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Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3

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Coin:V USA 1883
1883
Automatic Waltzer
ca. 1890-1910
Toy Trolley: Broadway Car Line
ca. 1895
Sword shoulder-belt-plate found in Canada
1777-1783
The Brownie's Picnic: A Picture Puzzle
1894
Optician's trade sign
1880-1920
Game
1930-1945
Printing
1928
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
McKinley Tariff Object Lesson No. 2
ca. 1893
Lincoln cents (4)
2008
Apple parer
1820-1830
Model: locomotive
1850-1900
Insignia
1890-1900
Brass object
1760-1783
Figurine
1900-1930
Fan
1896
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1880-1910
Mail advertisement
1990-2000
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Political button
1970
Doll sunglasses
2 ribbons
Seal w/tag: Argencia Commercial del Ymperio Mexicano
ca. 1867
Jumping jack
ca. 1850
Dress hat
1942-1945
Pin-back button
Watch Face
1880-1940
Toy
1990-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Pin-back button
1980
Shell
Hasaki
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1885-1900
Walrus tusk
1845-1910
Fugio cent
1787
Swiss House
ca. 1871
Rum Bottle
1770-1780
Fire helmet
1838-1842
Columbus Scroll Puzzles
1893
Sewing Needles and Pins
1890-1930
Match Holder
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Button
1989
Token
1863
Doll sash
1870-1880
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Badge on block in envelope: Veteran Association, 1885 NY
ca. 1885
Fireman's fatigue cap: Exempt, late 19th c.
1870-1885
Parasol
1820-1850
Sword belt with cardboard box and badges (4)
1850-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1990
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Measuring cup
1890-1920
Printer's block
ca. 1960
585
ca. 1900
Rain bonnet
Mason jar
1923-1933
Pair of gloves, possibly a child's
1850-1900
Ribbon badge: Vol. Firemen's Assn. City of NY, 27th Annual Conv....
1899
Miniature curtain tiebacks (pair)
1875-1900
Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine
1863-1865
Pine tree shilling
1652
Paperweight
1895-1930
Toy
1878-1900
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Campaign token
1890
New York World's Fair "Washington Hall" Medal
1939
Sushisay
ca. 1960-1980
Lincoln commemorative medal
1909
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Award Medal
1957
Miniature fireplace tongs (2)
1900-1930
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Hairpin excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Game of Dr. Fusby
ca. 1880
Canister
1920-1950
Bank book
1930-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Political novelty
1988
Medal: Maj. Gen. James B. Harbord 1917-1918
1919
Tin whistle
1945-1959
Button
1952
Still bank
1930-1950
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Garrison cap
ca. 1944
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Sack
1860-1890
Badge
Win with Wilson
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1817
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Powder horn
1775-1850
Soldiers (672)
1870-1910
Woodcarving (bird)
1850-1900
Chapeau bras with case
1893-1899
Button
1988
Funnel
1890-1920
Pin
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Insignia
1890-1910
Embossing Seal
Badge
ca. 1916
Commemorative cane
ca. 1890's
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
1831
Toy table
ca. 1725
Miniature Furniture, Wig Stand and Bowl
ca. 1983
Seal impression in box
1850-1900
What Do You Buy?
ca. 1885
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Fan
1890-1920
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Coin/ medallion
1939-1940
Marquis de Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1824 or later
Gaucho Room
Button w/ribbon
1936
Kittanning Destroyed Medal
ca. 1875
Printing block
1830-1850
Knives
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Tin/ Food
1900-1930
Cosmetic Box
1910-1940
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 11th Issue (New York Tercentenary Medal)
1914
Bookmark
1890
Bootjack
1870-1900
Rat trap
1875-1900
Miniature sewing basket
1920-1940
Fotted beaker
1800-1850
Saucer excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1740-1783
Jerome Park Steeple Chase
ca. 1885
Button
1971
Tag
1890-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pin
1890-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Commemorative cane
2003
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Lady's costume: 1855
ca. 1963
Purse w/miniature portrait
1850-1855
Sectional Animals
ca. 1900
FF Lincoln Quappe FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Chart/ Food
1935
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1920-1940
Civil War tokens (4)
ca. 1860
Doll's shift
1870-1880
Bianchi and Margherita
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Ribbon pin
ca. 1892
Belt buckle: eagle on anchor relief
1860-1865
Corn sheller
1825-1875
Dolls' house figurine
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
September 11 World Trade Center Terrorist Attack Medal
2002
Travel/ medallion
1930-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Lady's costume: 1907
ca. 1964
La Bonne Soupe
ca. 1960-1990
Mortar or vase
1800
Coin: USA 1860-lll
Powder box
1880-1920
Man in Wheel
1800-1850
Lead pencils (3) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Automobile Scroll Puzzle
1903
Bottle/Medicine
1912
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1995-1999
Tax Tokens (2)
1930-1945
Ribbon
1888
Fastener
1775-1783
Metal spike mounted on wooden block w/ label and plaque
ca. 1819
Walking-stick
1880-1920
Spools
1750-1800
Broiler
1776-1783
Box
1943
Pin/ Food
1970-2000
Cue stick
Badge/ tag
1900-1940
Token
1909
Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Commemorative Medal
1876
1964-1965 New York World's Fair
ca. 1964
Milestone
ca. 1802
Framed set of bone buttons, button molds, and iron tool (33) excavated at Fort H
1779-1783
Pin: w/photo of W.J. Bryan
Doll's gloves (pair)
1860-1900
Shako with pompon
ca. 1886
Pin-back button
1936
Knife
1891
Trade sign
1890-1920
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Master Commandant Jesse D. Elliott
1820-1866
Rogers & Barbero
ca. 1960-1980
CUNY WORKS
1970-1990
Soldiers on Guard
ca. 1900
Token: Stein-bloch Suits
1913-1914
Hooded cape
1920-1950
Doll
1900-1930
Fire helmet
1868-1880
Locomotive Picture Puzzle
1887
Box/ Cuff
1866-1910
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1978-1980
STOP ABM
ca. 1969
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
1901-1903
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Pipe bowl
1850-1900
Dress helmet with plume
ca. 1888
Bayonet
1760-1783
Bayonet and scabbard
1898-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1920
Toy/ Food
1950-1990
Trade sign
1880-1910
Shut them Down/Mobilization for Survival
1980-1985
Historical novelty
1990
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Political button
Presentation sword
1851
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Potted plant and tree
1875-1925
Pie crimper
1840-1860
Medal
1908
Button
1980
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
New-York Historical Society Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1942
Knickers
ca. 1960-1980
Tin of mints
2007
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1824
Miniature pot and coffeepot
1875-1900
Walking-stick
1840-1860
Seal impression in box
1870-1905
Shoulder patches
1940-1950
Paperweight
1896
Medallion
1868-1900
Bottle/ medicine
1910-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Political novelty
1940-1950
Paul Revere Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal
1925
The Little King
1920-1939
Plaque in case: Simon Bolivar
The Model Ship Puzzle
1870-1890
Child's plate
1820-1850
Trousers
1940-1945
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1910
Mug/ historical
1898-1910
Pencil
1940-1960
Button
Joseph Francis Lifesaving Medallion
1890
Compact
mid-twentieth century
Powder flask
1879
Squeak toy (hen and chicks)
1875-1900
Easel
ca. 1887
Framed set of objects (10) excavated at Fort Solonga
1760-1783
Mother Goose Melodies Set to Music
1901
Save Grand Central/No more bites out of the Big Apple!
1975
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Sewing Needles
1952
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
A.A.S.R./CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION/HOTEL KNICKERBOCKER FEB.24, 08/1807/1907
ca. 1908
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1892
Commemorative cane
ca. 1976
Collection of 25 early U.S. coins from Mrs. Gordon Whitman
Miniature coal bucket
1900-1930
Lady's costume: 1818
ca. 1958
Perfume bottle
1820-1850
Peter Coddle Tells of his Trip to Chicago
ca. 1890
Button
1985-1995
Box/ Candy
1910-1940
Souvenir bag
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1971
Rio de Janeiro National Library Medal
1910
United States Lines
Pin
1868
Gavel, casket, key
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Storage box for epaulets
1850-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1910-1920
Medicine
1950-1960
Store display/ tobacco
1890-1910
Coaster
1940-1970
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Silk ribbon from the French Revolution celebration, New York City
1830
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Was Tower musket, not tower carbine: f
1815-1830
Game of Visit to Camp
1870-1886
Sewing basket
ca. 1832
Fowler c.1820-30, converted flintlock percussion musket: inscribed
1820-1830
Jack the Giant Killer
1890
Medicine
1900-1920
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Photographic equipment
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (3)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Commemorative cane
2009
moulding plane
1875-1900
Miniature center table
1920-1940
Card case
1852
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
Sewing Supplies
1950-1990
Watch Face
1880-1940
Plate
1910
Office supply
1920-1940
Medal: NY-B'klyn ...
1883 or later
Old Homestead Steak House
1939 New York World's Fair Token
1939
Campaign pin
1868
Medal Struck in Celebration of the Restoration of Baron Van der Capellen to his Seat in the Assembly of the State of Overysell...
1782
Cabin Bank
ca. 1883
Botton collection on ribbon
1850-1860
Paperweight/Game
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Pin-back button
1896
LeMat Two-Barrel (10-Shot Percussion) Revolver, First Model
1862
Adrienne
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater
ca. 1700-1800
Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game
1886-1888
Sleigh
ca. 1710
Rocking horse
1860-1890
Sword, scabbard, leather cover and tassel
1917-1919
The Game of Mail, Express or Accommodation
ca. 1920
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Century of Progress World's Fair medal
1933
Badge/ medal
1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Tokens (3)
1853, 1857, 1859
Tammany Hall 21st Assembly District Ribbon
ca. 1900
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Parade ribbon
1916
Collection of 2 dolls in ethnic dress in box (boy & girl)
1950-1970
Seal impression in box
1816
Box with insignia and badges
1852-1880
Box
1910-1940
Comic book
1897
Sewing Supplies
1864-1890
Plate
1910
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Napkin
Button w/ribbon
Sword, scabbard
ca. 1861
Button
1928
Shoe form
1850-1900
1943.52
1840-1860
Campaign thimble: Willkie for President
1940
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pin-back button
1981
Pin-back button
Joe Allen
ca. 1965-2007
Silversmith's form/stake
early 20th Century
Checker and backgammon board
ca. 1875
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Trolley
1860-1890
Doll: woman in ethnic dress w/long braids
ca. 1860
Fire bucket
1847
Manhattan, The Skyscraper Building Game
1996
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1995
Medicine
1940-1960
Letter opener
1930-1950
U.S. Merchant token
1847-1848
Campaign ribbon
1896
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Handle to wood graver
1850-1900
Buttons
Parasol
1870-1900
Block puzzle
ca. 1890
Leather Samples
1950-1960
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display
1950-1960
Coin/ pendant
1890
Columbia University Service Award Medal
ca. 1934
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Ribbon
Squeak toy (quail)
1875-1900
Chapeau (bicorne)
1873-1877
The Rockefeller University Founders Ball
1985
Work For Peace/ Nov. 13 & 14
1960-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Freedom Aint Free
2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Wendell Willkie is my man for President
ca. 1940
Adam's Apple
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1977-1985
Napoleon III Medal
1850-1870
Duck
1800-1900
Doll: woman in red dress w/hat
ca. 1867
Box
1850-1900
The Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Ribbon
1962-1990
Shopping bag
1996
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
First National City Bank 150th Anniversary Medal
1962
Spoon
ca. 1950
Badge in case
Arcade Jack Set/Jack Stones
1890-1940
Haversack
1855-1865
Spice box
ca. 1858
Plate
Packet
1906-1920
Pen
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Medal
1900-1920
The Brooklyn Improvement Company Medal
1966
Parker-Davis button
T-shirt
2016
Parasol: peach lace w/bamboo motif handle
1850-1880
Coin: Georgius Dei Gratia Rex, 1723
Miniature candelabra (pair)
1910-1940
Cocked hat
1776-1780
Lantern
ca. 1840
Medicine
1980-2000
Medallion
1920-1950
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
ca. 1980
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Token: Webster Credit Currency, 1841
Button
ca. 1705
Soldiers on platform
1870-1910
Collection of tools, personal accessories, and fragments (19 pieces)
1775-1850
16-4-52-34 Puzzle
1891
Box
1908-1930
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match safe
1890-1920
Badge: Delegate Fireman's Ass. NY 1903
ca. 1903
The Playboy Club
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Helmet
1850-1920
Cover for developing bath, photography accessory
1850-1870
Trousers
1944
Paperweight
1911-1930
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Baby shoe
ca. 1898
I GAVE TO COPE, 1962, AFL-CIO
1962
Bar pin
Pie crimper
ca.1800-1850
Model of the "Alabama"
1939
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Trousers
1860-1880
Magnetic Fish Pond
ca. 1891
Ashtray
1950-1980
Souvenir token
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1912-1930
Pin
1880-1920
Civil War token
1863
Badge
1883
Commemorative cane
ca. 1876
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Miniature Furniture, Secretary
ca. 1983
Needle case with sewing tools
1800-1850
2000 World Series ticket
2000
Snuff Box
1880-1910
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Pin
1910-1940
Pinback button
1944
Button
Campaign medal
1948
The Ground Floor
Coin : half dollar, Gen. Lafayette, Paris 1900
Badge w/ribbon & pin
1899
Timothy D. Sullivan Association Annual Outing Member Badge
1911
Scotsman
1870-1900
Plane
ca. 1739
Campaign lapel stud
1892

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