". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
This Wells Fargo & Co. Express Freight receipt document B. S. Woodhull shipping two packages from Criagville, N.Y. to Mrs. J. Coldwell, New Windsor, N.Y.
8 year old Lizzie McEwen indentured to serve Emiel & Amelia Martin faithfully, honestly and industriously day or night with out leave until she reaches her twenty first birthday in 1899. In return the Martins promise to supply her with suitable...
A letter from Robert Houston McCready, Presbyterian Church Pastor 1894-1908 to his wife, Isabelle, concerning their children, domestic help, death of Dr. John Hall and a mention of the African American congregation.
Churches; Correspondence; Families; Fathers & children; Servants; Students
A letter from Robert Houston McCready, Presbyterian Church Pastor 1894-1908 to his wife, Isabelle, concerning domestic help, and their children. Includes two of their daughter Isabelle’s school exercises.
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...
