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Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper

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I Love USA
Fan
1900-1940
Toy
1993-2000
Ornament
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1920
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 10th Issue
1914
Spring Street Natural Restaurant & Bar
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising beer foam scraper
1910-1912
Harvard University Stylus Club Membership Medal
ca. 1907
Doll house furniture: chest on chest
1920-1940
Doll
1820-1850
Fire helmet
1885-1900
The Doctors and the Quack: A Game
ca. 1887
Reduce Crime! Jail the Nixon Team!
1972-1973
Tile
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Radiant Baby
1986
Civil War token
1863
Doll's necklace
1870-1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Mortar
1800-1850
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Ship's clock
1860-1880
Gorget
1855-1870
Button
1992
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1890-1920
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1974
River Club
1981
Die
1800-1838
Jenny Lind
1850-1875
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1873
Button
Sign/ Food
1907-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Sign
1890-1940
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1975
Blackout bulb
1942-1945
Bar token: Ellis Hotel
20th c.
Stationery case
1870-1890
Snuffbox
1760-1800
Game pieces (104)
1850-1900
Embroidery frame
ca. 1790
Pine tree shilling
1652
Section of water pipe
1770-1804
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Temperance token
ca. 1830-1860
Ribbon
Paparazzi
ca. 1960-1980
"Brownie Flash Six-20" camera
ca. 1946
Dollhouse furn: table
1920-1940
3 coins: Chalmer's Annapolis,2-Shilling,1 Sixpence, 1783
Gentleman's costume: 1720
ca. 1962
Stamp
1830-1880
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
Advertising pocket mirror
1890-1920
Glass
1980-2000
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Ethiopian Minstrels
ca. 1888
Lantern
1851-1880
Token
ca. 1860
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Pin
ca. 1941 - 1945
Ribbon
ca. 1888
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
ca. 1852
Piece of iron from the "Monitor"
ca. 1862
Percussion musket converted for civilian use: inscribed
1750-1770
Pin-back campaign button
1884
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine
1869
Bar Tray
1900-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Washington and Grant Presidential Medalet
ca. 1870
New York World's Fair souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Manly Medal
1790
Spoon
1750-1850
Dollhouse furn: umbrella
1920-1940
Service cap
1941-1947
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Tin
1890-1920
Puzzle
ca. 1890
Travel
1950-1960
Pin
1890-1920
Tray
2002
Ribbon
1878
Commemorative Cane
2005
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
Medallion
ca. 1876
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Powder Box
1880-1910
Clothing supplies
1970-1990
Pen
1970-2000
Commemorative box
1927
Mourning/ coin
1863-1890
Simon Bolivar Medal
1951
The Golden Door
"Roosevelt" Hide at Hyde!
Coin: half dollar, Arkansas Centennial 1935
Grover Cleveland Presidential Medal
1885
Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto-Electric Machine
ca. 1854
Shirt
1941-1946
Identification badge for bomb-sniffing dog, Ajax Moser
2001
Box/ food
1930-1960
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1987-2000
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
1818-1878
Bank
ca. 1910
Pastry jagger/crimper
19th century
Dollhouse furn: pier table
1920-1940
Apothecary bottle
1906-1915
Fragment of fob seal excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
American Declaration of War
ca. 1917
Medicine
1880-1920
Lotion tube/box
1912
Tobacco
1996
Pinback button
1920-1930
Civil War Token
1863
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
2003
Rattle bracelet
1800-1850
Miniature folding table
1920-1940
Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
1760-1783
Dinner knife
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Advertising token
1889
Pin back button
1900-1920
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Sea-Fare of the Aegean
Commemorative ribbon
1948
Ribbon fragment
1800-1900
Copying machine
1850-1910
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
1854-1857
Medallion: To Aid St. Johns Guild Fl. Hospital feb. 22, 1876
1876
Paperweight
1890-1930
AIDS lapel ribbon
1990
Sewing kit
1980-2000
Sign/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
For President William B. Borah
ca. 1936
Buffalo Roadhouse
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Commemorative Medal
1876
The Lightning Dart Wheel: The Pet Game of the Day
1874
Medicine bottle
1880-1890
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Improved Historical Cards
1884
Medicine
1906-1920
Cup
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Pin
1995-2000
U.S. Merchant token
1866
Political souvenir: reception badge
1848
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Snuff box: portrait relief
1800-1850
Wind-up toy: horse-drawn buggy
ca. 1870
Pewter object excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
Tape measure
1860-1865
Box
1935
Pin-back button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1955
Token
1900-1920
Dedication of Ulysses S. Grant Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897
Seal press
Button
Bowl and mortar
1810-1850
Miniature face powder canister
1900-1930
Foot warmer
1850-1918
Dress hat
ca. 1900
Civil War token
1863
Key
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1983
"The Washington Elm" Cambridge Centennial Medal
1875
Nishl
ca. 1960-1980
ATREVETE INSCRIBETE Y VOTA, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO
1950-2000
Top
1850-1900
Pedlar doll
1820-1850
Lantern with portrait of Lincoln and Union Flag.
1864
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate
1894
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Biscuit tin
1900-1930
Pinback button
1991
Civil War token
1863
Political ribbon badge
1901
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fire helmet
1854-1880
Carved wooden horse
1875-1900
Framed fragment of flag flown during inauguaration of George Washington
1789
Pipes (pair)
1900-1942
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1910
Pinback button
1970-2000
Hardware/ household
1900-1940
Store display
1940-1960
Political memorabilia
1997
James A. Garfield Commemorative Medal
1881
Political button
Aerial camera lens
Seal in box
ca. 1909
Bayonnet, model '42 U.S.
1820-1860
Pill box
1850-1875
Chapeau (bicorne)
1870-1885
Advertising/Landauer paperweight
1885-1890
Fugio cent
1787
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Thimble/ food
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Charles Stewart Naval Medal
1819-1885
Dawat
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Lincoln and Garfield Presidential Medalet
1881-1882
Cow on Wheels
1875-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1892
ca. 1962
Princeton University Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1946
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
1892
Perfume Bottle
1940-1970
Magnet
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1939
Personal item
1947
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Orville A. Derby 100th Anniversary Medal
1951
New Donkey Party Game
1937
Cradle W/mattress
1920-1940
Ribbon: Waurecan encampment...season of 1897
1897
Child's plate
1818-1846
Waist belt
ca. 1840
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pen
1930-1950
Bodkin
ca. 1890
American Numismatic Society "Washington Statue in Wall Street" Medal
1883
Plaster medal casts
1875-1902
Pin-back button
2016
Fork
1790-1825
Card stand
ca. 1850
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Framed set of lead strips (46) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Pistol
1903-1910
Medicine
1952
Souvenir token
1915
Tobacco premuim
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Commemorative cane
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Toy: New York Central passenger railroad car
1895-1905
Framed set of lead pencils (15) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
Ribbon
Hook Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Button
1960-1975
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Boot rubber sample
1920-1940
Pipe
1890-1930
Pencil
1940-1960
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
1925
The Monk's Inn
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Adlai and Estes
Dispenser or serving urn
1888-1900
Trousers
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
Moynihan For Senate
1982
Bootjack
1850-1900
Epaulet box
1850-1900
Apothecary jar with cover
1800-1825
Bowl excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1740-1783
Miniature pedestal table
1915-1935
Lotto
1895
Tray
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Bar tray
1910-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
NYC/1965-1977-2003/BLACKOUT
2003
Doll hat
1950-2000
Commemorative cane
ca. 1895
ceremonial ribbon
Toy train
1900-1910
Tape measure
ca. 1830
Miniature mail box
1930-1940
Candle holder
1900-1920
Fan
1914
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Envoy
Campaign pin
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Wool wheel (bench and wheel)
1750-1850
Desk thermometer
ca. 1900-1930
Medal: Church of St. John the Divine N.Y.
ca. 1900
Bottle opener
1930-1960
Token
1900-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble/ shoes
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Bunker Hill medal
1875
The Ritz-Carlton
ca. 1960-1980
Doll
1750-1800
Coin: Jefferson Nickel, 1939
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Puzzle
1930-1950
Sword and scabbard
1850-1870
Pit: Exciting Fun for Everyone
1919
Ashtray
1940-1970
Souvenir
1904
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (6)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1921
Matchbook
1940-1945
Apple parer
ca. 1830
Music box
1860-1880
Bobbins
1780-1820
Powder horn
1778
Figurine
1900
Fan
1948
Ashtray/ coin plate
1910
Button or stud
1898
Historical memorabilia
1952
Free Academy of the City of New York Award Medal
1853 or later
Pencil
1964-1965
Ribbon
1896
Badge
Miniature mug
1900-1920
Pillbox cap
ca. 1899
Paperweight
1890-1910
Pins
1890-1920
Buttons (3) excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Travel
1950-1960
Tobacco
1890-1920
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Il Palazzo
ca. 1985-1989
Barack Obama candy dispenser
2012
Miniature iron
1900-1925
Doll
1830-1860
Paper dolls (43)
1850-1860
Sestertius in envelope: Marcus Aurelius
Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of Illinois
ca. 1900
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1946
Candy tin
1931
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Century Clubhouse 50th Anniversary Medal
1941
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Wood scrap
1850-1900
John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Fragment of brick from Louisbourg Fortress
ca. 1740
Construction toy
1860-1870
Button
1982
Fan
1910-1940
Tin
1940-1960
Trade sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
J. Sanford Saltus Medal
1923
Political button
1976
Doll dress
Parasol: black
1870-1900
Cross made from old flagstaff of the Confederate Congress
1940-1960
Bitters in box
1846-1880
Gentleman's costume: 1750
ca. 1961
Dress trousers
Ca. 1850
Flinch
ca. 1940
Fan
1920-1940
Calendar
1942
Coin
1943
Calendar
1892
Wisdom Leadership Willkie
ca. 1940
P.J. Clark's
ca. 1960-1980
Souvenir pin from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2011
Adam J. Slemmer medallion
Probably 1861
Rocking Chair
Miniature sofa
1960-1980
Doll's gloves
1875-1925
Fragment from the Dutch ship "Tyger"
ca. 1610
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Hat box
1920-1940
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Franco-American Jeton
1755
Advertising drink spoon
mid 20th Century
Plaque in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
early 20th Century
Powder flask
1830-1880
Collage, Portrait in Frame: Jenny Lind
1850-1855
Double barrel percussion shotgun: inscribed
1860-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1940
Tin Lid
1910-1940
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Figurine
1893
Ruler
1940-1960
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Purple Heart Badges
Folding knife
mid-twentieth century
Iron cross: W.1914
Walking stick
1760-1780
Coin: half dollar, Charter of Albany 1686, 1936
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Shako
1835-1850
Coin: Africa
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Toy
1950-1960
Personal item/ fairs
1903-1930
Pin
1890-1920
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Toy side chair
1880-1920
Bayonet
1760-1783
Utensil handle
1708
Medal: Childrens Founders Roll
1900-1930
Cats on the Wall
1885-1900
Beer bottle
1900-1930
Cork
1921
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Calendar
1936
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
The Maisonette
Pin: 2 year
Dress hat
1940-1945
Sundial with compass
ca. 1853
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Paperweight
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
BACK /IKE'S/PROGRAM
1956
Bottle: Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam...
1840-1860
Federal Hall Medalet
1889
Bottle
1860-1890
Bowl
ca. 1848
Bannerstones (2)
1500-1700
The Errand Boy: An Amusing Game
1891
Spring Clip/Tool
1880
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Tokens (2)
1858
Pair of doll gloves
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1889
Snuff box inscribed: Napoleon A Moscou
1800-1815
Toy train
1900-1910
Sewing implement
1900-1930
Tablespoon
1925-1975
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Bottle/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
L'Armorique
Snuff grinder with stopper
1775-1825
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1849
Fire engine condenser case
1845-1850
Coin: half dollar, York County...Maine 1636-1936
Sash
1860-1865
Paperweight
1880-1910
Tin/ Food
1912-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Transportation token
1986-1995
Pinback button
1896-1910
Dig in for Willkie
Bouley Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Pull toy (horse with foal)
1860-1890
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
Miniature Furniture, Swivel Desk Chair
ca. 1983
Pull toy: horses and riders
ca. 1890
Spikes (11) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Badge: Director 13th Annual Convention...NY State Council...
ca. 1899
Vote Delle Cese for Assemblyman
1966
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Figurine trade sign
1885-1890
Pinback button
1890-1920

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