Stone buildings; Doors & doorways; Women; Buildings; Pitchers;
"The Bevier-Elting House began as the one-room home of Louis and Marie Bevier, and its orientation to the street is reminiscent of northern European town architecture. Louis' son Samuel inherited the house in 1720 and enlarged it in two phases...
Stone buildings; Doors & doorways; Women; Buildings; Pitchers;
"The Bevier-Elting House began as the one-room home of Louis and Marie Bevier, and its orientation to the street is reminiscent of northern European town architecture. Louis' son Samuel inherited the house in 1720 and enlarged it in two phases...
Affidavit, written in Dutch at the request of Jan Elting by the officers of the Reformed Dutch Church in Beylen,Netherlands, confirming his birth and baptism there in 1632. The document also mentions the births of his sister Maria Elting in 1630...
Correspondence; Indians of North America; War; Scalping;
This letter, from a son to his father is conveying news of a surprise armed attack, under the command of General Scott, on an assembly of Native Americans that tragically culminated in their demise. The author interprets the massacre of the Native...
Studio portrait of Sarah Elizabeth Watkins Elting. Ms. Elting is wearing dress reformers attire, which includes a three quarter length dress with matching pants. Sarah Elting is standing in front of a backdrop of a stairway in a photographic...
In 1810 a group of New Paltz slave holders joined together to form "The Society of Negroes Unsettled". This group of twelve men appointed four among them to search for slaves that had run away from the group. They were to be paid $14 a day for...
Bill documenting the sale of two slaves, Tom and Mol. They were sold for 25 pounds to Jacob J. Hasbrouck from Ezekiel Eltinge, administrator of the estate of Abraham Vandermark
Photograph of Ida Roosa and Mary Cully taken in Kent, Delaware. Ida Roosa, born in 1873, was the daughter of John Roosa and Sarah Elting. The young African American woman holding the dog is most probably Mary Cully. Mary, the only servant to the...
Articles of agreement: Jacob J. Hasbrouck and Isaiah Hasbrouck agreed to Josiah Eltinge, William Hasbrouck, Philip Dayo, and Andries Lefever Jr. that if they found any of the runaway slaves listed "they may sell and dispose of the said negroes."...
Letter written by Gertrude Dubois to her cousin Sarah, describing the aftermath of the burning of the Normal School and her travels to Poughkeepsie. A drawing depicts a silk waistcoat and hat.
