Special court held in Kingston, NY in January 1696. Thom, a slave of Peter Crispel, was accused of murdering a negro woman. He was sentenced to be hanged by the neck, have his throat cut with a knife, and then hanged in a chain as an example to...
A woman stands with her right hand on the back of a carved and padded chair. Her hair is neatly pulled back; her face - heart shaped. Her checkered dress is trimmed with lace at the throat and the wrists. The wide skirt is trimmed with rows of...
Mary Simonson Newton wore a dark, lace-trimmed dress for her photograph. At her throat is a brooch and on her ears, long earrings.This photograph is from the Arthur Merritt family. Mary was the great-grandmother of the man who donated the pictures...
This woman is wearing a dark dress with lace at the throat and wrists. The sleeves below the elbow are puffed and decorated, and the full skirt is trimmed with layers of lace.
Cabinet card depicts a full-length portrait of a young girl leaning on a cement railing. She wears leather boots with buttons, striped stockings, and a striped overcoat and underskirt with elaborate pleating. A ribbon is tied in a bow at her...
Cabinet card depicts a portrait of an elderly woman sitting in a chair with her hands folded in her lap. She wears a long dark skirt and a dark jacket with pleating on the bodice and buttons running down the center over a white shirt. A brooch is...
