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An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book

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Silk ribbon from the Croton Aqueduct Celebration, New York City, 1842
1842
Set of tea caddies in box
1750-1810
Mirror
1900-1920
Plaster fragment from Sir Peter Warren's country seat
1741
George Washington Presidential Inauguration 150th Anniversary Medal
1939
Sword
1770-1820
Lost in the Woods
ca. 1890
Medicine
1900-1920
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Glasses
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token: Buckin's Book Keeping
1835
Bayonet
1760-1783
Zelosophic Society Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Campaign cane
ca. 1976
Cast iron containter container: miniature log cabin distributed during presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison
ca. 1840
Miniature fire box
1930-1940
Sewing Supplies
1950-1990
Watch Face
1880-1940
Sewing Supplies
1880-1890
Campaign pin
Plate
1910-1930
Office supply
1890-1920
Souvenir fireman's helmet
1900-1940
Gallagher's Steak House
Ribbon
1896
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Coat with belt
1898-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1880-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Campaign pin
1888
Miniature stand
1875-1925
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
Collection of 4 buttons on block in envelope
ca. 1865-1868
Chuck's Steak House
ca. 1960-1980
Mold
ca. 1825-1875
Coin
Nightstick
1830-1840
The Limited Mail and Express Game
1894
Dairy thermometer and case
ca. 1920
Shopping bag
1940-1950
Book Slate + 2 Docu.
1867-1880
Badge/ medal
1919
Pinback button
1896-1910
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
Political ribbon
ca. 1870
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Buttons
Needle case
1800-1830
Powder horn
1800-1840
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1911
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Badge
Squeak toy (stork)
1875-1900
Judean denarius in envelope: Imperial Rome
Postage Cent
Kentucky Rifle
1795-1815
Overseas cap
1917-1918
Lucky Lindbergh token
1927
Box/ Candy
Food bag
1998
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1990
Pin-back button
La Vieille Auberge
ca. 1980-1995
THE WORKING THEATER NEW YORK CITY LABOR CHORUS, Fight for the Arts
1991-2000
Squeak toy (duck)
1875-1900
Doll W/tag
1800-1850
Druggist's jar fragments (2)
1840-1880
Shackles
1750-1850
The Merry Game of Country Auction
1880-1890
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Beer premium
1930-1950
U.S. Merhant token
1854-1857
Squeak toy (parrot)
1875-1900
Snuff Box with Portrait of Lafayette
ca. 1800-1820
Coin: Ratton Token
1944-1945
Convention ribbon
1888
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Shoulder belt
1865-1875
Puzzle
1890-1910
Bookbinding Supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tin
1940-1960
Coin/ pendant
1923
Medallion in case: 50th Anniversary NY Public Library
1961
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Collection of 3 coins: English 1/2 pennies George ll
Plaque: fragment of wood from Charter Oak
ca.1688
Forage cap
1885-1893
Pin
ca. 1989
Fan
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Pin-back campaign button
1980
Pinback button
1896-1910
Museum of the American Indian medal
1947
Button: black and silver
1875-1925
Assortment of toy soldiers (3)
1880-1920
Ribbon
1888
Nanni
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back gay pride button
ca. 2000
Authors
ca. 1890
Wall paper printing block (2)
1780-1830
Game of Musical Authors
1882
Box
1950-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Parasol: tan and white w/carved handle
1870-1900
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
1900 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1900
Ruler
ca. 1960
Jumper
1940-1945
Coin: US. Silver Half Dollar, 1795, Liberty
Butter mold
1795-1835
Mangle board
1791
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Packet
1906-1920
Pen
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Medallion
1900
Sectional Animals
1900-1920
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign Medal
1928
G.B. McClellan pin
Pillow
2016
Bell crown cap
ca. 1833
Souvenir mug
2001
Medicine
1990-2000
Medallion
1920-1950
Two Good Terms Deserve Another
1940
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Souvenir shot glass
2001
Card holder
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Bench
1920-1940
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Frame
1775-1795
The Home Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Box
1908-1930
Bottle/ food
1960-1990
Button hook
1890-1930
Political pocket mirror
1940
Match box
1930-1950
Button
Game of Old Maid
ca. 1885
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Harmonie Club New York
Hose carriage
ca. 1900
Trousers
1898
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Baby doll
1875-1880
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Child's dress
1905
HALLEY
1951
INV.7400
John James Audubon Commemorative Medal
1962
Paak Paak
1910-1935
Coin: half dollar, Daniel Boone bicentennial, 1934
Coat
1860-1870
The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle
ca. 1920
Ashtray
1920-1950
Souvenir token
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Walking-stick
1900-1905
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Ribbon
1887
Cane
2006
Framed set of British military buttons (51) excavated at a British fort
1790-1817
2000 World Series ticket for game 5
2000
Box
1900-1930
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Medal in Envelope: Brooklyn Bridge...1833
1883
Campaign thimble: Coolidge and Dawes
1924
Pinback button
1944
Button
1996
Campaign medal
1948
Lindy's
Ribbon
1894
Indian woman
ca. 1875
Hand saw
1800-1850
Campaign badge
ca. 1868-1872
Key tag/ Clothes
1980-2000
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1900-1940
Pinback button
1899
Miniature iron
1890-1920
Dancing doll
1830-1870
Bicycle
1866
Truman Barkley
The Morgan Bank
ca. 1960-1980
Paper doll
1830-1860
Johannes Ericsson Medal
ca. 1889
Brass object excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Game of the Telegraph Boy
ca. 1888
Button
1972
Toy
1955-1990
Women's National Republican Club Ribbon
ca. 1900
Tobacco/ fairs
1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Matchbook
1940-1945
Collection of bullets & grape shot: Civil War
Sewing book
1832
Sword belt (2)
1850-1870
Can
1910-40
Bottle/ food
1950-1970
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1901
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Sure I'll Vote for Roosevelt ha ha ha ha ha
Pull toy: Landau
1880-1890
Medal in Case: ...Robert Weeks Deforest... 1872-1922
1922
Pacific Railroad Commemorative Medal
1869
"The Ultimate Stimulus Package, Obama Condoms"
2009
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
Telegraph Messenger
ca. 1890
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Fire helmet
1890-1920
Box
1940-1960
Travel
1910-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Shun Lee West
ca. 1975-2007
Pin-back button
1972
Doll
1925-1975
Gentleman's costume: 1942
ca. 1964
Breeches
1778-1782
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
1875
Button
1965-1975
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
1837
Little Learner's ABC
1899
Opening of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Theodore Roosevelt Badge
ca. 1897
Dexterity game
ca. 1950
Hourglass
1800-1850
Package of cartridges (12)
1855-1865
Button
1996
Box/ Food
1930-1960
Bottle
1940-1960
Sign
1873
Store display
1940-1960
Pin-back button
Political button
1964
Doll mittens (pair)
Happy Families Card Game
ca. 1880
Toy armchair
1750-1800
Chapeau bras
1820-1825
Civil War token
1863
Spring Clip
1880-1920
Intercom
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn.: round top table
1920-1940
Miniature armchair
1960-1980
Ribbon
ca. 1886
Postcard
ca. 1956
Sakura of Japan
ca. 1960-1980
Islanders Club membership badge on chain
ca. 1983
Fire helmet
1854-1880
Butter mold
1825-1875
Picture puzzle
ca. 1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Evangelisch Lutherische St. Johannis Kirche Ribbon
1850-1900
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-1948
Button
1964
Memorial ribbon
1880-1920
The Slipperyslabs Puzzle
1930-1950
Model 1898 Krag Rifle
1898-1903
Medal in Box: The Church Club... Jan.27,1869
Ca. 1894
Monitor Civil War case w/carved work
ca. 1865
Cover for dress hat
1943-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1940
Pinback button
1945-1960
Needlework picture
1880-1900
Decoy
1910-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Seal in box
ca. 1909
Hotel key
1890-1910
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Medal
Pin-back button
2017
Helmet
1917-1918
Collection of 35 N.Y.tokens from State Hist. Soc. of Colorado
Button
1976
Roosevelt - Wallace
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Pennant
1953
Souvenir
1890-1920
Campaign medal: Major General W. H. Harrison
Cigarette promotional textile
ca. 1911
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Doll
1920-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1939
ca. 1962
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Grandmama's Geographical Game
1900
Wine bottle
1910-1940
Tin/ food
1900-1930
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
Toy kast
1825-1875
Gentleman's costume: 1665
ca. 1961
Sash
1910-1920
Grandmama's Arithmetical Game
ca. 1887
Bottle/Chemical
1890-1920
Coffee supply
1940-1960
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
Pie crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Modeling tool
1850-1900
Button
2003
Walt Whitman Commemorative Medal
1925
Shepheard's at The Drake
Carnegie Art Insitute medal
ca. 1900
Saws (4)
1775-1795
Field glasses in case
1900-1920
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pinback button
1901
Flag of honor
2002
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Pinback button
1988-2000
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
1940
Miniature Jar
1825-1875
Marquis de Lafayette Medallion
ca. 1800
Bottle w/label: Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
1840-1850
Helmet
1942-1945
A B C Blocks
ca. 1883
Sewing Supplies
1864-1920
Spoon
1930-1950
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Button hook
1896-1920
Lady's costume: 1840's
ca. 1957
Badge w/ribbon & pin
The Premium Game of Logomachy or War of Words
1889
Ribbon
ca. 1917
Commemorative cane
ca. 1890's
Textile implements
1750-1800
Hood's War Game
ca. 1898
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Token: Borden's Econo-way Service 1 1/2 cent
1938-1939
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Relic
1860-1920
Lunch box
ca. 1980
General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Medal
1897
Press Box
Trousers
1942
Box
1800-1900
Trousers
Ca. 1912
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Packet/ Food
1900-1930
Bell
1915
Pinback button
1896-1910
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Costume figurine (in box)
1920-1940
Apple parer
1800-1830
INV.13710.7
Advertisement for Oriental Mixture Tobacco
Cookie mold
ca. 1785
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
The Professional Game of Baseball
ca. 1890
Medicine/Soap
1906-1930
Lotion tube/box
1906-1930
Badge/ medal
1898
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Washington Evening Star Games
1947-1954
Ribbon
1880-1890
Commemorative cane
2003
Gentleman's costume: 1640
ca. 1960
Needle case
1830-1860
Powder horn
1829
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Brochure/ umbrella
1940-1960
Iron
1880-1920
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Coin:...1642
Pin
1890-1920
Ike
ca. 1956
Clos Normand
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Model of the Franklin House, Cherry Street
1920-1960
Paperweight
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Coaster
1940-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1985-1990
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
Caffe Roma
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
1924-1929
Soldier
1840-1870
Doll
1800-1850
Wood scrap
1850-1900
New York City "Lucky Penny"
1949
Tavern Sign
1810-1842
The Country Fair
ca. 1891
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Tin
1910-1940
Box / Candy
1896
Pinback button
1998
"John Brown" pike
ca. 1857-1859
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Hard Times token
Political ribbon
1885-1897
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Still bank
1880-1920
Sword belt
1885-1899
Hair Grooming
1911-1930
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hardware/ household
1980-2000
Store display
1890-1910
Ribbon
1916
Pair of lapel buttons
1892
Political button
1970
White hat
1942
Carriage
1870-1900
Doll jacket
Hudson-Fulton Celebration commemorative spade with cover
1909
Civil War token
1863
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Miniature carpet sweeper
1910-1940
Lady's costume: 1860's
ca. 1957
Sash w/badge & plaque in case:Portugal,Grand Cross of the...
Medallion: Fort Ticonderoga NY
1900-1990
Umeda Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Jeweled hair comb
ca. 1920
Gentleman's costume: 1914
ca. 1962
Badge: ...Chief of Police
1845-1857
Game of Snap
ca. 1885
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1886-1900
Horses Tail Rest./950 8th Ave., NYC Stir spoon
1950-1980
Ribbon
1896
Blackout
ca. 1941-1945
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Umbrella: brown w/carved handle
1880-1910
The Society of Medalists 5th Issue
1932
Memo book in envel: belonged to Margaret Ann Morrison...
1850-1900
Shirt
1917-1918
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1880-1940
Can/ food
1950-1960
Badge/ pin
1910-1930
Skirt
1942-1946
Souvenir spoon
1898-1900
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Pin-back button
2008
Shopping bag
Elephant figurine
1875-1900
Pitcher (12) excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Memorial token
1865
Medicine
1995-2002
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
SLC [in red circle with diagonal slash]
2003
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Carved bear
1850-1900
Fragment from the "Merrimac" w/label
1860-1865
Pin
Coin: half dollar, Sesquicentenneal, 1776-1926
Necktie
1952
The Game of Puss in the Corner
ca. 1888
Button
1960-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952

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