This photograph depicts an oil portrait of Samuel Bard as an older man who shows the weight of great responsibilities and sorrows. Samuel Bard launched the first medical school in New York City, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, attached to...
Thomas writes that Leah is feeling better after the birth of her baby daughter. He has applied a blister to her abdomen and feels it has helped her. He thinks the only problem they have is a very disagreable nurse. He writes that the baby is doing...
Leah writes about having lots of company and how her health turned after their departure. She is at the end of her pregnancy and feels better than she did at the same time of her last pregnancy. She wishes Maria could be there for her confinement,...
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...
The Register of Slaves (1799-1825) was kept by the Town Clerk of New Paltz as a requirement of the New York State Manumission Act of 1799. In keeping the slave register, the town clerk recorded the births of children born to slaves owned by the...
New York Law passed on April 9th, 1811 containing nine clauses. Clause one states that in order to vote a person must declare that they are a freeholder, be 21 or over, and must have the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, and live within this...
Family Bible of the Lefevre family of New Paltz, New York.The front three pages contain the birth records of the family of Daniel Janson and the births records of former slaves of the Philip LeFevre family and Abraham P. LeFevre family.
