmas poem "A visit from St. Nicholas," originally composed around 1822 and written out by the author on this occasion at the suggestion of New-York Historical librarian George H. Moore, who wished to add a holograph copy of the poem to the library collection. The three page manuscript is accompanied by a cover letter addressed to George Moore by Thomas W.C. Moore, presenting the enclosed manuscript and briefly discussing the circumstances of the poem's original composition forty years earlier., New-York Historical Society

: Men of color, to arms! : a call by Frederick Douglass; In this broadside, African American statesman Frederick Douglass urges Black men to fight for the Union and enlist in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Signed at end: Frederick Douglass, Rochester, March 2, 1863., New-York Historical Society

: The daily citizen, Vicksburg, Miss., July 2 and July 4, 1863; Newspaper printed on the back of wallpaper because of shortages in the Confederacy. Sometimes published as: Vicksburg daily citizen. Began in 1859. Ceased in 1864. Issues for June 18-July 4, 1863 printed on wallpaper., New-York Historical Society

: Walt Whitman letters, July 27, 1863-September 9, 1863; Walt Whitman’s letters to the parents of Erastus Haskell of the 141st New York Volunteers, who died on August 2, 1863 in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., where Whitman frequently visited the sick and wounded. He wrote the Haskells, of Breseport, New York, on July 27, 1863 to inform them that their son was very ill with typhoid fever. In a letter written August 10 he describes his visits with Erastus and their son’s last days. In the final letter, dated September 9, Whitman thanks Mr. Haskell for his acknowledgement of the letter of August 10 and reiterates his Brooklyn address so that Mr. and Mrs. Haskell may write to him at home. An earlier letter, written April 5, 1863 by Joel M. Jansen and Erastus E. Haskell, describes their regiment's good accommodations despite the poor weather. Erastus says further that he and the other musicians have not been on duty for some time, but anticipate active service soon., Erastus Haskell, born May 25, 1844, and died August 2, 1863, was a fife player in Company K, 141st New York Volunteer Infantry band. Prior to his military service, he worked as a carpenter. Erastus also had one sister, Abigail, who was deaf. His father, Samuel Baldwin Haskell (1810-1876) suffered a stroke, rendering him unable to work.

: John Jacob Omenhausser's Rebel prison scenes, Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864; The forty-two color ink drawings presented here were made in 1864 by a Confederate prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland, the Union's largest Civil War prison camp. The drawings highlight the concerns and experiences of prisoners of war; most scenes show prisoners playing cards, buying food, or engaging in barter with food vendors. All of the prison guards depicted are African American, and encounters are recorded between these guards and the Confederate prisoners. The album into which these sketches were pasted also includes photographs of commanding officers at Point Lookout, printed orders to prison guards about the treatment of prisoners, and letters from prisoners to President Lincoln asking to be released. The volume is part of the Naval History Society Collection, which was donated to the New-York Historical Society in 1925 by James Barnes. James Barnes was the son of the Naval History Society's founder, John S. Barnes, whose own father, Brigadier General James Barnes, commanded the Point Lookout prison. John S. Barnes found the album among his father's papers after his death in 1869., Manakee, Harold R. 'Omenhausser's Confederate Prisoners of War Sketch.' Maryland Historical Magazine (June 1958): 177-179 and cover.

: I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth; Carte de visite photograph of the antislavery activist, feminist, and social reformer Sojourner Truth. The "shadow" refers to her photographic image, which she sold to raise money for her various progressive causes., New-York Historical Society

: By the president of the United States. A proclamation. … That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof sh; Souvenir copy of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, with autograph signatures of Lincoln, William Seward, Secretary of State, and John Nicolay, Private Secretary to the President. This is known as the Leland-Boker edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, after the two men who arranged for its printing by Frederick Leypoldt and subsequent sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair of June 7-29, 1864. The Sanitary Fairs were created to raise money for sick and wounded soldiers, and to improve conditions in military camps., New-York Historical Society

: The inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln, delivered at the National Capitol, March 4th, 1865; The first printing of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. Printed in blue ink., New-York Historical Society

: Ulysses S. Grant letter to Robert E. Lee, Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865; The terms of surrender of General Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865. One of the original impressions from the manifold on which General U.S. Grant wrote the terms of surrender, with interlinear revisions by Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca man who had been Grant’s military secretary since 1863. Parker's inscription below reads: "The above is an original in Gen. Grant's own handwriting of the terms of surrender given by him to Gen. Lee at Appomattox Court House. It is one of 3 or 4 impressions as written in the 'Manifold Order Book,' said book being now on file either at Hdqrs of the Army, or in the War Office. The interlineations were made by myself at Gen. Grant's dictation. The accompanying pen was used by me in transcribing the above document in ink onto Official headed paper. Ely S. Parker, A.A.G. on Gen. Grant's staff". Grant's inscription across the top reads: "The document below is one of the original impressions from the manifold on which I wrote the terms of surrender of Gen. Lee's Army at Appomattox Court House, Apr. 9th 1865. It is one the three impressions taken by the manifold. New York City, Oct. 21st 1880, U.S. Grant"., New-York Historical Society

: War Department, Washington, April 20, 1865 : $100,000 Reward! The Murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large …; Letterpress poster with three albumen prints. Reward poster for John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, and John Surratt, wanted for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Signed: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War., New-York Historical Society

: Clara Harris letter to Mary, 1865 April 25; Autograph letter, signed, from Clara Harris, daughter of a U.S. Senator from New York, Ira Harris, and fiancée of Henry Reed Rathbone, to Mary, dated Washington, April 25th, 1865. Clara Harris, with Rathbone, accompanied Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln to the theater on the night of April 14th, 1865, and was witness to the assassination of the President. The letter is a description of the events of that night, the grieving of the widowed First Lady, and the healing of Rathbone’s stab wound., New-York Historical Society

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