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Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803

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Tile
ca. 1955
Tile
ca. 1955
Tile
ca. 1955
Adeline Arden Hamilton (1795- c. 1873): Silhouette
c. 1807
Polly Blauvelt Dusenbury (Married Stephen Dusenbury, 1799): Silhouette
1790-1800
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Wharton Barker (1846-1921): Silhouette
1901
Pol Plançon (1851-1914) as "Mephisto": Silhouette
c. 1900
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Thomas Allen (1743-1810): Silhouette
1793
William Tappan: Silhouette
1793
Luman Reed (1785-1836)
1844
Francine Salmon? (-)
Poppy floor lamp
ca. 1906-1910
Anthony Morris (1791-1839) or Herman Morris (1794-1849)
ca. 1838
Magnolia floor lamp
ca. 1910-1913
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
c. 1945
Dragonfly table lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Mrs. Sarah M. Gallop (1787-1866): Silhouette
1800-1820
Phineas Bond, Esq.: Silhouette
1778
John Christopher O'Conor (1847-1933)
1894
Norreys Jephson O'Conor (1885-1958)
c. 1888
Aaron Ogden (1756-1839)
1833
Unidentified Woman, Boy, and Girl: Silhouette
1880-1900
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Unidentified Boy: Silhouette
1790-1820
Status Quo or Ross Perot 1992
1992
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1790-1820
Nasturtium table lamp
1900-1920
U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake": Silhouette
1934
Dish towel
ca. 1950
John Philip Engels, Burgermeister of Siegen (1715-1785): Silhouette
1760-1780
Sarah Kollock[?]: Silhouette
c. 1800
Margaret Regal (1894-1963)
1903
Henry Remsen (1762-1843)
ca. 1795
John Henry Remsen (1772-1798)
ca. 1795
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1704-1778)
ca. 1850
Mrs. Elisha Riggs (1798-1870)
ca. 1855-1860
Mrs. Karrick Van Zandt Riggs (1857-1919)
1892
Mrs. Gouverneur Morris (Anne Cary Randolph, 1774-1837): Silhouette
Dragonfly table lamp
ca. 1900-1906
Grape Trellis hanging shade
ca. 1900-1906
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge (ca. 1875-1960)
1898
Payouska (Pawhuska, c. 1752-1832), Chief of the Great Osage
1804
Alexander O'Reilly (1722-1794)
ca.1850
Samuel Osgood, D.D. (1812-1880)
1869
Mrs. Samuel S. Osgood (1811-1850)
ca. 1835
Frances S. Osgood (1811-1850)
ca. 1835
Jeannette Ovington (1863-1926)
1887
Booklet containing cocktail napkins
ca. 1952
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1840
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1820
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1840
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
Unidentified Young Man: Silhouette
c. 1800
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1790-1820
Mask or Christ-Like Figure: Silhouette
1900-1930
Dragonfly table lamp
1960-1970
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1780-1840
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1780-1840
Richard Riker (1773-1842)
1830
Constance and Maud Rives
1893
James Rivington, Sr. (c. 1724-1802)
1756
Major John Rivington (ca. 1772-1808)
ca. 1805
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer Robb (ca. 1876-1957)
1903
Anthony Lispenard Robertson (1808-1868)
ca. 1830
Fighting with the Boers
1902-1910
Archibald Robertson (1765-1835)
ca. 1790-1795
Thomas Lodge (ca. 1735-?)
1745
Mrs. Philip M. Lydig (1879-1929)
1928
Roosevelt at San Juan
1899
The Elite Conversation Cards
1887
Ladies & Gentlemen's Conversation Cards
ca. 1890
Hood's War Game
ca. 1898
The Merry Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Game of Go-Bang
ca. 1890
The Round Game of Tiddledy Winks
1890
The Game of Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Game of Sailor Boy
1889
Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune
ca. 1882
Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
1860
Sword belt
1860-1870
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane (1874-1970)
ca. 1895
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane (1852-1946)
1891
Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce
1895
The Troublesome Donkeys
1898
Post Office Game
1897
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Railroad Old Maid
ca. 1890
The Game of Dont's and Old Maid
1905
Hamilton Addressing the Mob: Study for the Illustration in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" (October 1884)
1884
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1932
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Uncle Sam's Mail
ca. 1900
The Feast of Flowers: A Floral Game of Fortune
1869
Gypsy-Lore Fortune Telling Cards
1932
The Game of Fifteen
1870-1880
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
ca. 1875
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1858
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1869
The Meteor Game
ca. 1900
Purse
1942-1946
Field mirror in case
1890-1910
Mansion of Happiness
1864
A New Dissected Map of the United States
ca. 1887
Dr. John Osgood Stone (1813-1876)
1868
Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825)
ca. 1820
Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885), at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, after the Civil War
11 August 1875
Silhouette Album
ca. 1803-1810
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
1805
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
1887
The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors
1887
Susan Brimmer Sturgis
1889
What Do You Buy?
ca. 1885
Mixed Pickles
ca. 1890
Farrago
1882
Sarah Ann Lake Spencer (1818-?)
c. 1845
Christopher Henry Spingler (1747-1814)
1831
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
Shoulder patches
1940-1945
David Sproat (1734-1799)
1806
Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888)
1873
Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888)
1840
The Card Game of United States History
1900
The Cash Boy
ca. 1885
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Box
1860-1865
Schuetzen rifle
1850-1865
Powder flask and accessories
1850-1865
Philip Schuyler (1836-1906)
1865
Peter Coddles Dinner Party
1890-1900
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
1882
Nathan Starr, Jr. (1784-1852)
1808
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908)
ca. 1903
Charcoal Furnace
1867
An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York
ca. 1890
Cornelius Steenwyck (? - 1684)
ca. 1668
Jim Crow Ten Pins
1890-1910
Peter Coddle's Trip to the World's Fair
1939
Mrs. Gerard Stuyvesant (1812-1899)
1858
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835)
1807
Mrs. Philip John Schuyler (1734-1803)
1762-1767
Charles Michael Schwab (1862-1939)
ca. 1920-25
James Scobie (ca. 1765-?)
ca. 1804
Dred Scott (ca. 1795-1858)
After 1857
Peter Coddle Tells of his Trip to Chicago
ca. 1890
Mrs. Frederick J. Stetson (ca. 1842-1928)
1907
St. Nicholas Series Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823)
1790
Portrait of Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823)
c. 1781
Peter Coddle's Trip
ca. 1905
Game of Star Authors
ca. 1890
Dry Land Fish Pond game
ca. 1880
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Hook Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Fish Pond
1909
Fish pond
ca. 1890
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
ca. 1835
The New Pilgrim's Progress
1893
Wall Flowers, etc.
1860
Shipping
1843
The Jewels
1860
Hope and Faith
1872
Ouija: Mystifying Oracle
1967
The Christening of the New Baby
19th century
Komikal Konversation Kards
ca. 1890
Mrs. Richard Stevens (ca. 1870-ca. 1963)
ca. 1897
Mrs. John Steward, Jr. (ca. 1850-1920)
1893
History Up to Date
ca. 1904
Schley at Santiago Bay
1899
The Home Fish Pond
ca. 1890
16-4-52-34 Puzzle
1891
The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Game of Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
ca. 1880
Game of Frog Pond
1890
Gerardus Stuyvesant (1691-1777)
ca. 1760
Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1722-1780)
ca. 1760
Nicholas Brown Seabrook (1739-1790)
ca. 1780
Saying Grace
19th century
The Old Astrologer
19th century
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1883
Scarf pin
1860-1865
Richard (?) Sears (1749-1839)
ca. 1802
Anton Seidl (1850-1898)
1896
Home Lessons
19th century
Italian Mother, on the Balcony
1828?
The Proposal
19th century
Cats on the Wall
1885-1900
Street in Holland
1862
At the Toilette
19th century
Street in Holland
1860
John Edwin Mortimore Stillwell, M.D. (1813-1873)
ca. 1900
Joseph Stillwell (1739-1805)
ca. 1770-80
William Stillwell, M.D. (1768-1832)
ca. 1815
Komical Konversation Kards: A Kuriously Kontrived Kaptivating Kuriosity
1893
The Game of Guess Again
ca. 1890
The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Game of Fish Pond
1890
Louis Senac (ca. 1876-1948)
ca. 1900
William Henry Seward (1801-1872)
1930
Clarendon Hotel: Silhouette
1873
The "Lord's Prayer": Silhouette
1828
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1800
Samuel Verplanck (?): Silhouette
Framed anchor made from the "Merrimac"
1900-1925
French Juggler at the Cafe, Eighteenth Century.
1863
The Chess Players
1880
Winter, Tyrol
19th century
Market in Cairo
ca. 1880
The Visit
1874
Girl Reading
1863
100 Soldiers on Parade
ca. 1900
Melancton Smith: Silhouette
c. 1803-1810
Grandmama's Geographical Game
ca. 1910
Grandmama's Geographical Game
1900
Grandmama's Arithmetical Game
ca. 1887
Ellen Mills: Silhouette
1859
Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge
1901
Miss J. Crichton: Silhouette
1859
Petrus Stuyvesant (1727-1805)
ca. 1793-1795
The Game of Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Woman of the Stuyvesant Family (?)
17th century
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Game of War at Sea or Don't Give Up the Ship
1898
Soldier Ten-Pins
ca. 1890
The New Folding Doll House
1894
Little Folks Color Kit
ca. 1890
Mary Bleecker: Silhouette
1805
Anthony Bleecker: Silhouette
1805
Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944)
1945
Grandmama's Useful Knowledge
1887
Miss de Janon: Silhouette
1859
Anna Cogart: Silhouette
1859
Miss Homer: Silhouette
1859
Mlle. Myraguet: Silhouette
1859
Bessie Mead: Silhouette
1859
Miss G. Meszellenyi: Silhouette
1859
The Improved Fish Pond Game
1888
Lotto
ca. 1885
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
1835
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
1846
Apollo and the Muses in the Elysian Fields with Helios, the Sun-God, Descending from the Clouds
ca. 1715
Elihu Hubbard Smith (1771-1798)
c. 1797
Fragmentary Profile Portrait of Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
1842
John Butler Snook (1815-1901)
ca. 1837
Miss Scott: Silhouette
1859
Miss H. Low: Silhouette
1859
Lilly Brown: Silhouette
1859
Helen Cogart: Silhouette
1859
Jane M. Oakley: Silhouette
1859
Miss E. Nye: Silhouette
1859
Miss E. Courvoiser: Silhouette
1859
Miss James: Silhouette
1859
Lizzie Wadsworth: Silhouette
1859
Miss Elliott: Silhouette
1859
William Sulzer (1863-1941)
1912
Mrs. Frederick Edward Suse (ca. 1860-1919)
1892
John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880)
ca. 1855
John Cleves Symmes [Jr.] (1779-1829)
1820
William R. Symons (?)
ca. 1830-35
William Sulzer (1863-1941): Silhouette
1886
William Howard Taft (1857-1930)
1912
Mrs. J. Lee Tailer (1870-1943)
1897
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
ca. 1850
Lotto
ca. 1885
Mrs. Frederick Sheldon (d. 1908)
ca. 1895
Checker board
ca. 1875
Mrs. Victor Sorchan (d. 1961)
ca. 1895
Miss H. Tremholm: Silhouette
1859
The Game of Puss in the Corner
ca. 1890
Miss Blon: Silhouette
1859
Miss P. Sparkman: Silhouette
1859
Minny Kennedy: Silhouette
1859
Angelina Strange: Silhouette
1859
Augusta Strange: Silhouette
1859
Lizzie Darrah: Silhouette
1859
Miss L. Hicks: Silhouette
1859
Miss J. M. Oakley: Silhouette
1859
Miss Beckwith: Silhouette
1859
Catherine M. Thayer (1828-1912)
1845
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer (1823-1897)
1849
Mrs. Albert Thieriot (ca. 1860-?)
1899
Mary Gardiner Thompson (1844-1935)
1898
Mrs. John Thomson (ca. 1823-1882)
ca. 1860
Cornelius Tiebout (ca. 1720-1785)
n.d.
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)
1840
The Whirlpool Game
ca. 1899
Picture puzzles (8)
1896
Ellis Island in the Early 1900's
1997
The Old Woman in the Window: Life on the Lower East Side
1986
Game of War
ca. 1900
The Game of Puss in the Corner
ca. 1888
Miss E. Hand: Silhouette
1859
Annie Adams: Silhouette
1859
Miss Jameson: Silhouette
1859
Emma Mills: Silhouette
1859
The Game of Nations
ca. 1898
Game of Flags of All Nations
1903
Young Folks Historical Game
ca. 1890
Samuel Dyer Tillman (1815-1875)
after 1876
Chiromagica or the Hand of Fate
1901
The Hand of Fate Fortune Telling Game
1901
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1856
Master in Chancery: Silhouette
1870-1900
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
1780-1840
The Great American Centennial Exhibition Puzzle Blocks
1875
The New Game of Teddy's Bear Hunt
1907
The New Pretty Village Boathouse Set
1897
Young Folks Geographical Game
ca. 1890
The Peculiar Game of My Wife and I
ca. 1890
The Game of Dr. Busby
1843
Game of Dr. Busby
ca. 1890
Nicholas Philip Trist (1800-1874)
1852
The Popular Game of Tiddledy Winks
1897
Mary Ann Abeel: Silhouette
1800
G. S. Woodhull: Silhouette
1800-1830
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
1800-1830
Unidentified Abeel Family Man: Silhouette with Portrait Sketch
1800
Box with percussion caps
1855-1862
G. T. B.: Silhouette of a Young Child
c. 1800
De Witt Clinton
1844-1865
Game of Dr. Fusby, M.D., A. S. S.
ca. 1890
Game of Dr. Fusby
ca. 1880
The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
1871
Elizabeth Hill: Silhouette
1859
Miss Blake: Silhouette
1859
Improved Game of Tiddledy Winks
1890
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
1770-1800
Henry Baron von Altenstein: Silhouette
1790-1820
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
1770-1800
Mrs. Edward Lyman Short (ca. 1863-1923)
1899
Horatio Gates Shumway (1817-1862)
ca. 1862
Daughter of Horatio Gates Shumway
ca. 1864-1865
Game of Bicycle Race
1895
Miss H. Dater: Silhouette
1859
Miss Scott: Silhouette
1859
Miss M. Kershaw: Silhouette
1859
Miss J. Crichton: Silhouette
1859
Miss E. Young: Silhouette
1859
Unidentified Woman (Mlle. Myraguet or Miss Haines?): Silhouette
1859
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
1859
Lilly Brown: Silhouette
1859
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
ca. 1875
Fabric samples
1941-1945
Button
1992
Gemini box
1969-1986
Throwing stone box
1969-1986
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870)
ca. 1830
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
ca. 1790-95
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
n.d.
Captain John Waddell (1714-1762)
ca. 1750
Mrs. John Waddell (1716-1773)
ca. 1750
William Coventry Henry Waddell and Family
1852
Peter Williams (1750-1823)
ca. 1810-15
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)
1833
Wendell Lewis Wilkie (1892-1944)
1944
Square box with circular lid
1969-1986
Square box
1969-1986
Circular box with lid
1969-1986
Raise octagonal box with lid
1969-1986
Dr. Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973)
1953
Alexander James Wall (1884-1944)
1936
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
William Walton (1731-1796)
ca. 1760
Shoulder patches
1940-1965
Mrs. John Christopher Wilmerding (ca. 1844-1926)
1892
Shoulder patches
1941-1945
Patch
1930-1940
Button
1996
Badge
1899
Badge w/button: Somerville Fire Dept...Wallace House...
ca. 1907
Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937)
1935
Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932)
1924
Game of District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
1886
Game of Race Around the World
1898
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
ca. 1920-25
Mrs. Egerton Leigh Winthrop, Jr. (1874-1948)
1893
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833)
ca. 1840
Mrs. Gerrit Wolters (b. 1766)
ca.1810-15
Shoulder patches
1940-1950
Melza Riggs Wood (1870-1928)
ca. 1895
Caleb Smith Woodhull (1792-1866)
ca. 1845
Tapestry
1939
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Creamer
1969-1986
Jigger
1969-1986
Ladle
1969-1986
Pair of goblets
1969-1986
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
ca. 1825
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
Amy Cornell Townsend (ca. 1860-1920)
1894
Mrs. Richard Trimble (1872-1947)
ca. 1900
Picture puzzle
1898
Mrs. Benjamin Woolsey, Jr. (1737-1807)
ca.1790
William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839)
ca. 1812
Tea strainer
1969-1986
Dessert bowls (6)
1969-1986
Elliptical box
1969-1986
Rectangular box with lid
1969-1986
Filagree globe box
1969-1986
Pill box
1969-1986
Filigree box with lid
1969-1986
The Brownie Blocks
1891
Little Workers Picture Cubes
1901
Noddles Astray: Eight Merry Games
1884
Frances Wright (1795-1852)
1824
Mary Constance Wright (ca.1865-1940)
1893
Mary Constance Wright (ca.1865-1940)
1895
Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847)
1842
Castle box with lid
1969-1986
Footed box with lid
1969-1986
Shell box
1969-1986
Water goblet
1969-1986
Champagne goblet
1969-1986
Sioux and Pawnee Pipes: Plate 210
1866-68
Nellie McCormick Flagg (1876-1923)
ca. 1906
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
1887
Old Maid
ca. 1900
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
1892
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Joseph Young, M.D. (c. 1733-1814)
c. 1795
Temple box and lid
1969
Water goblet
1969-1986
Aztec box
1969-1986
Wine goblet
1969-1986
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
1897
Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
1886
Cards of Fortune
ca. 1890
The Improved Game of Star Authors
1886
Game of Illustrated Authors
ca. 1885
The Game Vignette of Authors
ca. 1890
Game of Musical Authors
1882
The Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Autograph Authors
1886
Game of Authors: William Shakespeare
ca. 1890
Unidentified Gentleman with Violin
ca. 1720
Portrait of a Woman
1807
Unidentified man
ca. 1835-40
Unidentified man
ca. 1840
Colonel Thomas Dongan (1719-ca. 1765)
n.d.
Unidentified Lady
ca. 1780
Unidentified girl
ca. 1850
Champagne goblet
1969-1986
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Pentagon box
1969-1986
Baseball tickets (4)
2000
Rosewood box
1969-1986
Cylindrical box with lid
1969-1986
Portrait Authors
1873-1876
The New Game of Pictorial Authors
1889
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1850
George Washington (1732-1799)
1835
Trailers (Gowanus Canal from the 3rd Street Bridge)
2000
The Apostle's Oak
1844
Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesant (d. 1948)
1903
World Trade
2000
Champagne goblet
1969-1986
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Stepped ovals box
1969-1986
Water goblet
1969-1986
George Washington (1732-1799)
1800
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1785-1828
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
George Washington (1732-1799)
1876
Dressing case
1820-1840
Fragment from the Dutch ship "Tyger"
ca. 1610
Inauguration ticket
1961
Wine goblet
1969-1986
Wine goblet
1969-1986
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Silver box with lid
1969-1986
Circles box with lid
1969-1986
Aiguillettes
1945-1965
Mrs. Daniel Truman and Child
ca. 1798-1810
Meriwether Lewis Clark: Silhouette
1839
George Washington (1732-1799)
1853
George Washington (1732-1799)
1791
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1817
Mrs. George Washington (1731-1802)
1853
Death Row, Harlem
1997
Apothecary jar
1875-1900
General John Maunsell (1724/25?-1795)
Late 18th century
Henry Cruger (1739-1827)
ca. 1775-90
Octagonal box
1969-1986
Hexagonal box with lid
1969-1986
Necklace and jewelry box
1969-1986
Square box
1969-1986
Pill box
1969-1986
Eva Amelia Parker (1853-1923): Silhouette
1900-1920
Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795)
ca.1850
Townsend Underhill (1765-1799)
1897
Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940)
1901
Elkanah Watson (1758-1842)
ca. 1805-10

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