[African-Americana] [Albany] Small Archive of Manuscript Documents from the Corporation of Albany, Including One Signed by an Abolitionist in the Very Year Slavery was Abolished in New York State

Group of Five Manuscript Documents, Being Official Receipts Paid by the Corporation of Albany

Albany, 1826-32. Comprising five documents, including a receipt for a John G. Smith for carting, signed by architect Phillip Hooker, dated September 13, 1826; a receipt for the printing of 25 copies of amendments to state law, signed by abolitionist John B. Van Steenbergh, dated February 8, 1827 (the year full emancipation occurred in New York State); a receipt for "procuring Subscribers to a memorial to Congress for the Improvement of the navigation of the Hudson River", signed by Conrad Moore, dated May 26, 1830; a donation receipt to the Lancaster School, signed by Charles R. Webster, dated August 10, 1832; a receipt to the "Trustees of African Church", for excavating work, signed by Willian Nordin, dated August 14, 1832.

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[African-Americana] [Albany] Small Archive of Manuscript Documents from the Corporation of Albany, Including One Signed by an Abolitionist in the Very Year Slavery was Abolished in New York State

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[African-Americana] [Albany] Small Archive of Manuscript Documents from the Corporation of Albany, Including One Signed by an Abolitionist in the Very Year Slavery was Abolished in New York State

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