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Dragonfly table lamp

Date:

ca. 1900-1906

Object Number:

N84.113.1

Medium:

Glass, bronze

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Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate

September 4, 1719
Common Sense

1776
A journall, with observations on my travail from Boston in N.E. to N.Y., New Jersies, & Philadelphia...

1697
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops

ca. 1862
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"

1810
Ledger, 1678-1684

1678-1684
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64

ca. 1788
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving

1878
Thoughts on African Colonization

1832
Poems, Henricus Selyns

1659-1686
Plan of the City of New York

1776
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"

1862
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society : adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833

Publication: 1848-1855
Totius Neobelgii Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula

After 1674
Santa Claus and his Works

1870
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book

1859
Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula

After 1655
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States

1858
American Bastille
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant

1656
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932

March 29, 1933
Important meeting of the African Civilization Society, at the Cooper Institute, Wednesday evening, March 7th, 1860, at eight o'clock

1860
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)

1724-1726
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.

ca. 1899
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth

1835
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..

1670
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932

1932
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights

1844
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith

1822
Walker's Appeal, In Four Articles

1829
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman

ca. 1869
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807

1807
Siamese Twins

1836
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..

1864
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White

1794
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications

1871
The N. O. massacre

1866
The definitive treaty of peace and friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain : concluded at Paris, the 10th day of February, 1763, to which, the King of Portugal acceded on the same day...

1763
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street

1832
A Song for the times, or John Brown

1860-1870
Declaration of Independence

1776
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

1880
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

1885-1886
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping

1773
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Ye book of copperheads

1863
Terms of Surrender

April 9, 1865
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

1805
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)

October 1660- June 1663
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory

April 24, 1803

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