Handwritten letter dated June 15, 1836, from David Boyd, owner of a tanning business in Poughkeepsie, NY, to his 11-year-old son John Gary Boyd. John is a student at the Academy School, located on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY. He is obviously...
Leah writes of Thomas' affliction. His sore finger has made him unable to write. Leah herself is ill and has been confined to bed. The doctor suspects bilious fever. She thinks about Maria's children often, especially after losing her son. She...
Children; Children & adults; Camps; Indians of North America; Tipis;
Postcard address to Miss Allie Lovett from Boy's Athletic League showing young boys at Camps Sebago in Bear Mountain and Camp Wakonda in Stony Point. At camp Segabo, two boys are mailing a letter in a "pony express" mail box. At Camp Wakonda, the...
Letter written by Johannes Lefevre to his brother Peter during his Junior year at Union College in Schenectady, NY. He tells his brother that a "French & Indian" student was expelled because he committed perjury when "he swore that there was no...