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LANSINGBURGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

last updated 2/8/2013 MAP AND ATLAS COLLECTION, 1767-1971, 30 items, [see item list] PANORAMIC VIEW COLLECTION, 1879-1895, 30 Items, [see item list] Includes 1879 panoramic view of Lansingburgh by Galt & Hoy; 1891 view of Lansingburgh [in 3 sections] by L.R. Burleigh;

and 26 views of northeastern New York State communities, made by Lucien R. Burleigh, Lansingburgh resident and proprietor of the Burleigh Litho. Co. of Troy.

PUBLIC RECORDS OF TOWN AND VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH, 1807-1900, 12 vols. Village records Assessment Rolls: 1879 [partial], 1884, 1887 Military Tax Roll, 1855 Fire Department Records, 1844-1862 Village Charter Amendment papers Village Board Meeting notices, 1875-1876 Village Charter, 1898 Village Financial Reports [published]: 1854, 1856, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1898-9, 1899-1900, 1900, 1860-1, 1863-4, 1872 Reports of Village Treasurer, President and Fire & Water Commissioners [published]. 1877-8, 1879-80, 1881-2, 1882- 3, 1883-4, 1884-5, 1885-6, 1886-7, 1887-8, 1888-9, 1890-1, 1891-2, 1892-3, 1894-5, 1895-6, 1896-7, 1897-8 Board of Trustees, "Order of Business," 1896-7 [kept with broadsides] Charter and Bylaws and Ordinances, revised July 1865 Police Department Manual, 1893 ACT OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH, REVISED APRIL 16, 1849 Town Records Record of Jurors, 1806-1899 Military Tax Roll, 1853 Supervisor's Accounts, 1853-1900 Town Record Book [photocopy], 1807-1899 List of Those Enrolled According to the Military Act of 1846 Register of Electors, 2nd District, 1894 Registers of Electors [printed broadsides], 1859, 1860, 1861, 1861, 1863, 1863-4, 1864, 1866 [stored with broadsides, 13 items]

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List of Names of Persons Enrolled in the Town..., Nov. 20, 1863 [kept with broadsides] Commissioners of Excise, Bonds, 1830-1847 [includes 2, framed] Commissioners of Highways, records, 1833-1876 miscellaneous records, 1833-1870 list of marriages performed in the Town, 1854 DIARY COLLECTION, 1812-1875, 12 vols. Captain Reuben King, Journal, War of 1812, 2 vols. Entries from Sept. 18 to Dec. 22, 1812; Capt. King [1777-1853] of Lansingburgh led a company of Lansingburgh and

Waterford men in a campaign in the Sackett's Harbor-Ogdensburg region. Elizabeth [Disbrow] Tator, Diary, 1832-1845, 4 vols. Elizabeth S. Disbrow, wife of Henry Tator, kept a detailed diary while living in Troy and Lansingburgh; accompanying the

diary are two volumes of poetry and miscellaneous writings. Charles J. Lansing, Diary, Oct. 2, 1848-Sept. 5, 1850, 1 vol. Incidents in the early life of a man who was a great-grandson of the founder of Lansingburgh, and who saved a vast quantity

of historical materials and documents on Lansingburgh history. James Wallace, Diary and book of poetry, 1875-1876, 1 vol. Wallace, from Hoosick Falls, was a student in Lansingburgh; he dated a Lansingburgh girl, Jessie Mackey, who died in 1876. Charlotte Lavender Miter, Diary, 1875-1880 [transcript] Copy of narrative personal diary detailing social life in Lansingburgh in the Victorian era. Peebles family [Anthony A. & Mary L.], Diary, memorial album and account books, 1869-1905, 3 vols. Includes diary of A.A. Peebles, 1870; his account book, 1872-1898; memorial album kept by his wife on the death of two

young children in 1869 and 1872. Helen M. Coons, schoolgirl diary 1936-1940, with ephemera and documentation POSTCARD COLLECTION, ca. 1890-present [146 items, see item list] PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1865-1940 [ca. 400 items, see item lists] Organized under the following categories: individual portraits; group portraits; school related; business, industry &

commerce; fire fighting and transportation; homes & street scenes; Pine & Kellogg collection and oversize photographs.

PAMPHLET COLLECTION, 1803-1916 [65 items, see item list]

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BUSINESS RECORD COLLECTION U.S. Post Office, Lansingburgh, Ledger, 1898-1905, 1 vol. Records sale of postage stamps. Richard Hopkins, contractor, business papers, 1904-c. 1930, 1 cf. Includes business diary for 1904 and account of contracting business, Albany Sand & Gravel Co. Cohoes House [450 2nd Avenue], Guest Register, 1927-1955, 1 vol. Bank of Lansingburgh, Stock Ledger, 1850-1855, 1 vol. Farmer's Bank of Lansingburgh, records, 1854-1861, 2 vols. Includes Deposit Ledger, 1854-1861 and Cash Book, 1854-1855. Joseph H. Fox [cracker factory], accounting records, 1875-1882, 3 vols. Includes General Ledger, 1875; Cash Book, 1882 and Purchase Register, 1876-1882. David H. Flack & Brother [wholesale grocers], Ledger Book "D", 1860-1862, 1 vol. Diack Brush Company, Ledger, 1911-1926, 1 vol. Gilbert Williams Livery, Record Book, 1909-1912, 1 vol. In the former McMurray Brush Factory at 117th St. & 3rd Avenue; records rental of horses, hearses, carriages and wagons. William Toohey, Undertaker, Records, 1902-1934, 1 cf. Includes Record of Funerals, 1902-1918, 1918-1934; General Ledger, 1902-1909; Disbursement Ledger, 1902-1910 and

Death Records, 1902-1914. Troy & Saratoga Macadam Road Company, Terms of Subscription and List of Subscribers, May 1, 1833, 1 vol. Lansingburgh Plank Road Company, records, 1847-1865, 3 vols. Includes Minutes, 1847-1865; Journal, 1847-1865 and Bond Register, 1848-1854. [The Plank Road ran from Lansingburgh

to Troy.] United Shirt & Collar Co., records, 1863-1927, 2 cf. A wide assortment of materials, includes some records from predecessor firms such as Pine and Hamblin. Troy Globe Valve Co., records, c. 1870-c. 1900, 3 cf. [unorganized] Business and industry billheads and miscellaneous records, c. 1850-c. 1920, 2 cf. Advertising ephemera [selected bill heads, trade cards, etc.] are encapsulated and filed separately. See also item list of trade

cards. Sonn Brush Company, book of patterns [early 1900's], 1 vol. Truman Ives, business papers and receipts, 1880's-1890's, ¼ cf. Jonathan Burr, [merchant], sale of goods to Andrew Wright, Shoreham, Vt., 1804-1819, 13 items People's Bank, scrapbook, 1889-1890's

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Troy Carriage Works, records. 1886-ca. 1920, ½ cf. Abraham Jacob Lansing, account ledger, 1759-1768, 1 vol. [some entries in Dutch; notes his move to "Stone Arabia" in 1763] "Delinquent Debtors," No. 1, June, 1896, published by The Protective Reporting Co., lists "deadbeats" residing in Troy, Lansingburgh, Cohoes, Watervliet and Green Island, 8 pp. papers relating to the Barton, Goeway and Alexander families of Lansingburgh 1807-1894, 71 items, .5 cf. 2 account ledgers, William Kirwin, meat market, 448 Ann Street [6th Avenue], 1881-1892 accounts with Troy, Lansingburgh, and Waterford water works, William & Frederick Kirwin, 1890-1892 ledger, Derrick Adams, grocery, 172 State Street, April-July, 1857 other business records, 1862-1964, 2 cf.: transportation records, 1852-1918 [Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad, Lansingburgh & Cohoes Railroad, Hudson River Turnpike, early automotive items, etc.], 46 items banking records, 1856-1964 [People's Bank, Powers Bank, Farmer's Bank, Marine Midland Bank], 53 items receipts on billheads of Lansingburgh businesses [not encapsulated], ca. 200 items Geo. Pine, elevator patent, 1885 list of persons in business, 1852 account book, Daniel Seymour, taylor, 1797-1833 small leather blank note book, Bolton's Brewery NEWSPAPERS, 1787-1876 11 different newspapers, ca. 100 issues [see item list] EDUCATION RELATED RECORDS Lansingburgh Teachers Association, Treasurer's Ledger, 1912-1942, 1942-1959, 2 vols. records, [1937] 1957-1966 P.T.A. Records, 1913-1971. 2 cf. [Press clippings, photographs, Minutes of meetings, fund raising records, etc.] Whipple School P.T.A. records, 1914-1935; 1956-1971 Whipple/Lansingburgh Elementary School P.T.A., 1972-1975 Lansingburgh Elementary School, P.T.A., 1968-1971 Knickerbacker Elementary School P.T.A., 1965-1967 Haskell Elementary School, P.T.A., Publicity Record Book, 1946-1949 Lansingburgh High School, 1890-1987, 1 cf. [includes graduation programs, Alumni Record 1901-1916, extra- curricular activities, athletics, courses of study, student publications, buildings, Class of 1939 reunion memorabilia] Elementary and private schools, 1888-1976, 1 cf. (covers elementary schools, Knickerbacker Junior High School, Lansingburgh Academy, St. Augustine's Academy) [includes promotions, student work, report cards, rewards of merit, extra-curricular activities, school district reorganization, buildings; includes class exercise book of Emma Nielsen, 1888]; 1887 music notebook of Lavina E. Flynn, St. Augustine's School

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Ruth Knudsen family memorabilia, ca. 1920-ca. 1935, largely relating to Lansingbjrgh High School, where she graduated in 1926, .5 c.f. Ruth Bornt, Class of 1925, scrapbooks and ephemera CIVIC AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION RECORDS Rising Sun Lodge, I.O.O.F., Record Book, 1843-1846, 1 vol. Rensselaer Park Association, records, 1867-1878, 4 vols. Includes Stock Ledger, 1868-1872; Minutes, 1867-1878; Day Book, 1867-1878 and Ledger, 1867-1878. North Troy Rod and Gun Club, Record Book, 1906-1931, 1 vol. Bearcat Athletic Club, Minutes, 1938-1940, 1 vol. Lansingburgh Library, Record and Minute Book, 1796-1823, 1 vol. Sons of Temperance [Lansingburgh Division], Treasurer's Accounts, 1846, 1 vol. Robert Ross Memorial Association, records, 1894-1897, 1 cf. Robert Ross was murdered at the polls in Troy on March 6, 1894; a monument was erected to his memory in the Oakwood

Cemetery. Lansingburgh Young Men's Association, records, 1837-1856, ½ cf. Includes names of members, 1855-1856; Constitution and Minutes, 1837 and report on library, 1847. Lansingburgh Improvement Foundation, records, 1975-1980 Lansingburgh Arts Center, Inc., records, 1978-1983 Lansingburgh Community Association, records (including minutes, press clippings and correspondence), 1931-1936 First and Second Avenues Association of Lansingburgh, scrapbook, 1969-1973 other records [1 cf.]: Leonard Hospital, 1890's-1975 (12 items) boating clubs, 1865-1919 (18 items) Young's Grove, 1887-1914 (10 items) fraternal organizations [Buchanan Club, Lansingburgh Brass Band, Masonic, etc.] 1853-1960's (17 items) charitable institutions [Lansingburgh Boys Club, Troy Country Day Home, YMCA, Bethesda Home, Powers Home, etc.] (11 items) All Troy Club, Minstrel Programs, 1929-1946 (16 items) Tuesday Club, records (meeting minutes, programs, membership lists, financial records) 1931-1990

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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, 13 cf. Lansing Family History, typescript, from Davry family, 1 vol. Lansing, Tracy, Bement and Niles genealogical notebook complied by William Bement [d. 1882] including press clippings, coats of arms, and small photos of Derrick C. Lansing and Cornelius Tracy James K.P. Pine, Papers, c. 1880-1920, 3 cf. Personal papers, business land transactions, family estate settlements Alida Lansing [letters sent to], 1850's-1860's, ½ cf. [includes 2 wonderful embossed envelopes postmarked Green Island, 1861] Ruth [Campbell] Bennett, Papers, ca. 1870-ca. 1940, 1 cf. Letters, miscellaneous family and genealogical papers, etc. Campbell, Bennett, Hakes, Pickering and McPherson families Augustus Platt Van Schaick [author], "Fireman's Inspection Day, Sept. 1846," manuscript poem on history and lore of Lansingburgh fire companies, 1 vol. Manuscript romantic poem, from "Snooks Jr.," to Miss S.N. Flack, Nov. 5, 1848, 1 vol. Munn house, specification for carpenter work and renovations, Wm. H. Demers, Architect, Troy, late 1800's [102 2nd Avenue], 1 vol. William Higgins, historical notes and miscellaneous papers, 1925-1948 Land related records, 1803-1927, 86+ items [includes 13 items on No. 435 Second Avenue, 1826-1894 and 19 items on Lot 110, 3rd Division (east side of 2nd Avenue south of

116th St.) former Mason undertakers/cabinet shop, 1803-1927; 21 items (1859-1927) mostly on "water lot" 21 on west side of First Avenue owned by the Osborn family.

Religious activities, 1868-1977, 1 cf. (covers Westminster Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church, Trinity

Episcopal Church, St. Augustine's Church, others) [includes programs, sermons, commerative and historical booklets, information on church members]

Our Favorite Quotations, published in Lansingburgh in 1900 [a pamhphlet issued in Arts & Crafts binding] Knudsen family records . . . Charles and Daniel Townsend family records . . . Miscellaneous manuscript items, 1810-1984, 2 cf. political interest, 1918-1919, 4 items Oakwood Cemetery, 1870's-1984, ½ cf. [includes booklet on Crematorium] legal papers, 1830-1865, 12 items [includes 1850 legal opinion on the Village Green] military records, 1862-1940's, 10 items [includes Civil War papers of James Fagan] also: 12 World War II ration books (1943-1946); 30 food receipts from Bornt's Market (1946) and application for war ration book,

1943 (from Reichard family)

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also: 9 postmarks, 7 letters, 6 almanacs with Lansingburgh advertisements, 8 souvenir booklets, 2 pocket guides, 3 writing books]

INDIVIDUAL ENCAPSULATED MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS, 348 items [see item lists] broadsides [124] trade cards [29] letters [28] real property documents [20] advertising materials [28] licenses, subscriptions, permits, petitions, awards, diplomas, certificates [53] tickets, invitations, programs [23] sheet music [4] newspaper and magazine articles [11] receipts, invoices, accounts, bills, notes [31] miscellaneous items [39]

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PAMPHLET COLLECTION HARRISON'S RECEIPT BOOK AND GUIDE FOR FAMILY REMEDIES....R. Harrison, Lansingburgh, N.Y. [1872, 15 pp.] THE OLD FIRST CHURCH, Souvenir of the Old First Presbyterian Church, Lansingburgh, N.Y. 1908 37 pp. illustrations ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF TRINITY CHURCH, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1894; 2 pp. DIRECTORY OF THE TROY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, and Program of Exercises for its Forty-Sixth Annual Session, held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Lansingburgh, N.Y. 1878; 17 pp. MANUAL AND DIRECTORY OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1894; 38 pp. THE DECENNIAL, 1880-1890, WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH; 52 pp. THE ANNUAL FAIR, AN ADDRESS Delivered before the Rensselaer Co. Agricultural Society at Lansingburgh, Sept. 17th, 1857, by N.S.S. Beman; 18 pp. CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, AND RULES OF MECHANICS MUTUAL PROTECTION NO. 34, LANSINGBURGH, NY, 1847; 24 pp. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CATHOLIC MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF THE VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH, 1848; 8 pp. BY-LAWS, JERUSALEM LODGE, NUMBER-----, of FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1855; 18 pp. CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE LIBERTY LODGE, NO. 12, A.P.A., OF

LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1854; 37 pp. BY-LAWS AND RULES OF ORDER OF JERUSALEM LODGE, NO, 335, F.A.M., LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1862; 15 pp. CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS OF PHOENIX CHAPTER, NO. 133, of ROYAL ARCH MASONS 1853; 24 pp. A HISTORY OF THE A.M.E ZION CHURCH, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. FROM 1841 TO 1868 [by Rev. Jacob Wright] 1868; 13 pp. [important Black history information] THE ANTIQUARIAN AND GENERAL REVIEW, Edited by Rev. Wm. Arthur, Vol. 3, No., 6, August 1847, pp. 127-148 COMPLAINT FOR SELLING POISONED ALE, THE PEOPLE AGAINST MARY ANN ASH, Before Isaac Ransom, Justice, July 26th and 28th, 1862; 19 pp. PROSPECTUS OF THE RENSSELAER COUNTY GOLD & SILVER MINING CO., ...Principal Office of the Co., Bennington, Vt., Branch Office. Lansingburgh. N.Y. 1866; 11 pp. [Simon Vandercook was owner] AMENDED CHARTER, THE RENSSELAER COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1852; 32 pp. DENTOLOGIA, A POEM ON THE DISEASES OF THE TEETH, AND THEIR PROPER REMEDIES, by Solyman Brown A.M., republished by S.P. Welch, Dentist, Lansingburgh, N.Y. 1854; 25 pp. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE RENSSELAER PARK ASSOCIATION, 1869; 15 pp.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CONDUCTORS AND DRIVERS OF THE TROY AND LANSINGBURGH AND TROY AND COHOES

RAILROADS 1872 [20 pp.] BY-LAWS AND RULES OF JOHN S. FAKE HOOK & LADDER CO.., NO. 1, LANSINGBURGH N.Y. Dec. 7, 1891; 54 pp. BY-LAWS, JOHN S. FAKE HOOK & LADDER CO., NO. 1, T.F.D., 1902; 34 pp. BY LAWS, JOHN S. FAKE HOOK & LADDER CO., NO. 1, T.F.D., 1908; 35 pp. BY-LAWS OF THE J.E. WHIPPLE STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1., LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1864; 15 pp. BY-LAWS OF THE LAFAYETTE FIRE COMPANY NO. 3, OF THE VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH 1853; 12 pp. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE J.E. WHIPPLE STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1, LANSINGBURGH 1865; 9 pp. BY-LAWS OF LAFAYETTE FIRE CO. NO. 3., OF THE VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH 1859 14 pp, CONSTITUTION OF THE LANSINGBURGH SIGHT-SINGING INSTITUTION, auxiliary to the Boston Phonograph Musical Institution, 1850; 5 pp. NEW SINGING BOOK FOR JUVENILE CONCERTS: Containing Hymns, Temperance Odes, National Songs, &c., as taught by

Nicholas Wallis, Professor of Vocal Music; 1857 32 pp. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE LANSINGBURGH PHILANTHROPIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE ASSOCIATION, 1842; 16 pp. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE EMPIRE STATE DIVISION NO. XLIX, SONS OF TEMPERANCE OF THE STATE

OF NEW YORK 1852; 30 pp. FIFTH ANNUAL CATALOG OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SEMINARY AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, FORT

EDWARD, NY 1859-60; 38 pp. (ill. of Institute) [Geo. R. Poulton of Lansingburgh was Professor of Music] E. CHAMBERLAIN, SON & CO., LIGHT CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS...[Catalog] 1871; 36 plates MEMORIAL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF TROY ON THE SUBJECT OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE HUDSON AT ALBANY, with an Appendix [listing sloops owned at Troy & Lansingburgh] 1841; 38 pp. HISTORY OF LANSINGBURGH, NY FROM THE YEAR 1670 to 1877, by A.J. Weise, A,M. 1877; 44 pp. CATALOG. 1883, ARNOLD & ROWE, proprietors, RENSSELAER SCALE WORKS, Lansingburgh, N.Y.; 41 pp., many ills. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CITIZENS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF LANSINGBURGH. N.Y. [n.d.) 4 pp. SEVEN YEARS IN A MONASTERY, Or the Monastic Life of the Writer, with unparalleled austerities and voluntary sufferings of the Monks of La Trappe! by the Rev. Edward Leahy 1848; 48 pp. [this talk was delivered at Lansingburgh--see broadside] TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION OF WM. MAY. ALIAS WM. AVERY, & LEWIS LIVINGSTON, UPON THE CHARGES OF RAPE AND CONSPIRACY... 1851; 16 pp. [remarkable testimony!] LIBRARY CATALOG OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL SUNDAY SCHOOL, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1881; 16 pp.

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CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS OF UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1., of the Town of Lansingburgh, 1887; 38 pp. THE "LAWRENCE TOWNLEY" ESTATE OF ENGLAND, AND HEIRSHIP OF WILLIAM TOWNLEY LAWRENCE OF TROY, N.Y. (Albany, Geo. C. Riggs, 1875); 56 pp. A CATALOGUE OF PURE AND HIGH BRED SHORT-HORN DURHAM CATTLE...THE PROPERTY OF GEORGE VAIL... WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION Oct. 13, 1852 (1 ill. of cow); 36 pp. THE SPIRITUAL STEWARD A SERMON....Preached Oct. 21, 1802 by Rev. Alexander Proudfit, Minister of the Gospel, Salem...(LANSINGBURGH, PRINTED BY GARDINER TRACY, 1803); 43 pp. BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TROY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, OAKWOOD 1860; 10 pp. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE CONSECRATION OF OAKWOOD CEMETERY, October 16, 1850, by Hon. David Buel, Jr. 1850; 15 pp. OAKWOOD CEMETERY, RULES AND REGULATIONS, 1916; 47 pp. (many photos) THE CHARTER AND REVISED BY-LAWS AND CLASSES OF HAZARDS AND RATES OF PREMIUMS OF THE RENSSELAER COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LANSINGBURGH 1843; 14 pp. MANUAL OF REFERENCE ON EPIDEMIC CHOLERA, Its Causes, Prevention, Symptoms & Treatment, by H.E. Fuller, M.D.,

Lansingburgh, N.Y. 1866; 16 pp. CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS OF THE UNION "HAYMAKERS" BASE BALL CLUB! OF LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1868;

10 pp. IN CHANCERY, DERRICK C. LANSING & OTHERS VS. DAVID RUSSELL, 1847; 74 pp. [dispute over the estate of Cornelius Lansing] BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND ALMANAC FOR THE VILLAGE OF LANSINGBURGH, 1845 [ill. of Henry T. Walbridge's "New York Store"]; 22 pp. NEW YORK AND VERMONT FARMERS' ALMANACK, 1805...Lansingburgh: Printed and Sold by G. Tracy; 36 pp. NEW YORK AND VERMONT FARMERS' ALMANACK, 1811...Lansingburgh: Printed and Sold by Tracy and Bliss; 36 pp. BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1840...Pub. annually by Luther Bliss; 36 pp. BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1841...Pub. annually by Luther Bliss; 36 pp. BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1844...Pub. annually by Peletiah Bliss; 36 pp. BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1845...Pub. annually by Peletiah Bliss; 36 pp. [ill. of bookstore on rear cover] BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1846...Published annually by Peletiah Bliss; 36 pp. LUDLOW, SLIDING STOP VALVES....Troy, N.Y. August, 1886 ill.; 28 pp.

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THE OBLIGATIONS AND INDUCEMENTS TO MENTAL IMPROVEMENT....an address, delivered before the Lansingburgh Young Men's Association, Feb. 15, 1841, by Rev. E.D. Maltbie (Lansingburgh: printed by W.H. Gray, 1841)

MINUTES OF THE SHAFTSBURY ASSOCIATION...1793...(printed by Sylvester Tiffany)....; 11 pp. SERMON, PREACHED IN . . . WATERFORD . . . AND LANSINGBURGH. ...AFTER THE DEATH OF DEWITT CLINTON, by Benjamin Dorr. (Lansingburgh: Printed by Edward J. Van Cleve 1828); 20 pp. BLISS'S LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC, 1851 Pub. annually by Peletiah Bliss; 36 pp. FARMERS BANK OF LANSINGBURGH, [pocket size ledger printed like pamphlet], [12 pp., nd.] CONSTITUTION OF BRUSH MAKERS LOCAL NO. 20468, TROY, 32 pp., [nd.] "DENNINS FOR DURABILITY," O. Dennin & Sons, brushmakers, [20 pp.], nd. [illustrations of brushes] SARATOGA GURN SPRING MINERAL WATER . . .for sale by F. W. Esmond, Agent, 505 2nd Avenue [8 pp., nd,. 1909] FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, LANSINGBURGH, N.Y. 1890-91. Press of J.W. Gemmill, Artistic Printer. 22 pp. & 11 pp. of advertisements BLISS LANSINGBURGH ALMANAC FOR 1849...Pub. annually by Peletiah Bliss; 36 pp. FAITH IN THE UNSEEN, . . . A SERMON, preached in the Chapel of Union College, on the Annual Fast Day for Colleges, February 26, 1863, by Rev. Ira G. Bidwell, of Lansingburgh, N.Y. Albany: J. Munsell, 1863; 16 pp. MINUTES OF THE TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE TROY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST E. CHURCH, HELD AT PLATTSBURGH, JUNE 16TH, 1852. (Lansingburgh: Alex. Kirkpatrick, Printer, 265 State Street) 48 pp. REMINISCENCES OF TROY, by John Woodworth (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1853) 39 pp. THE LANSINGBURGH PHILANTHROPIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE ASSOCIATION, ORGANIZED JULY 7, 1841 (includes certificate of membership of Chas. Smith) 12 pp. (1841) A JOURNAL OF THE OVERLAND ROTE TO CALIFORNIA AND THE GOLD MINES, BY LORENZO D. ALDRICH LATE OF LANSINGBURGH, RENSSELAER COUNTY, N.Y. 48 pp. (1851) MANUAL OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, 1918

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POSTCARD COLLECTION title color number date Oakwood Cemetery Earl Crematory, Troy, N.Y. C 61946 Earl Crematory, Troy, N.Y. B No. 3 (P.J. Shea) Earl Crematory in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [version 1] C 5377 (Northern News) Earl Crematory in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [version 2] C 5377 (Northern News) Earl Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 6179 (Bosselman) 1910 The Earl Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 1529 (Souvenir Post Card Co The Earl Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. B 3779 (Souvenir PC. Co.) Earl Memorial Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 201.505 (J.V.) (Valentine) Gardner Earl Chapel and Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY C 51495 (Shea) Gardner Earl Chapel and Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY C 54495a (Shea) Gardner Earl Chapel and Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY C 1942a (Rotograph Co.) The Earl Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. aquatint 3779 Souvenir Post Card Co The Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium C 92464-C (Dexter) ca. 1980 Earl Crematory: 4 blue ink 1898 Earl Crematory, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N. Y. B 1207 (Koeber) 1907 (?) Mary Warren Chapel, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 201.524 (J.V.) (Valentine) Mary Warren Chapel, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [moonlight] C 201.529 (J.V.) (Valentine) Tracy Mausoleum, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [vertical] C 7181 (Robbins) 1909 Tracy Mausoleum, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [vertical] C US Series 134.3 (P. von Bardeleben) Tracy Mausoleum, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [vertical] blue ink (Shea) Robert Ross Monument, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 6180 (Bosselman) The Robert Ross Memorial, Troy, N.Y. B 1202 (Koeber) 1907

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The General Wool Monument, Troy, N.Y. B 1200 (Koeber) 1905 The General Wool Monument, Troy, N.Y. blue tint 1200 (Koeber) 1905 Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 209306 (Valentine) Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 5378 (Northern News) Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [Oakwood Avenue] B 10 (Shea) 1905 Covered Bridge C 19902 (Connors) 1960's Covered Bridge C C-17598 (Connors) 1960's Cemetery C/B, Troy, N.Y. B "photo post card" Cemetery C/B, Troy, N.Y. B "photo post card" In Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [Lake with bridge & swan] C 201.515 (Valentine) 1909 In Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [large lake] C 201.517 (Valentine) 1911 In Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [Lake with 2 swans, moonlight] C 201.515 (J.V.) Valentine Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [Lake, fall colors, bridge, swan] C "made in Germany" Lake in Oakwood, Troy, N.Y. C Ramroth 1907 Rustic Bridge and Rest, Oakwood, Troy, N.Y. [Island in Lake] C 206.290 (Valentine) In Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [small lake] C 201.514 (Valentine) Scene in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. C 1940a (Rotograph) Scene in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. B 1940a (Rotograph) The Glen, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [vertical] C 1941a (Rotograph) Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery C 222008 (Hughes) pre-1920 Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery B Tracey Mausoleum, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.[vertical] blue ink 9757 (Shea) Bridge and Rustic House, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY C 61931 Waiting Room in Earl Creamtory, Troy, N.Y. C C8105 (Northern News) Earl Crematory and Robert Ross Monument, Oakwood Cemetery B [1903]

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Ruins: Cemetery C/B, Troy, N.Y. 7/14/63 B [1963] No. 7 - Lake in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. [iron bridge] B Shea "Troy is a beautiful city . . . [showing Wool monument] C Koeber (PCK series) First St. Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. B Neher Rensselaer Park Rensselaer Park, Troy, N.Y. C 206.313 (Valentine) Rensselaer Park, Troy, N.Y. [showing carousel] C 206.314 (Valentine) Entrance, New Rensselaer Park, Troy's Popular Resort, Troy, NY C 61977 Rensselaer Park [grove] C 206.299 (Valentine) 1909 Rensselaer Park, Troy, N.Y. C 206.316 (Valentine) 1910 Entrance to New Rensselaer Park B Queen, J.W. Gorman's High Diving Horses B 1908-9 [set of 3 shots of posters "Souvenir from Rensselaer Park"] B "Elks Day" New Rensselaer Park July 4th, 1907 B [aeroplane at Rensselaer Park, July 4, 1911] B Entrance to New Rensselaer Park, Troy, N.Y. C D 9186 (Northern News) New Rensselaer Park B J.S. Wooley, Ballston Spa New Rensselaer Park, # 1-B B J.S. Wooley, Ballston Spa New Rensselaer Park, vaudeville theater B J.S. Wooley, Ballston Spa Waterford Bridge Waterford Bridge (1804), Upper Hudson River, Troy, N.Y. blue ink 9759 (Shea) [bridge in winter] B "photo post card'' Old Waterford Bridge, Hudson River, Troy, N.Y. C 54552a (Shea) End of Waterford Bridge & Car Barns C A 7578 (Northern News)

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Waterford Bridge [Lansingburgh end] B "post card" West End of Waterford Bridge, Waterford, N.Y. Oldest Bridge in New York State C A 7586 (Northern News) 1908 [trolley at Waterford end, in winter] B New and Old Waterford Bridges C 61973 1911 New Bridge Crossing Hudson River, between Troy and Waterford, N.Y. C "post card" The New Waterford Bridge, Waterford, N.Y. C 213158 (Valentine) Waterford Bridge Fire, Troy, N.Y. B & W, flames colored 1909 [ruins of bridge, woman in canoe on shore] B 1910 Built 1804 Waterford Bridge Burned 1909 July 10 [end of fire, boats on River] B 1909 Built 1804 Waterford Bridge Burned July 10, 1909 [first span collapsing] B 1909 Built 1804 Waterford Bridge Burned July 10, 1909 [all spans collapsed, no boats] B 1909 Upper Hudson River and Waterford Bridge, Troy, N.Y. C 9962 (Detroit Pub. Co.) Upper Hudson, showing Waterford Bridge, erected 1804 C 7075 (Northern News) Waterford Bridge, the Oldest in the State of New York C 1839 (Northern News) Waterford Bridge, Waterford, N.Y. C 1327 (Northern News) [Lansingburgh end of Waterford covered bridge] B 684 Flood of 1913 (Series of black & white photographic cards with no captions; those marked "x" have some damage): 122nd Street looking west toward 2nd Avenue house on corner of 115th St. & Third Avenue near 2nd Avenue & 124th St. x canoe in 122nd St. looking west toward 2nd Avenue

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2nd Avenue looking south toward 116th St. x looking across 2nd Avenue to The Abbey canoe in front of 814 2nd Avenue First Avenue looking north from 118th St. policemen in canoe 2nd Avenue north of 116th St. looking west on 115th St. toward Third Avenue x men in canoe 2nd Avenue north of 116th St. x First Avenue corner of 117th St. as water subsides x looking southwest near 125th St. & Third Avenue Second Avenue looking north near 123rd St. Lee moving van in 2nd Avenue at 116th St. x 2nd Avenue looking north from 118th St. looking east on 115th Street near 3rd Avenue (barrels in water) x Third Avenue looking south toward 118th St. Second Avenue looking south toward 116th St. x Second Avenue looking north near 119th St. men in canoe in front of Lempe Shoes, 2nd Avenue looking south in 2nd Avenue toward 116th St. (shows hitching posts) 115th St. looking west toward First Presbyterian Church 116th St. looking east toward Third Avenue x Second Avenue looking north toward 119th St. x Second Avenue looking north, north of 116th St. x Second Avenue looking north from north of 118th St. 117th St. showing Olympic Saloon & Powers Opera House Icke residence & boat house, 123rd St. & First Avenue

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Hopkins house, 123rd & 2nd Avenue (4) views of boats made by Geo. Grenier (Troy Motor Boat Mfg., foot of 117th St.) (taken by Neher's studio) 2nd Avenue looking south toward 116th St. 116th St. looking west toward 3rd Avenue, showing Methodist Church 117th St. looking west from 3rd Avenue, shows Powers Opera House & Olympic Saloon view near 118th St. & First Avenue, showing River view adjacent to the one above, shows Judson Coal Office miscellaneous [fire at Fox Cracker factory, vertical] B [Fake Hook & Ladder team posed in street: where?] B "post card" Troy [actually Lansingburgh] High School, North End [Lansingburgh Academy] B "post card" High School, Upper Troy, built in 1824 [sic, really 1820] C A 7590 (Northern News) 1907 New Lansingburgh High School B J.C. Ramroth Knickerbacker Junior High School C Conners Lansingburgh High School, Upper Troy, N.Y. C Northern News 19354 1912 Lansingburgh High School, Troy, N.Y. C Northern News 21507 1917 Lansingburgh High School Formerly Lansingburgh Academy Founded 1796 B Shea Boradaile, G.W. Daw Res. Lansingburgh, N.Y. B Comstock School, Upper Troy, N.Y. C A 7588 (Northern News) Leonard Hospital, North Troy, N.Y. C 54548a (Shea) Leonard Hospital, Lansingburgh N.Y. B Foy ?? Powers School after Fire B Masonic Temple, Lansingburgh, N.Y. [vertical] B Methodist Church, Upper Troy, N.Y. [vertical] C A 7585 (Northern News) 1907

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Rensselaer County Junior Museum C Connors 1960? [163 5th Avenue in winter] B "post card" Old House, 115th St. & 2nd. Ave., Lansingburgh, N.Y. B Christian Science Church, Troy, N.Y. C 209.313 (Valentine) United Shirt & Collar Co., Upper Troy, N.Y. C E84 (Northern News) United Shirt & Collar Co., Upper Troy, N.Y. C A 7587 (Northern News) United Shirt & Collar Co., Factory, Troy, N.Y. B Foy? Bolton Hall Roller Rick [exterior] B "post card" Bolton Hall Roller Rink [interior] B "post card" St. Augustine's Church, Lansingburgh, NY [vertical] B "post card" First Methodist Church [UMCL] Troy, N.Y.[vertical] B "post card" [Clarkson milk wagon in front of 824 River Street, winter] B "post card" 1791 1905 The Pride of the Bucket Brigade No. 1., Lansingburgh, N.Y., the oldest hand engine of its type in the United States. Still in commission and capable of throwing a stream 140 feet. Owned by the John S. Fake Hook and Ladder Company, Troy, N.Y. blue ink "private mailing card" 1905 Lansingburgh Gooseneck Engine C Avis 1977 [parade] ("Genuine photograph by Neher's Studio & Frame Co., 635 2nd Ave., Upper Troy, N.Y.") B Nehr Diamond Rock, Lansingburgh, N.Y. B "post card" 112th St. Bridge over the Hudson River between Cohoes and Troy, N.Y. C 107940 (Hughes) ca. 1930 112th Street Bridge Between Troy and Cohoes, N.Y. B Collotype 112th Street Bridge open for passing tug B 112th Street Bridge looking north B [ruins of 112th Street bridge after fire] B

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Hudson River looking North, showing Cohoes & Troy Bridge, Troy, N.Y. C 54557a (Shea) Troy-Cohoes Bridge, Troy, N.Y. B Santway Photo-Craft Second Avenue, Troy, N.Y. C 206.312 (Valentine) 1909 Bird's Eye View from Oakwood showing Rensselaer Park in foreground and Cohoes and Cohoes Falls in distance, Troy, N.Y. C 61949 Mohawk River opposite Upper Troy, N.Y. C 10262 (Bosselman) Mohawk River and the D. & H. R.R. Bridge, Cohoes, N.Y. [Lansingburgh in background] C 217671 (Bragdon) Powers Park, Troy, N.Y. C 213535 (Leighton/Valentine) Second Avenue from Second Street Looking South, North Troy, N.Y. C 54547a (Shea) 1910 Second Avenue and Hudson River, Upper End, Troy, N.Y. C U.S.Series 135/3 (Shea) Leonard Hospital, Upper Troy, N.Y. C A7576 (Northern News) First Methodist Church, Lansingburg, N.Y. B (Foy?) Trinity Church, Lansingburg, N.Y. B (Foy?) Scene on Deepkill Creek, Near Troy, NY C 61968 auto show at Bolton Hall, Feb. 1915 (folding card, with map and ad) C Second Avenue, North from 22nd Street, Troy, NY C Leighton & Valentine B. & M. Wreck, Lansingburgh Station, Oct. 4/06 B "Post Card" (shows girls) B. & M. Wreck, Lansingburgh Station, Oct. 4/06 B "post card" 1906 B & M Wreck at Lansingburgh #1 [1906] B H.A. Pieper B & M Wreck at Lansingburgh #2 [1906] B H.A. Pieper Wreck on B. & M. R.R., Lansingburgh, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1906 B Roman Catholic Parochial School, Upper Troy, N.Y. C Northern News #A 7601 Haskell School, Troy, NY C Northern News 19051 Milford Baxter in Troy Fire Dept. uniformB

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Powers School, Lansingburgh, N.Y. B Foy? Powers School, Upper Troy, N.Y. C Bosselman 10263 Trinity Episcopal Church, Upper Troy, N.Y. C Northern News #A 7589 Second Ave., Showing Masonic Temple and Post Office, North Troy, N.Y. C J. C. Ramroth Major League Baseball Monument [Knickerbacker Park] 1992 C Connors picnic group at Lansing's Grove B St. Mark's Methodist Church, Troy, N.Y. B Graycraft Card Co. Catholic Central High School C Connors Diamond Rock, Lansingburgh, N.Y. (ca. 1900) B Diamond Rock (ca. 1900) B Lansingburgh Railroad Station, showing a family posed in front (part cut away) B Bethesda Home (ca. 1920) C Olivet Church B Meneeley bell in 1st Presbyterian Church B Union Haymakers Baseball Club B ice jam in Hudson River near Campbell Island (labelled in pencil "No. Troy) B Dan-Jo-Marie's Restaurant (1) C Prestige Postcards Dan-Jo-Marie's Restaurant (2) C Prestige Postcards Hedding M.E. Church, Fifth Avenue looking n. towards 105th St. [not labeled] B St. Augustine's Academy, Troy, N.Y. C 61938 12th St. Park, Lansingburg, N.Y. B Foy Fifth Avenue, North, Troy, N.Y. [between 101st and 102nd Streets] C 209309 (Valentine) [Anderson's] "The Barn" [Speigletown] (advertising card, not for mailing) C 1960s? Lansingburgh Academy, Troy, N.Y. B Pease 1908 Cor. 17th Street and Second Avenue, Upper Troy, N.Y. C Bosselman 10265

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Lansingburgh High School [football team] at Hoosick Falls, Columbus Day, '11 B The Hudson River, Near Waterford, N.Y. C (Leighton/Valentine) 213149 Second Ave. Below 17th St., Upper Troy, N.Y. B Neher Jack Troy's Auto Body Works, Fifth Ave. and 109th St., (North) Troy, N.Y. C Curteich-Chicago OB - H1784 Powers Oil Cloth Factory Fire, Upper Troy, N.Y. B "made in Germany" J 13886

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MAP AND ATLAS COLLECTION Map of Lansingburgh, 1860 (John Bevan) Map of Lansingburgh, 1872 (John Bevan) Map of Troy and Vicinity, 1876 (Weise and Barden) Map of Oakwood Cemetery, 1850 (Sidney & Neff) Map of Oakwood Cemetery, 1850 (J.C. Sidney) [original manuscript copy from which the lithographed map above was produced; on permanent loan from the Troy Cemetery Association] Sanborn Insurance Atlas, 1904, with 1910 revisions, Troy, Lansingburgh, Watervliet and Green Island, 2 vols. Map of Cohoes, Waterford and Lansingburgh, 1894 (Sampson, Murdock & Co.) Map of Lansingburgh, 1971 (John G. Waite Jr.) [used in his book, The Architecture of Lansingburgh, N.Y.] Map Showing the Profile For a Sewer Through Fourth [l04th] Street. Lansingburgh, N.Y., 1898 Contour Map of a Portion of the First and Fourth Wards of the Village of Lansingburgh, 1898 Map of the Confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, showing the Villages and Islands, 1843 (Luther Bliss) [printed in Lansingburgh] Atlas of the Hudson River Valley from New York [to Lansingburgh & Waterford], 1891 (Beers) [reprint edition] Atlas of Rensselaer County, 1876 (Beers) [reprint edition] Map of Stone Arabia Patent, 1817 (Mallory) [tracing of original in New York State Library] Plan of the Northern Part of Lansingburgh, 1846 (Luther Eddy) [photocopy of original in New York State Library] Map of Town Boundaries, 1807 [photocopy of original in New York State Archives] Map of New York State, Jan. 1, 1823 [used in Horatio Gates Spafford's Gazetteer of The State of New York (1824)] Morrison's North River Traveller's Companion, ca. 1832-3 [shows Hudson River from Sandy Hill to New York City] Map of a Tract of Land Under Water on the East Bank of Hudson's River at Lansingburgh, surveyed for Cornelius Lansing, April 13, 1803 (Simeon DeWitt) [photocopy of original at New York State Archives] Map of Settlements in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck in 1767 (Jno. R. Bleecker) [1876 reprint edition] Map of a Section of Vail Avenue and Lands of Alexander's, July 1863 (Luther Eddy) Plan of Lots Owned by Mrs. George Gould, "Baseball Ground," Dec. 22, 1882 (Luther Eddy) Map of Mr. George Vail's Lands, May 18th, 1842 (L.D. Eddy)

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Farm of Widow Anna Lansing, dcd. [ca. 1851] Map of the Lands of the Heirs of the Late Wd. Anna Lansing, Lansingburgh, for James B. Smith, Esq., April 1852 (Luther Eddy) Plan of Lots Belonging to the Rensselaer Land Company, by Hicks & Roemer, Engs., Feb. 1, 1906 Plan of Building Lots in Lansingburgh, Owned by Messrs. Kellogg, Cornell and Mealy, April 28, 1871 (Eddy & Greene) Map of the Village of Dort (Speigletown) Flores Bancker, 1796 [photocopy, original in New York State Library] North Troy 1947 15' USGS quadrangle topographic map

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LANSINGBURGH NEWSPAPERS The Golden Wreath: Nov. 1865; Dec. 1865; Jan. 1866; Feb. 1866; April 1866; July 1866 (Temperance newspaper) The Family Guide: Oct. 1866; Dec. 18, 1866; Dec. 25, 1866; Jan. 2, 1867; Jan. 11, 1867; Jan. 18, 1867; Jan. 25, 1867; Feb. 1, 1867;

Feb. 15, 1867; Feb. 23, 1867; July 1867; Aug. 1867; Sept. 1867 (a temperance newspaper, followed The Golden Wreath) (Feb. 1 as Weekly Chronicle; next 2 issues as Lansingburgh Chronicle)

The Weekly Watchman & Family Guide: March 10, 1870; March 18, 1870; March 25, 1870; April 15, 1870; April 22, 1870; May 2, 1870 (another temperance paper, follows The Family Guide) The Weekly Chronicle and Watchman: May 13, 1870; May 20, 1870; May 27, 1870; June 17, 1870; June 24, 1870; July 6, 1870; July

13, 1870; July 20, 1870; July 27, 1870; August 10, 1870; August 17, 1870; August 24, 1870 (successor to The Weekly Watchman)

Weekly Chronicle: Aug. 8, 1865; Nov. 14, 1865 The Enterprise: Nov. 29, 1873; Dec. 13, 1873; Dec. 20, 1873; Dec. 27, 1873; Jan. 3, 1874; Jan. 10, 1874; Jan. 17, 1874; Jan. 24, 1874;

Feb. 7, 1874; Feb. 14, 1874; Feb. 21, 1874; Feb. 28, 1874. Dec. 6, 1873 New Advertiser: April 13, 1861 Our Little Paper: Sept. 13, 1872; Sept. 20, 1872; Sept. 27, 1872; Oct. 4, 1872; Oct. 25, 1872; Nov. 1, 1872; Nov. 15, 1872; Nov. 22,

1872; Nov. 29, 1872; Dec. 6, 1872; Dec. 13, 1872; Dec. 27, 1872; Jan. 10, 1873; Feb. 14, 1873; Feb. 28, 1873; April 4, 1873; May 23, 1873; June 27, 1873; July 5, 1873; July 16, 1873; July 2, 1873; July 30, 1873; Aug. 6, 1873; Aug. 9, 1873; Aug. 20, 1873; Aug. 23, 1873; Sept. 3, 1873; Nov. 3, 1873

Lansingburgh Democrat: Feb. 10, 1859. May 9, 1850; Aug. 8, 1850; July 25, 1850; July 18, 1850, July 15, 1852 Lansingburgh Gazette: June 26, 1804; March 22, 1850; Sept. 2, 1856; Sept. 25, 1859; Jan. 31, 1861; Nov. 6, 1862; Dec. 3, 1863; Sept. 1, 1864; Jan. 4, 1866; Sept. 19, 1867; Jan. 11, 1872; Dec. 30, 1876 Northern Centinel and Lansingborough [sic] Advertiser, May 28, 1787 (also in facsimile) (This was the first newspaper published in Rensselaer County.)

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PANORAMIC VIEWS citations: John Reps, Views And Viewmakers Of Urban America (1984) Lansingburgh, N.Y. 1879 Published by Galt & Hoy, 111 Liberty St., N.Y. vignettes of J.J. Abbott, Carriage & Sleigh Manufr.; Sans Souci Boat Club; R.M. DeFreest, Cracker Manufacturer 24 keys [Reps 2582] Lansingburgh, N.Y. Second Ward, 15th to 18th Sts., First Ward, 9th to 15th Sts.[1891] Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured 1891/Burleigh Litho. Est., Troy, N.Y. 60 keys [2 copies, gifts of Merle B. Smith, 1983] [Reps 2583] Lansingburgh, N.Y. Third Ward, 18th Street north [1891] Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured 1891/Burleigh Litho. Est., Troy, N.Y. 16 keys [2 copies, gifts of Merle B. Smith, 1983] [Reps 2584] Lansingburgh, N.Y. Fourth Ward, lst Street to 9th Street [1891] Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured 1891/Burleigh Litho. Est., Troy, N.Y. 22 keys [gift of T.M. Guerin, 1972] [Reps 2585] Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1888 Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. copyright secured/The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. 75 keys vignette of Saratoga Race Track [gift of Merle B. Smith, 1983] [Reps 2881] Johnstown, N.Y. 1888 Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured/ Burleigh Lith., Troy, N.Y. 33 keys [Purchased 1983] [Reps 2575] Greenwich, N.Y. [1884-1886] L.R. Burleigh/Published & Drawn by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Beck & Pauli, Litho., Milwaukee, Wis. 26 keys [Purchased 1983] [not in Reps] Ticonderoga, N.Y. [1884] L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Published & Drawn by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./ Copyright 1884 by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Beck & Pauli, Litho.Milwaukee, Wis. 35 keys vignettes of Fort Ticonderoga ruins & Mount Hope Cemetery [purchased 1983] [Reps 2913] Ticonderoga, N.Y. [1891] Published by R.M. Adkins, Ticonderoga, N.Y. 1891/copyright secured/Burleigh Lithographing Establishment, Troy, N.Y. 34 keys vignette of Fort Ticonderoga ruins [purchased 1983] [Reps 2914] Schuylerville, N.Y. [1889] Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1889/copyright secured/ The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. keys 1-22; A-I [Purchased 1983] [Reps 2889] Cambridge, N.Y. 1886

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Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured/The Burleigh Lith. Establishment, Troy, N.Y. 15 keys vignette of Cambridge Tannery [purchased 1983] [Reps 2468] Altamont, N.Y. [1889] Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, 1889/copyright secured 16 keys [gift of Merle B. Smith, 1983] [Reps 2430] Mechanicville, N.Y. [1884-5] Published & Drawn by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./ Beck & Pauli, Litho. Milwaukee, Wis. 29 keys [gift of Merle B. Smith. 1983] [Reps 2602] Hagamans Mills, N.Y. [1890] Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1890 11 keys [gift of William B. Burleigh] [Reps 2552] Stottville, N.Y. [1889] Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1889/The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. 12 keys [gift of William B. Burleigh] [Reps 2906] Hoosick Falls, N.Y. [1889] Copyright secured/Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y.. 1889/ The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. 50 keys [acquired 1983 by exchange with Library of Congress] [Reps 2560] Schagticoke, N.Y. [1889] [no other information on view, date obtained from copyright deposit stamp] 14 keys [acquired 1983 by exchange with Library of Congress] [Reps 2884] Granville, N.Y. [1886] Copyright 1886 by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Beck & Pauli, Litho., Milwaukee, Wis. 16 keys [acquired 1983 by trade with Library of Congress] [Reps 2548] Stamford, N.Y. [1890] Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1890/Burleigh Lithographing Establishment, Troy, N.Y. 27 keys [gift of William B. Burleigh] [Reps 2902] Dolgeville, N.Y. [1890] Burleigh Litho. Establishment, Troy, N.Y./Published by Alfred Dolge, Dolgeville, N.Y., 1890 2 keys vignette of Dolgeville High Falls [gift of William B. Burleigh] [Reps 2501] Corinth, N.Y. & Palmer Falls [1888] Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright secured 1888/ The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. 13 keys [purchased 1983] [Reps 2492] St. Johnsville, N.Y. Published & Copyrighted by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Burleigh Lithographing Establishment, Troy, N.Y. 33 keys

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[gift of William B. Burleigh] [Reps 2887] Stillwater, N.Y. Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1889/The Burleigh Litho. Est., Troy, N.Y./ copyright secured 27 keys [1986 purchase] [Reps 2905] FACSIMILES Coeymans, N.Y. & Coeymans Junction [1889] L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y., 1889 30 keys [reproduced by former Coeymans Historical Society] [not in Reps] Valley Falls, N.Y. 1887 Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh. Troy. N.Y./copyright secured/Burleigh Lithographing Establishment, Troy, N.Y. 11 keys [an early 20th century reduced facsimile] [Reps 2930] View of Castleton. N.Y. 1884 L.R. Burleigh, del./Published & Drawn by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Beck & Pauli, Litho., Milwaukee, Wis. 20 keys [reproduced in 1977 by the Castleton-On-Hudson Sesquicentennial Celebration] [not in Reps] Glens Falls, N.Y. [1884] Published & Drawn by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./copyright 1884 by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y./Beck & Pauli Litho., Milwaukee, Wis. 39 keys [reproduced by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association] [Reps 2540] Victory Mills, N.Y. Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 8 keys [reproduced by Black Shutters Antiques, Victory Mills, in 1974 in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies] [not in Reps]

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PHOTOGRAPHS-SCHOOL RELATED Lansingburgh Academy, class posed in front (Towne & Elwell) Dec. 1887 Mrs. Pierce's School, 3rd Avenue south of 116th St. 1885 Powers School, class of 1891 (list on back) 1891 group of teachers ca. 1910 Lansingburgh High School, graduating class 1912 Lansingburgh Academy 1909 Powers School, class of 1890 1890 early school class group (copy) Haskell School, Grade 3-B (list on back) Oct. 31, 1916 Lansingburgh High School, football team, 1907 (Lloyd)(list on back) 1907 Lansingburgh High School, basketball team, 1908-9(Boice)(list on back) 1909 Lansingburgh High School, football team, 1908 (Boice)(list on back) 1908 club at Lansingburgh High School (?) (identified) Haskell School, Grade 5-B. (list on back) Oct. 31, 1916 Haskell School, class (list on back) Haskell School, class (list on back) Haskell School, Grade 4 (list on back) Oct. 29, 1915 Haskell School, Grade 2-B (list on back) Oct. 29, 1915 Speigletown School class, posted in front of schoolhouse ca. 1897 Lansingburgh Academy ca. 1906 Speigletown School House ca. 1914 Lansingburgh Academy, class posed in front May 6, 1894 4th grade (an elementary school) (Foy) early 1900's elementary school group (Foy) early 1900's group of teachers (Foy) early 1900's

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Lansingburgh Academy, class group, posed outside 1890's children on stage, theatrical event (Foy) early 1900's choral group (Foy) early 1900's St. Augustine's School, Dramatic Society (Foy) early 1900's elementary school group 1890's elementary school group May 1893 Powers School, grade 2 (list on back) Oct. 29, 1915 Powers School class reunion Sept. 30, 1912 Lansingburgh High School, football team, 1911 (Boice) 1911 Leonard School, first grade Oct. 28, 1915 Powers School, Grade 5-A (some identified) Oct. 29, 1915 Powers School, Grade 2-B (some identified) Sept. 1, 1911 Powers School, Grade 6-A (some identified) Oct. 29, 1915 Powers School, Grade 4 (some identified) Oct. 29, 1915 Whipple School, Grade l-A Oct. 28, 1915 Powers School, Grade 2 Oct. 29, 1915 elementary school group, on stage [oversize] early 1900's Lansingburgh High School class of 1926 [oversize] 1926 Lansingburgh High School class of 1934 [oversize] 1926 Lansingburgh High School, baseball team (identified) [oversize] early 1900's elementary school group [oversize] early 1900's Lansingburgh High School, graduating class (Lloyd) [oversize] Lansingburgh Academy school group, posed outside 1890's elementary school group (Foy) early 1900's Knickerbacker Junior High School Library, 3 views [supplied by Gaylord Bros., Syracuse, who had furnished the Library] 1930's

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boys at Lans. Academy (high school photo?) ca. 1900 Powers School group ca. 1916 2nd grade class, Whipple School June 6, 1905 Lansingburgh High School, football team 1910 Lansingburgh High School, basketball team 1909-10 photograph, Class at Grant's Hollow School, Abby Sherman, teacher n.d. photograph, graduating class, Haskell School 1904 Lansingburgh High School, football team 1936 Powers School1915 Powers Schooln.d. Lansingburgh High School1930 Whipple School class photo 1915 Whipple School class photo 1916 Lansingburgh High School class, on trip to Mount Vernon April 10, 1928 Lansingburgh High School, Science Club [persons identified] oversize photo of Lansingburgh High School graduating Class by Lloyd 1921 oversize photo of Lansingburgh High School graduating Class 1938 photo and floor plans of Haskell School 1896 KJHS graduating class (by Lloyd) 1950 kindergarden class at Whipple School 1912 5th grade class at Whipple School Sept. 1916 2 class photos, at north side entrance of Haskell School ca. 1890-1900

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PHOTOGRAPHS: TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE, BUSINESS & INDUSTRY, FIRE FIGHTING old 112th Street Bridge ca. 1890 old car barns, Troy & Lansingburgh R.R. (2nd Avenue, 102nd Street) (cyanotype by James Irving) ca. 1875 piece of machinery & box (local invention?) (Sterry & McDonald) ca. 1890 piece of machinery on legs (local invention?) (Meinerth) ca. 1895 Meeker & Spotten coal yards ca. 1880 old pump station in River at end of 123rd St. ca. 1900 ladder truck in front of Fire Headquarters (Foy) ca. 1905 Twining Fire House (interior) showing Button steam engine (DeFreest) ca. 1910 Childs Fire House (interior) showing engines (DeFreest) ca. 1910 apparatus in front of Fire Headquarters ca. 1890 Hose Cart, Mason Hose Co., in front of Fire Headquarters (Foy) ca. 1905 O.E. Bosca store, 5th Avenue & 121st St. ca. 1900 United Shirt & Collar Co., interior view ca. 1900 Child's Co. No 12, posed in front of Fire House ca. 1910 Child's Co., No 12, posed in front of Fire House ca. 1910 fire, Fox Cracker Factory (taken from 116th St.) 1910 fire, Fox Cracker Factory (taken from 2nd Avenue) 1910 1791 fire pumper with Joseph Bolton, at Bolton Brewery 1930's 112th St. bridge (W. Broderick) 1960's wagon used to sprinkle dirt streets ca. 1910 Troy Carriage Works, employees posed in front (Northern Survey) ca. 1895 "boat wagon," manufactured by Troy Carriage Works ca. 1910 B. & M. R.R., accident with car south of Oakwood Cem. bridge ca. 1940 1791 fire pumper, with Joseph Bolton 1930's

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Waterford bridge, ruins after fire 1909 Waterford bridge, interior ca. 1900 J.S. Fake drill team (2 photos mounted back to back) 1890's telephone exchange (interior) ca. 1920? People's Bank ca. 1900 Fake Hook & Ladder Co., posed in front of Fire Headquarters (Foy) ca. 1905 Monarch Brush Factory, interior ca. 1890 Miter Store, 477 2nd Avenue (I.W. Bra---ow) 1890's old 112th St. Bridge (Kellogg) 1888 Candy wagon, Thos. Mills, Confectioner, in 118th St. (Foy) ca. 1905 letter of commendation written to Fake Hook & Ladder Co., 1891 (copy) (Allis) 1891 Twining steamer racing to fire, down 2nd Avenue June 24, 1907 S. Bolton Sons, exhibit, at Bolton Hall Feb. 1905 Park House Hotel, 112th St. & 5th Avenue 1870's carriage, made by Troy Carriage Works ca. 1905 carriage (top down), made by Troy Carriage Works ca. 1905 United Shirt & Collar Co., interior (Commercial Photo) April 11, 1904 United Shirt & Collar Co., interior (Commercial Photo) ca. 1904 Fire Co. No. 10, posed at a parade in Buffalo (Winckler) ca. 1905 Fake Hook & Ladder Co., at parade, 2nd Street, Troy ca. 1910 Clifford C. Flack in fire uniform ca. 1910 H.A. Foy's Candy Kitchen (Our Own Photo View Co.) ca. 1895 Twining Steamer, Officers [oversize] 1912 Chamberlain Coach Factory (Irving) [oversize] 1870's Troy & Lansingburgh R.R. Horse Car Barns (Irving) [oversize] ca. 1868

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Mason Hose and Fake Hook & Ladder teams, Lansingburgh Fire Headquarters (Foy) [oversize] early 1900's Officers of United Shirt & Collar Co. [oversize, framed] early 1900's United Shirt & Collar Co., (interior) collar ironing dept., 5th floor before 1918 Aetna Hosiery Mill, W.A. Harder, Prop'r. 1890's "B. & M. Eng. 1060 wreck Oct. 4,'06" [wrecked locomotive] Oct. 4, 1906 Bolton Hall fire (from Edward Webster's album) Feb. 17, 1924 2 trucks at Fisher coal yard, head of 114th St. 1930's plumbing shop & grocery on s. side of 112th St., between 4th & 5th Avenues ca. 1900 Smith store, nw corner 5th Avenue & 112th Street ca. 1900 "Cemetery Br.,Troy, N.Y. over B & M R.R., 1885" ca. 1940 photo of post card of east end of Union Bridge ca. 1890-1900

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PHOTOGRAPHS: SCENES, HOMES AND VIEWS "Oakwood Cemetery" (stereo card by James Irving) ca. 1870-1880 Oakwood Cemetery, l0lst St. gate ca. 1900 Oakwood Cemetery, Ross monument ca. 1900 Old Dutch house, 115th St. & 2nd Avenue, rear in winter ca. 1900 Barnett house, 120th St. & 3rd Avenue 1880's Flood of 1913, 3rd Avenue looking south toward 118th St. 1913 Second Avenue, looking north toward 117th St., winter ca. 1900 Second Avenue, looking south toward 116th St. winter ca. 1900 Flood of 1913, Second Avenue looking north toward 115th St. 1913 Flood of 1913, Second Avenue looking south toward 116th St. 1913 Lansing farm, Pleasantdale ca. 1870 Flood of 1913, upper Second Avenue 1913 Peebles house, 114th St. & 3rd Avenue ca. 1900 Filley house, 113th St. & Second Avenue ca. 1865 Flood of 1913, Second Avenue looking south, near 124th St. 1913 Flood of 1913, upper Second Avenue 1913 Flood of 1913, upper Second Avenue 1913 Upper Second Avenue 1913 "Upper Hudson at Dawn" [above Lansing's Ferry] cyanotype 1890's "Upper Hudson" [bend near Campbell's Island] cyanotype 1890's "One Sunday in Spring, Koolkill Camp at Left" cyanotype 1890's "Koolkill Camp" "1778-1846" ?? cyanotype 1890's "Riverside Club" cyanotype 1890's Flood of 1913, west side of 2nd Avenue, north of 123rd St. 1913

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Leonard Hospital (6th Ave. side, winter) 1890's Flood of 1913, looking south, west side 2nd Ave., south of 123rd St. 1913 Flood of 1913, upper Second Avenue 1913 Flood of 1913, 114th St. looking west toward 2nd Avenue 1913 Flood of 1913, debris left near River bank in backyard 1913 Munn house, 2nd Avenue north of 102nd St., ca. 1879 United Methodist Church, interior (Foy) ca. 1905 First Presbyterian Church, interior 1892 First Presbyterian Church, Sunday School, interior (Schroder) ca. 1900 View, from Oakwood Cemetery, looking over Rensselaer Park, toward Cohoes ca. 1910 First Presbyterian Church, original building (copy of old sketch) (Shroder) "Warren Chapel, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y." # 101 of "Troy, N.Y. & Vicinity" (Union View Co., Publishers, Rochester) stereo view 1880's?? Old Dutch house, owned by Flacks, 580 First Avenue 1880's 703 & 705 Second Avenue 1890's First Presbyterian Church, interior (Schroder) ca. 1900 Oakwood Cemetery, iron bridge over Lake 1886 Oakwood Cemetery, waterfalls near Crematorium (Stillman) late 1880's "Oakwood" [Cemetery], Yourt monument (Stillman) ca. 1890 [photo "Feeding Time" in a local barnyard mounted on back] Oakwood Cemetery, Crematory and small lake ca. 1895 Lansing homestead (Allis) 1890's United Methodist Church (winter) (Foy) ca. 1905 "Diamond Rock, Lansingburgh, N.Y." (Foy) ca. 1900 United Methodist Church, before 1903 entrance added (Foy) ca. 1900 "View of Second Ave. (Lansingburgh)" looking north toward 116th St. ca. 1900 Brunswick Hotel, 2nd Avenue south of 115th St. ca. 1890

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Blizzard of 1888, 116th St. & First Avenue, "Mr. Parks house" March 14, 1888 Blizzard of 1888, Second Avenue near 116th St. March 14, 1888 Blizzard of 1888, looking south on 2nd Avenue from 118th St. March 12, 1888 [2 versions, one has snowflakes added in darkroom] Oakwood Cemetery, greenhouse, interior ca. 1890 Rensselaer Park, men watching race 1890's Mealy Market wagon in front of Presbyterian Chapel, 105th & 4th Ave. 1880-1890 The Abbey (stereo card) ca. 1870 waterfall, 2 woman with feet in water (Foy) ca. 1910 waterfall, children playing near (Foy) ca. 1910 waterfall, 6 childen playing in front (Foy) ca. 1910 Powers Park, (Foy) ca. 1910 Powers Park, looking west, with trolley & 2 houses (Foy) ca. 1910 Flood of 1913, 122nd St., looking west toward 2nd Avenue 1913 house in country (where?) (Foy) ca. 1900 Red Rock (Foy) ca. 1910 Diamond Rock (Foy) ca. 1910 Oakwood Cemetery, l0lst St. entrance (man in sulky) (Foy) ca. 1905 First Presbyterian Church, interior (Allis) ca. 1892 Flood of 1913 (where?) March 28, 1913 Flood of 1913, 3rd Avenue looking south at 118th St. 1913 Flood of 1913, 112nd St. looking west toward 2nd Avenue 1913 Flood of 1913, 2nd Avenue looking north from 118th St. 1913 802 4th Avenue, O'Neil house May 27, 1886 Oakwood Cemetery, Millis monument (Knowlson) ca. 1900 Foy house, interior (Foy) ca. 1900

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The Abbey (Cornelius Lansing home) ca. 1865 St. Augustine's Church, interior 1930's St. Augustine's Church, exterior 1930's Millis Memorial Baptist Church, interior 1930's Millis Memorial Baptist Church, interior 1930's St. Mark's [United Methodist] Church, interior 1930's Chester Arthur home, 626 First Avenue 1920's Abraham J. Lansing memorial album, contains 8 original photos [2 views of river, Lansing memorial window lst Pres. Church, original building of First Pres. Church, Lansing Home, Lansing Coat of Arms, present building lst Pres. Church] Rensselaer Park, view of grandstand during race 1890's 112th St., bridge, ruins after fire [2 views] 1924 618 4th AvenueMarch 18, 1896 Peebles house, 114th St. & 3rd Avenue 1890's Second Avenue, looking south below 114th. St., winter ca. 1900 Oakwood Cemetery, 2 swans in creek between lakes ca. 1905 Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood Avenue gatehouse (Knowlson) ca. 1900 Second Avenue, 2 men at milk wagon, north of 116th St. (Foy) ca. 1910 Peebles house, 114th St. & 3rd Avenue 1880's Cool Kill 1890's Bates (Parks) house, 116th St. & First Avenue (Foy) ca. 1900 Seelye house, 116th St. & 3rd Avenue (Foy) ca. 1900 Westminster Presbyterian Church, exterior (wooden building) ca. 1880 Westminster Presbyterian Church, interior (wooden building) ca. 1880 Westminster Presbyterian Church, interior of Sunday School room ca. 1880 Leonard Hospital (front) (Foy) ca. 1905

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Leonard Hospital, east side (Foy) ca. 1905 Hudson River, looking south toward Lansing's Ferry, winter 1890's Second Avenue, looking north toward 117th St. (Foy) ca. 1905 Mills Candy Store, 2nd Avenue & 118th St. ca. 1900 Flood of 1913, Third Avenue north of 116th St. 1913 Flood of 1913, 119th St. & 2nd Avenue 1913 Flood of 1913, people in rowboat in alley 1913 Flood of 1913, 3rd Avenue looking south, toward 117th St. 1913 Flood of 1936, First Avenue 1936 Flood of 1936, end of 122nd St. 1936 Lansing farm, Pleasantdale (winter) (also 3 snapshots) 1930's? Corner of 3rd Avenue & 115th St., looking south ca. 1910 Interior and exterior (back to back) Earl Crematorium, Oakwood Cem. ca. 1910 2 photos of flood in 1930's at Lansingburgh Waterford Bridge (L. Reynolds) 1936? 4 photos of Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel & Cremtorium 1890's photo of group posed in front of church at 4th Avenue & 105th Street photo of old house at 582 First Avenue ca. 1890 photo of house at 549 and 551 Sixth Avenue stamped "F. Benjamin / Lansingburgh" 2 ca. 1902 rotogravure photos showing the Hudson River above and below the Union Bridge Sunday School class in front of the Olivet Presbyterian Church, 121st Street & 3rd Avenue (Towne & Elwell) ca. 1890? stereo view of docks at unknown watercourse. stamped on the back "Wm. H. Flanders, Lansingburgh, N.Y." 4 views of Curran-Barker house, 554 First Avenue

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PINE-KELLOGG PHOTOS: SCENES Kellogg tombstones, Oakwood Cemetery (cyanotype) 1875 man in canoe in Hudson River, looking toward Waterford bridge 1887 man in carriage on 2nd Avenue 1890's Hudson River north of Pleasantdale, winter 1890's Hudson River at Lansing's Ferry (Benedict) 1880's garage, The Abbey early 1900's man standing at bay window, the Abbey early 1900's man in sleigh at the Abbey, winter early 1900's in yard of Abbey, shows dog & windmill ca. 1910 old car in front of Public Bath ca. 1920 back yard of the Abbey ca. 1910 interior, 450 2nd Avenue 1890's The Abbey (exterior) 1910 851 2nd Avenue (interior) 1890's interior (851 2nd Avenue or the Abbey) 1890's Teddy Kellogg's monument, Oakwood Cemetery (Knowlson) The Abbey, exterior view (Boice) ca. 1915 old cars in front of the Abbey ca. 1915 J.K.P. Pine in sleigh on Hudson at Lansing's Ferry (Benedict) 1880's backyard of the Abbey, shows woman, dog & windmill ca. 1905 Union Bridge from near the Abbey 1890's exhibit of work of Troy Arts Guild ca. 1900 Pine Stock Farm, winter 1890's Kellogg Memorial Window, First Presbyterian Church

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boy & horse in front of the Abbey ca. 1885 Christmas, the Abbey, interior ca. 1890 backyard, the Abbey ca. 1900 Hudson River above Lansingburgh 1890's First Presbyterian Church, altar at Christmas 1899 Union Bridge from near the Abbey [vertical] ca. 1890 horses "Bess" & "Ben" at stock farm early 1900's wood carving done by Troy Arts Guild ca. 1900 the Abbey, showing old car ca. 1910 bouquet of flowers ca. 1900 art work done by Troy Arts Guild ca. 1900 interior, 450 2nd Avenue, bedroom 1889 interior 450 2nd Avenue, bedroom 1889 small private steamboat on Hudson (2) ca. 1900 people & old car in front of Abbey ca. 1910 Ed Sherman & old Wayne car at Abbey ca. 1907 children in front of Abbey ca. 1910 back yard of the Abbey ca. 1910 northwest bedroom at 853 2nd Avenue ca. 1910 art work of Troy Arts Guild ca. 1900 interior, the Abbey April 1899 851 2nd Avenue 1911 The Abbey 1915 The Abbey 1915 The Abbey (interior) decorated at Easter (2 views) ca. 1900 interior, the Abbey ca. 1900

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450 2nd Avenue, before renovation of 1890's ca. 1888 450 2nd Avenue, after restoration of 1890's ca. 1895 Pine stock farm, Pleasantdale [oversized] 1880's PINE-KELLOGG PORTRAITS & GROUPS 114 photos, not listed individually (including 3 oversized)

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PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE--GROUP PORTRAITS family group posed in country (Foy) early 1900's Police posed in front of 4th Precinct Station (Foy) ca. 1905 family group at outing, resting in field (Foy) early 1900's 6 men in Flack family early 1900's fraternal group, seated at table early 1900's family reunion Sept. 30, 1912 group at outing, rear of Rensselaer Park early 1900's group at outing after playing baseball early 1900's group of men in front of porch of hotel early 1900's group dressed in Revolutionary era costumes (Allis) 1880's 4 women, Newcomb & Flack families (Van Arnum) early 1900's William "Clipper" Flynn & 2 children 1890's? 3 firemen & 3 children (Pease) early 1900's 5 members of Van Schoonhoven family 1890's 3 women at tea 1890's 4 women sewing 1890's 8 women & 1 child, interior view early 1900's people working in garden early 1900's family in front of piano early 1900's 5 people at front door of Van Schoonhoven house 1890's large family group (Lloyd) 1920's? choir, Trinity Episcopal Church 1910's group of 9 people, posed (Towne) 1890's 9 people at porch of camp early 1900's

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5 children in Indian costumes early 1900's 11 women & girls, posed (Foy) early 1900's Albert & Lucy Powers (Lloyd) Oct. 2, 1907 group posed at rear of Rensselaer Park (Foy) early 1900's 6 people resting at Red Rock (Foy) early 1900's Hedding Methodist Sunday School (interior) Jan. 3, 1914 7 children (Foy) early 1900's picnic near Diamond Rock (Foy) early 1900's picnic near Diamond Rock (Foy) early 1900's group of men in front of porch early 1900's large group in woods, posed, Rensselaer Park 1890's clam steam at Rensselaer Park (Foy) [oversized] early 1900's Elk's Clam Bake, Young's Grove [oversized] August 8, 1894 Apollo Lodge choir (some identified) [oversized] 1928 fraternal group [oversized] Guy Bros. Minstrels [oversized] April 1905 employees of Lansingburgh Telephone Company standing outside building ca. 1915 Baptist Church Sunday School Picnic (attendees listed on back) 1897 Plesantdale Welfare Association at Lansing's Grove [by Decker, Cohoes] 1917 The “Bearcat” Club, Troy, NY, Annual Outing at Budd Sharpe’s Grove, Aug. 18, 1929 1929 [Samuel J. Shepherd, photographer]

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PORTRAITS: DAGUERREOTYPES, AMBROTYPES, TINTYPES (in cases) Anthony A. Peebles [2 different Daguerreotypes] Charles Bennett [an ambrotype and a tintype] Warren T. Kellogg [2 different ambrotypes] Mary Alice (Eddy) Kellogg [an ambrotype and a Dag.] tintype of Ellen Sherman & Lottie Smith, Lansingburgh Academy, 1893 or 1894 Marcella Normand as a young woman (1940s?) unidentified conductor on the T & L Horse Railroad by Wm. Decker studio, 614 2nd Avenue SCOTT FAMILY COLLECTION: George Scott Sr. & George A. Scott [Dag.] Abigail (Morrison) Scott & Adelaide Victoria Scott [Dag.] George A. Scott [3 separate ambros.] Adelaide V. Scott [1 Dag. & 1 ambro.] Ruth (Gleason) Scott (wife of Geo. Sr.) [1 Dag. & 1 ambro.] Margaret (Scott) wife of Geo. Gage [ambro.] William Scott (young son of Geo. Sr.) [Dag.] a daughter of Geo. & Margaret Gage [ambro.] a brother of George Scott Sr. (???) [Dag.] a sister of Geo. Gage [tintype] George Gage [ambro.]

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WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, lantern slide collection 65 views (exteriors, interiors, groups, events, individuals, etc.) taken (or recopied) by W.D. Bunny of Troy, ca. 1920? in wooden case as originally owned by Church [not individually listed]

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PHOTOGRAPHS: INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS 24 individual members of the Fake Hook & Ladder Co. (Allis) 1890's nurse at telephone desk, Leonard Hospital C.T.R. Smith, Principal of Lansingburgh Academy [oversized, framed] J.K.P. Pine [oversized, framed] Ethelwyn Mambert Hanley [oversized, framed, hand-colored] Civil War era photo & autograph album of L.D. Dargen 47 unidentified photos 15 photos of members of the Barker, Curran, and Twing families photos of the following individuals: Jane Allyn Tracy James Hohn Bess McMurray Joseph King Robert King [as a boy] Allen V.S. Peebles Lorenzo Strecker Jennie Campbell Strecker Warren Strecker Foy sisters Jacob Lansing Irene Barker Anna Haskell Charlie Peebles Newcomb sisters

Jessie Van Buskirk Joseph Hannah Beatrice House Clyde & Vernon Stanley Clara Barker Lansing Millis Abraham Lansing Mrs. Jacob Lansing Rev. Beverige Alida Lansing Clarkson Eliza Lansing John Sliter Eglantine Sliter Sarah Eliza Judson Helen Bucklin Judson Rev. Charles Townsend (2)

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BROADSIDES "Before You Vote, Look at This!" Nov. 1, 1852, concerns proposed construction of road from "Millis's to Troy" [Oakwood Avenue] Corrected Register of Electors for 1866, Election District No. 1, Town of Lansingburgh Preliminary Register of Electors for the Year 1861, Election District No. 1, Town of Lansingburgh Preliminary Register of Electors for the Year 1861, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Register of Electors . . . Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh, Oct. 18, 1859 Corrected Register of Electors for 1864, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Preliminary Register of Electors for the Year 1864, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Register of Electors for the Year 1860, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Corrected Register of Electors for 1866, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Register of Electors for the Year 1861, Election District No. 2, Town of Lansingburgh Register of Electors for the Year 1859, Election District No. 1, Town of Lansingburgh List of names of person enrolled in the Town of Lansingburgh, Nov. 20, 1863 Report of the Financial Affairs of the Village of Lansingburgh for the Year 1860-1 Report of the Financial Affairs of the Village of Lansingburgh for the Year 1863-4 comic poem, "Speigletown Business Directory" poem, "Died in Lansingburgh, Jan. 15, 1868, Little Joseph Dougrey, aged 2 years and 16 days" notice, Arnold & Rowe Scale Works reopened as Rensselaer Manufacturing Company, May 4, 1885 Lansingburgh Academy, Winter term, Nov. 18, 1872 notice of assessment of policy holders, Rensselaer County Mutual Insurance Company, Oct. 9, 1851 "Attention Tax Payers, Turn Out and Vote Down the Sewer!" March 27, 1868 advertisement, Oil Painting done by Louis Ransom, 293 State Street, March 23, 1863 advertisement, Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company, for sale by David Judson Coal Co., agents for all New England Rail Deliveries, ca. 1900 "Song of the Class of '94," Lansingburgh Academy, by Ada L. Cooper Constitution and By-Laws of the First Ward Social Club, organized Jan. 8, 1865

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"The Improved Common Sense Washer," D.W. Fox, General Agent, 1874 "To the Trade . . ." Rensselaer Manufacturing Co., business sold to Jones of Binghamton, 1891 Rules of the Bethesda Home, early 1900's "Sale of Real Estate," Ira Frazier offers two houses and lots for sale on Congress Street, March 9, 1864 "Rev. E. Leahy, DD, Will Appear in Monastic Dress and Deliver his Lecture . . . on Popish Nunneries and Auricular Confession" at Clinton Hall, Dec. 17, 185_ "Algie Meadows Famous Minstrels," Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapel, March 22-23, 1916 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Democrat, January 1, 1861 Carrier's New Year Address to the Patrons of the Lansingburgh Gazette, 1860 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Lansingburgh Gazette, Jan. 1, 1828 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Lansingburgh Gazette, Jan. 1, 1850 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the , Lansingburgh Gazette, Jan. 1, 1869 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Lansingburgh Gazette, Jan. 1, 1868 Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Lansingburgh Gazette, Jan. 1, 1866 price list, Joseph Fox's "Mammoth Steam Cracker Manufactory," 1860's price list, "S & S Cash Market," 636 Second Avenue (1930's?) circular, "To the Voters of the 18th Congressional District," by candidate N.B. Powers, Oct. 25, 1886 broadside and accompanying ticket, "The Bohemian Girl" and "The Mascot" at Rensselaer Park Theatre, week of June 20th, 1910 advertisement, Hudson Vale Female Institute, July 1850 invitation to "First Annual Ball of Lansingburgh Brass Band," Van Rensselaer House, Cohoes, Feb. 6, 1849 political notice, G.W. Cornell, candidate for Sheriff, Oct. 7, 1864 official notice, Francis Rising, own Clerk, asks Civil War Veterans for information on their military service as required by State of New York, Nov. 24, 1865 advertisement, "Lansingburgh Athenaeum," conducted by Prof. R. Spencer, late principal of the Lansingburgh Academy, 1854 prospectus for the "Maine Law Songster" to be published by Thos. Mitchell & C. Richards, Oct. 24, 1853 notice, Troy Fire Alarms, Lansingburgh District, ca. 1905

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"Important Decision" of the State Superintendent for Public Instruction, Oct. 2, 1855, regarding improper actions of the Trustess of School District No. 1 "The Public School," Oct. 4, 1855, B.G. Hathaway's appeal to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, regarding improper actions of the Trustees of School District No. 1 "To the Electors of the Town of Lansingburgh," from A. Whipple, candidate for Justice of the Peace, March 31, 1851 poem, "On the Death of Mrs. Nancy Jones," by Clementina Jones, May 2, 1878 "Club House Rules," Troy Yacht Club, (no date) statement of resources and liabilities, Farmers' Bank of Lansingburgh, Dec. 15, 1855 program, Dania Hall, June 11, 1919 "Lancasterian School," operated by William Powers, Nov. 26, 1818 (facsimile of original owned by the Rensselaer County Historical Society) "Order of Business," Board of Village Trustees, 1896-7 Farmers' Bank of Lansingburgh, minutes of Directors' meeting, May 8, 1867 Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co., "Rubber Faced Slide Gate Fire Hydrant," color lithographed poster by L.R. Burleigh, nd. "Team Work," lithographed World War I poster by L.R. Burleigh City of Troy, Department of Public Safety, "Alarm Responses, Engine Company No. 12" "Rally For Cash!--Great Meeting at Lansingburgh Tonight!!!" at Morris Hall, Luke Read's Hotel, Saturday April 23 [1863] about "abolishing the present system of store-pay" used by brush manufacturers advertisement, "Prices of Brushes Manufactured by E. & C. Wood, Factory at Lansingburgh, NY" (nd.) notice, Troy Air Wardens, 16th District (World War II) "To the Tax Payers . . ." about tax increase [damaged and partly missing] "Rules & Regulations for the Government of Public School No. 1, Town of Lansingburgh," passed Oct. 9, 1847 "Important Sale of Lots and Lands, Desirable Building Lots . . ." [Cornelius Lansing's estate] at Public Auction, on May 15, 1858 at the Phoenix Hotel circular, "Young Ladies School," State Street, operated by Miss Slater, 1859 "Flag Raising" by the Ladies Military Aid Society, May 7, 1861 "Notice" of debts contracted by School District #1 and taxable to voters, June 27, 1848 "Assignee's Sale of Dry Goods at Auction!" May 26, 1862, the entire stock of J.H. Parker & Co., Ackley & Co., Auctioneers "Executor's Sale of a Printing Establishment" of William J. Lamb, deceased, editor of the Lansingburgh Democrat, at public auction,

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Feb. 12, 1862 "Strayed or Stolen" a dark red milch cow, reward of Five Dollars, offered by James Graham, Dec. 8, 1860 "To the Inhabitants of School District No. 1," May 1, 1861, by A.E. Powers, details his debate with James Comstock over consolidation of School Districts 1 and 2 "Look at This!" cheap pictures made a Comstock's Gallery, May 15, 1871 "To the Electors of the Village of Lansingburgh," from A. Whipple, candidate for Police Justice, April 20, 1866 "Lansingburgh Photograph and Ambrotype Gallery" operated by George S. Fox [nd.] "Electropathic Infirmary" operated by Mrs. Doctress Nolan, 1858 advertisement for "Mrs. Nolan's Tonic," for sale by Chas. Rogers, wholesale agent, 1860 "The Train is Going to Camp Comfort" Westminster Presbyterian Church Sunday School excursion on June 11, 1889 [comic] "Rally for Hoffman & Pruyn," Oct. 23, 18[50's], for purposes of organizing a Democratic Club "Song of the Haymakers" by Nat Wood, 1866-1867 "Mass Meeting" of the Germans of Lansingburgh at the house of John Zahn, Oct. 6, 1871, regarding the "punishment of the boy Schwartz at the Public School" "A Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert" to be given at Phoenix Hall by the Julien Musical Corps, Dec. 18, 1860 "Reduced prices of Coal at the People's Coal and Wood Yard," S. Osborn, May 27, 1864 "Military," notice of the formation of a military company, August 10, 1848 "Notice," a Democratic meeting of the electors of the Third Ward, July 24, 1868 "Democratic Meeting," the Democratic Electors of the Town of Lansingburgh, meet for the purposes of selecting delegates for the District Convention to be held at Hoosick Corners, Sept. 2, 1865 "Tax Payers," Remember that the Town Supervisor handles from $6000 to $8000 annually, vote for a responsible man, William Flack [nd.] "Sale of Village Lots" in Adamsville, at Tamany Hall, April 12, 1860, enquire of Henry Mercer "4th of July Fusilier celebration, 1850" (gives text of address) "Auction Sale of Government Property" may 10, 1866, consisting of the U.S. Army Hospital "Union Meeting," the Citizens of Lansingburgh shall meet at the Central House, "to take immediate measures to aid in sustaining our Government" [Civil War] "General Order 38 . . .I, the General Mogul and Grand High Cock-a-Lorem do declare Martial Law...." July 23, 1863 [comic]

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"Grand Wide Awake Torchlight Parade and Collation" Nov. 28, 1860 to celebrate victories of the Republican Party "Executor's Sale" of the property of William J. Lamb, deceased, to be held Jan. 22, 1861 at Joshua Burnham's store song, "The Eagle Boys and the Gallus 2" written Sept. 20, 1850 by Charley Wood [Fire Department] "Auction! Mrs. A.M. O'Brien Will Sell at Public Auction her Entire Stock of Dry Goods & Millinery Goods," Jan. 22, [18__], at 584 State Street "The Original Pontoons . . . Cross, Fay & McAllister's Minstrels" will appear at Washington Hall, Nov. 27, 1865 "Spring Kirmess" at Powers' Opera House for the benefit of Leonard Hospital, June 16-19, 1912 "Joseph Fox, Lansingburgh, N.Y. and his Excelsior Cracker Machine, patented February 1st, 1860" [illustration of Fox and the machine] "Miss [Sarah] Tracy's English & French School," corner of Market & Congress Streets, 1874 Schedule of trains between Troy & Lansingburgh, Nov. 15, 1872 "Cheap!! Cheaper!! Cheapest!! Boots & Shoes Almost Given Away" by John E. Hawkins, 262 State St., [June, 1866] "Lansingburgh Sabbath School Celebration," June 14, 1841 [text of 4 songs] "Sociable Sleigh Ride Party" from Lansingburgh to Mechanicville, Jan. 14, 1864 song, "A Song for the Lafayette Fire Company No. 3" [1851] "Meeting! The voters of Lansingburgh, friendly to regular nominations, and the election of Stephen A. Douglas as President" will meet at the Phoenix Hotel on August 1, 1860 "N.K.," "State Secrets" and "Dodging for a Wife" on stage at the Olympic Saloon, Feb. 26, 1855 "Lady of Lyons" and "Intrigue" on stage at the Olympic Saloon, Sat. April 23rd [nd., 1850's] "The Drunkard" and "Two Bonnycastles" on stage at the Olympic Saloon, Oct. 19, 1852 "Stranger" and "Idiot Witness" on stage at the Olympic Saloon, Oct. 26, 1852 "Rough Diamonds" and "Virginia Mummy" on stage at the Olympic Saloon, Oct. 30 [nd., 1850's] "Attend! To the Public!" from Edward Tracy, defending himself against charges that grain from his malt house poisoned cattle, Nov. 6, 1854 "Grand Regatta at Lansingburgh, N.Y.," Sept., 26, 1878 [illustration of sailing vessel] broadside poem, "Lines Composed on the Prevailing MALIGNANT CHOLERA, by Edward Baily, MD, August 1832 Annual Account & Oath of an Overseer of the Highways, District #3, Town of Lansingburgh, March 9, 1855 (Daniel Van Pelt)

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"Union Picket Song," Tune: "Joe Bowers," (1860's) written by Jamie Dennison advertisement, "Prices of Brushes Manufactured by E. & C. Wood, Factory at Lansingburgh, NY" (1861) Terms of Dodworth's Band, n.d. Commodore Inc. High Grade Cleaners and Launderers (n.d.) $25,000 bonds issued for new VIllage reservoir, Feb. 21, 1888

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SHEET MUSIC sheet music, "My Country's Flag," dedicated to Post Bolton, words and music by John Shirley, 1906 sheet music, "Only Just a Year Ago," by George R. Poulton, 1855 sheet music, "The United States," words and music by John B. Shirley, 1909 sheet music, "The Sans Souci Waltzes," dedicated to the Sans Souci Club of Lansingburgh, by Walter H. Ogden, published by Fred Cluett, Troy, 1878

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LICENSES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, PERMITS, PETITIONS, AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS stock certificate [blank], Lansingburgh & Cohoes Railroad Company, $50 per share 1868 mortgage bond, Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Company, #40, canceled engraved mortgage bond, Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Co., July 1, 1873, in name of Mrs. Betsey Hart, $1000, canceled petitions [2, identical except for signatures], to Legislature. Feb. 6, 1858, from Village residents, on Charter amendment petition [no signatures] to Legislature, from residents of Lansingburgh, regarding the establishment of a "Metropolitan Police Force,"

Jan. 2, 1865 Charter of Lansingburgh Academy, Feb. 8, 1796 [late 19th century reduced reproduction, original owned by Rensselaer County Historical Society] naturalization certificate, John B. Lavender, from England, Oct. 12, 1840, Rensselaer County Court of Common Pleas engraved certificate with seal, J.K.P. Pine accepted as a Mason, June 29, 1888 petition, to the Legislature from citizens of the Village of Lansingburgh, March 17, 1859, regarding Village Charter amendment certificate, attesting to the military service of James Smith in the War of 1812 with the British Navy, on the ship "Revolutionnaire," Dec. 27, 1816 petition [no signatures], from citizens of the Village of Lansingburgh to the Legislature, Feb. 10, 1866, on repeal of the Capitol Police Law license, granted to Abiel Bugby to practice "physic and surgery" for four years in the Town of Troy, dated August 24, 1798 indenture for pew in "Brick" [Presbyterian] Church, for Cornelius Lansing, June 13, 1804 license, granted to Alexander Bailey, to be a Methodist Episcopal preacher, March 18, 1868 petition, to Legislature from members of Fire Company No. 6, about Village Charter amendment, Feb 6, 1860 petition, to Governor Dunmore from Abraham J. Lansing, to construct docks in Hudson River, June 12, 1771 [copy, original at New York State Archives] appointment of Thomas Hawthorn as Overseer of the Highways in Road District #2, Town of Lansingburgh, April 12, 1855 certificate, appointing Clifford Flack to Troy Fire Department, April 7, 1913 Revolutionary Bounty Land Scrip, $100, awarded to heirs of William Gilmore, March 6, 1840 military discharge, Thomas Simpson, Private in 125th Regiments NYS Volunteers, discharged Feb. 27, 1864 at Washington, for reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability reward of merit, "One Hundred Merits," M. Flack, pupil, N.R. Colden, teacher, 1881

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preacademic certificate [8th grade diploma], awarded to Lois Brown, Lansingburgh High School, Jan. 23-27, 1905 petition, to Legislature from Village Trustees, about Charter amendment, Feb. 15, 1860 engraved award certificate, Rensselaer County Agricultural Society, Diploma awarded to Benjamin & King of Lansingburgh for "best specimens of brushes," 1856 diploma, New York State Normal College, High School Department, awarded to Amy Cox, June 20, 1895 certificate, Fire Department, Village of Lansingburgh, Frank Benjamin, May 12, 1897 agreement, between Abraham Lansing and George Scott, June 9, 1851, for the latter to do carpentry work on a brick house on lot 55 in the 3rd Division of the Village certificate, Village Fire Department, Joseph Bolton Jr., Jan. 10, 1897 insurance policy, Oct. 22, 1853, Rensselaer Insurance Company, policy held by Cornelia Witbeck & Fanny Baldwin for house in West Troy [elaborate engraving of fire engine passing Company headquarters in Lansingburgh] certificate (embellished), Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, awarded to Martha Washburn Campbell, Aug. 16, 1899 Masonic Register (certificate), James K.P. Pine, installed in Mount Zion Lodge No. 311, Troy, June 3, 1880 [elaborate lithography by Sartain] liquor license, granted to Lansing & Alvord, May 7, 1822, by Commissioners of Excise, Town of Lansingburgh permit, issued to Dan Rice to hold his "Circus & Equestrian Establishment" at Lansingburgh, "any day except Sunday wthin thirty days of this date," May 4, 1855, signed by the Justices of the Peace application for license to retail "foreign distilled spirits," by Taylor & Fordham, June 7, 1801 application for license to sell wines, June 10, 1801, submitted by Eleazer Gilbert for Jonathan Burr "Exchange Subscription" from the Commercial telephone Co. of Troy, for J.K.P. Pine at "Riverview," March 28, 1883, telephone service at $4 per month 3 certificates of promotion for Ida Munn in Public School No. 1, 1872-1875 Report Card, Ida Munn, Market Street Grammar School, 1881-1882 Report Card, Lizzie Clarkson, Market Street Grammar School, 1883-1884 2 Internal Revenue Licenses, 1863-4 and 1864-5, granted to Butler Clarkson, as a butcher and "retail dealer" 2 drafts of a petition creating the Town of Lincoln from parts of the Towns of Lansingburgh, Pittstown, Brunswick and Schaghticoke, 1866 Reward of Merit, awarded to Alida Lansing by N. Fairchild, teacher [nd.] certification that Abraham Lansing is member of Light Infantry and has paraded in conformity with requirements, 1836-1842

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tavern keeper's bond, Benjamin Danforth & Nathaniel Hood, Commissioners of Excise, Town of Lansingburgh, May 6, 1833 grocer's bond to sell spiritous liquors, John S. Fake & John de Graff, Commissioners of Excise, Town of Lansingburgh, May 5, l834 grocer's bond to sell spiritous liquors, James Nichol & John C. Filkins, Commissioners of Excise, Town of Lansingburgh, May 5, l834 military discharge, James Fagen, Co. A, 30th Regt., NYS Vols., discharged June 18, 1863 at Albany military appointment, James Fagen, 3rd Sgt. in Co. A., 30th Regts., NYS Vols., Brookhill Sta., Va., Dec. 1, 1862 diploma, Grammar School department, Lansingburgh, Jennie McMurray, June 26, 1894 certificate of honor, Nellie Chase, from Vail Avenue Baptist Church Sunday School, February 1874 teacher's certificate for 2nd grade, granted by the Board or Regents to Anna Chase, March 15, 1890 certificate of academic scholarship, awarded Bertha Chase, student at the Lansingburgh Academy, by Board of Regents, June 12, 1886 "40 count certificate" awarded Anna Chase, student at Lansingburgh Academy by Board of Regents, January 1891 Junior Academic Certificate awarded Anna Chase, student at Lansingburgh Academy by Board of Regents, June 1891 Academic Diploma, awarded Anna Chase, student at Lansingburgh Academy by Board of Regents, June 1891 2 examination pass cards for Bertha Chase, Lansingburgh Academy, 1886 4 Regents' examination report cards, Linda Craymer, Lansingburgh Academy, 1891-1892 monthly report card, Emma Wilson, 6th grade, Lansingburgh public schools, 1887-1888 preliminary certificate, John Vedder, Lansingburgh High School, June 17, 1927 diploma, Lansingburgh High School, Lydia Kittell, 1928 grammar school diploma, Lansingburgh School District, Louise McGinness, 1926 Preliminary Certificate, Lansingburgh High School, Anna McGinness, 1926 Reward of Merit, Willie Higgins, Miss Curry, teacher, July 1, 1881 hand-lettered memorial for B.F. Page, presented to his widow [?], Mary F. Page, by Bolton Relief Corps No. 110, May 17, 1893 2 report cards for Willis Kittell, Whipple School, 1933 marriage certificate, Rufus Robinson & Maria Goewey, Sept. 1, 1858 teacher’s certificate, Mary A. Comstock, Jan. 11, 1868, from the NYS Superintendent for Public Instruction

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LETTERS Anthony Van Schaick, Albany, Aug. 15, 1784, to Gerrit Abel, about an account of Benjamin French's [a Loyalist who had fled to Canada] David Henry, Cambridge, Jan. 5, 1786, to Ten Eyck & Pawling, "New City," regarding shipping of wheat on a sloop A.W. Pawling, "New City," Nov. 10, 1786, to David Henry, Cambridge, about shipping goods John & Rosa Wells, Litchfield (Conn.), May 8, 1798, to Gerrit Peebles, Lansingburgh, about family matters Ten Eyck & Pawling, "New City," July 5, 1785, to David Henry, Cambridge, about business accounts Ten Eyck & Pawling, "New City," Nov. 8, 1781, to David Henry, Cambridge, about shipment of grain Cornelius Gates, Albany, Nov. 11, 1828, to William Powers, Lansingburgh, about business, politics and dentistry Daniel Grinnolds, Princeton (N.J.), Nov. 4, 1843, to W.R. & C.H. Fisher, Lansingburgh, about his experiences teaching in Lansingburgh Citizens of Lansingburgh, July 28, 1836, to the Common Council of the City of Troy, about proposed railroad between Troy & Lansingburgh D.F. Dwyer, Lansingburgh, Jan. 2, 1900, to Mayor Daniel Conway, Troy, about political appointments L.E. Griffiths, Lansingburgh, June 28, 1901, to Mayor Daniel Conway, Troy, about street sprinkling contract of W.J. Lloyd W.H. Draper, Lansingburgh, Nov. 9, 1900, to Mayor Daniel Conway, Troy, about patronage Mayor Cornelius Burns, Troy, Nov. 28, 1916, to J.K.P. Pine, Lansingburgh, congratulating the latter on his 75th birthday A. Frink, Sharon Springs, Sept. 1, 1810, to "John," Lansingburgh, about picking hops Chas. J. Lansing, Lansingburgh, Feb. 10, 1860, to Anson Bingham, about Village Charter amendment Village Trustees, Lansingburgh, Oct. 8, 1855, to Lansingburgh Gas Company, about laying gas pipes through the Village Boorman Johnston, New York City, Oct. 25, 1830, to Deborah Powers, Lansingburgh, about order for oil cloth Phineas Whipple, Lansingburgh, March 9, 1831, to Miss Catherine Hamlin, Skaneateles, about female education in Lansingburgh E. Waters, Lansingburgh, [1880's?], to Mr. Viele, about giving away free tickets A. Whipple, Lansingburgh, Feb. 23, 1858, to the Editor of the Lansingburgh Democrat, about the Village Charter amendment Charles Wood, Lansingburgh, Jan. 12, 1901, to the County Sheriff, Troy, about youths throwing snowballs at drivers William Lansing, Lansingburgh, Sept. 22, 1854, to Abraham Lansing, Westport, Conn., about settling estate of Cornelius Lansing [outstanding postmark] Susan Tracy Barker, New York City, May 1860, to Jacob Lansing, Lansingburgh, about monuments on the Cornelius Lansing

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lot in Oakwood Cemetery letter, Nov. 25, 1880, from ... Haner to his brother, speaking about paying Mary Harrison, a servant, in Lansingburgh telegram from Tom Lewis [husband of Loretta Young] in Hollywood, Cal. to Anna Chase, March 29, 1948, on her retirement as a teacher letter, July 10, 1888 from James Burden in Troy to Philander Chase in Lansingburgh, about selling coffee letter, June 4, 1899 from L.R.B. to Mabel, about travels letter, June 14, 1889 admitting Arthur E. Mott as member of the Sans Souci Club, from W.C. Groesbeck, Secretary letter, March 13, 1840, John S. Fake to Assemblyman Garardus Deyoe, requesting a copy of the latest State Geological Report letter [in Danish], Jan. 22, 1918, Alex Jacobrow, writing from Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, to Peter Nielsen in Lansingburgh letter, May 19, 1873 from Hyatt & Comstock, attorneys, to Ira Colby, Jr., attorney of Claremont, NH, about a client's account letter, H. Canfield, Arlington, to Calvin Barker, Lansingburgh, April 21, 1842, about banking matters letter, L. Allen, Salem, to Cornelius Lansing, Lansingburgh, Sept. 25, 1830, about a foreclosed mortgage and a sale of the lien letter, July 7, 1885, "Shackley?? or Sharkey??" in Hoosick Falls, to Alice Dudden, Lansingburgh, about personal matters letter, August 10, 1887, "Mary" in Shushan, to Alice Dudden, Lansingburgh, about personal matters letter, March 11, 1887, "Mary" in Shushan, to Alice Dudden, Lansingburgh, about personal matters letter, Nov. 18, 1810, from Hester Lansing in Lansingburgh, to Miss May Ann Hay, Middlebury, VT letter, July 3, 1845, from J. Stanley Grimes in Lansingburgh to Abram Wallace Wright in Antrim, NH, about his phrenology books letter, June 6, 1856, from Mary A. Benjamin in Lansingburgh, to a friend in Gloucester, Mass. letter, Sept. 8. 1861, from P. Sill in Lansingburgh to Mr. C. Mooney in Worcester, about selling horses, brewer's hops, and the opening of the Troy and Lansingburgh Horse Car Railroad letter, 1/28/1848, to D. Powers and Sons, about purchase of oil cloth, from a customer in Pittsburgh, PA letter, 1/13/1880, from Powers bank to Mr. D.W. Esmond, Newburgh, NY, about purchasing some property, with a canceled envelope letter, Nov. 17, 1813, from E.S. Monroe, to J. & J. Rapilye (?) dry good merchants in New York City, about paying on account letter, Feb. 2, 1842, from Elisabeth Andrews in Stillwater to George Evans in Poughkeepsie, about life in Lansingburgh 4 letters from the Barker, Curran, and Twing families, 1878-1911 letter, May 30,, 1845, from William Whiting, Lieut. US Navy, to Dr. A. Brigham, NYS Lunatic Asylum, Utica, about the commitment

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TICKETS, INVITATIONS, PROGRAMS ticket to the Lansing Theater, [1940's] invitation list, "Coppy of list of Persons invited to the funeral of my Father in Law, Anthony Van Schaick, Isle Cohoes, Feb'y. 7th, 1782" [includes list of persons in "Stone Arabia"] program, "Grand Concert" given by Geo. R. Poulton at Lansing's Hall, Aug. 17, 1847 illustrated program, Dedication of Lansingburgh High School, Jan. 8, 1912 [has mounted photos of new High School and Lansingburgh Academy] program, "Grand Tableaux and Musical Soirees" given by the "Church of the Amiables, Ganderville" at Clarendon Hotel, Dec. 21 & 23, 1866 [comic] invitation list, persons from Lansingburgh invited to funeral of Mary Van Schaick, "Isle Cahoese," 1787 ticket, "Grand Firemanic Carnival," held at Bolton Hall, Oct. 24-29, 1910 invitation, to "Private Ball", held by "Social Six," at Eagle Hall, Nov. 24, 1886 ticket, "Through the Enemy's Lines," benefit for children of the Lansingburgh playgrounds, held at Bijou Theater, Oct. 1, 1915, 10¢ admission ribbon from reception for 30th regiment, NYS Volunteers, Post Bolton #471, June 28, 1877 2 tickets, Excursion of the Westminster Presbyterian Church Sunday School, down the Hudson River, July 2, 1895, 25¢ each ticket, admission to Rensselaer Park, 1896 [shows ill. of Harlow Hotel] ticket, dance at Eagle Hall, Jan. 14, 1889 8 memorial cards sent to Butler & Alida Clarkson [1850's] calling card, Mrs. Lansing Millis, Millis, Mass. ticket, "Grand Fair," Dania Hall, Oct. 1910 ticket, Roast Pork Supper, Immanuel Danish Lutheran Church, Feb. 21, 1935 ticket, Thanksgiving Eve Dinner, Dania Hall, Nov. 25, 1908 (lists names of persons on back) wedding invitation, Oct. 1, 1884, St. Augustine's Church, Sarah Acheson to William O'Brien invitation to Minnie Gilbreith to private party at Eagel Hall, Jan. 17, 1887 folded program, announcing joint prayer session in 5 participating churches, n.d. program, Klowno-Minstro, L.H.S. Washington Club, Feb. 21, 1928

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Lansingburgh Council, Knights of Columbus, 25th Anniversary Program, July 16-17, 1922 Hedding M.E. Church, week of, June 10, 1900, program of events (damaged) set of 6 tickets for merry-go-round, "Miami Beach" n.d., ca. 1950? invitation to picnic at Mt. Rafinesque, held on July 24, 1868, sent to Alice Corey invitation to Total Abstinence Society Social, St. Augustine's Hall, May 17, 1904

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REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS indenture, Dec. 27, 1771, between Abraham Jacob Lansing and Jan. D. Fonda of "Sankhoyeck"[Saint Croix] for £87, covering lots 97,

98 and 99 in the First Division of Lansingburgh indenture, March 6, 1775, between Abraham Jacob Lansing and Abraham Ouderkirk, for £125, covering lot 121 in the First Division of Lansingburgh indenture, Dec. 13, 1771, between Abraham J. Lansing and Eldert Fonda of "Saint Coix," covering lot 50 in the First Division of

Lansingburgh indenture, Dec. 29, 1771, between Abraham J. Lansing and Eldert Fonda of "Saint Coix," covering lot 50 in the First Division of

Lansingburgh indenture, April 2, 1796, between Abiel Bugby of Lansingburgh, Druggist, and David & Lavina Henry, for lot 9 in the Third Division cemetery deed, Oakwood Cemetery, Sept. 4, 1854, for Lot 31, Section G, purchased by Chas. H. Kellogg for $160 indenture, Feb. 20, 1826, between Abigail Gorham and Abraham Lansing to Elijah Chichester for $1000, covering lots 91 and 92 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh indenture, June 17, 1805, between Levinus Lansing and Lewis Peets, for lot 316 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh indenture, Dec. 22, 1794, between Levinus Lansing and Lewis Peets, for lot 307 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh indenture, Oct. 13, 1804, between Levinus Lansing and David Dale, Blacksmith, for lot 317 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh indenture, March 2, 1838, between Gerrit Peebles and Lemuel Kennedy, for the east part of lot 9 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh indenture, July 14, 1820, between Cornelius Lansing and various relatives covering lots of land in Batestown indenture, Aug. 7, 1827, between Henry S. Peebles and Lydia Kennedy, for the east part of lot 9 in the Third Division of Lansingburgh release, Jacob A. Lansing and others to the Trustees of the Village of Lansingburgh, for the "commonable lands" "descriptive receipt," Oakwood Cemetery, for lot in Section D, purchased by Mary Benjamin on June 19, 1872 for $37.50 bond, Feb. 10, 1795, Job Smith of Lansingburgh bound unto Alexander Alexander of Schenectady, "under penalty of $500," relative to lots of land in Lansingburgh receipt for lot in Oakwood Cemetery, R.S. Munn & Clements, Lot 199, Section H [no date] Notice of Confirmation of Assessment for paving 5th Avenue, to Mrs. Alida Clarkson, 1914, along with canceled check for first installation payment, from City of Troy memorandum, W.S. Sim agrees to let David Henry rent a house owned by J.B. Comstock, March 14, 1810 [mentions repairs to stoop, cellar door and window shutters] order for removal from house, signed by John D. Dickinson, to Abiel Bugbee, who must vacate house to be rented by Gerritt Peebles [early 1800's]

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contract of sale for purchase of lot 180, E. side of John St., in 2nd Division, between Deborah Powers & Julia Spotten, $500, May 1, 1871, stipulates that a "good and substantial dwelling" must be built within 2 years 3 deeds and a mortgage for a piece of land on the west side of 6th Avenue in the 4th Ward, owned by William Elkenburgh, 1890-1893 mortgage, 11/13/1867, relative to house on the se corner of 116th St. & 4th Avenue, owned by the Comstock family papers relating to 618 4th Avenue (lot 245, 3rd division), 1833-1867, original owner Michael Doyle 2 deeds relating to lot 13 in the First Division, 1835-1837, involving Charles Neal deed for lot 209, 3rd Division. Cracker factory, May 18,1885 (Defreest to Jessen & McCollum)

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RECEIPTS, INVOICES, ACCOUNTS, NOTES account of the late Mrs. Dougrey with Heber Walsh, druggist, 292 State St., 1850 receipt, of Thomas Farrell, $50, from Rensselaer Park, for the "Cullard Picnick," July 26, 1871 receipt, James Sloan received 16 shillings from Peter Goewey, April 11, 1786 account covering the funeral of James Haggerty, 1801 account of Jacob C. Lansing, attorney, with Wm. & A. Gould, for law books purchased between 1830 and 1833 account of the estate of James Hickock with Dr. John Taylor, $74.50, 1819 through 1823 receipt, Young Men's Association for use of the Baptist Church on 3 nights in January 1856, $24 bill for legal services submitted to Daniel Way by Charles J. Lansing, regarding services rendered in law suit for assault and battery brought by Christian Clapper account between Gerrit Peebles and Barent & Jno. R. Bleecker for building supplies, 1800-1801 account, between Geo. Madden, lumber dealer and the County Agricultural Society, 1886, relating to the County Fair account between Abraham J. Lansing and James Dole. merchant, between 1788 and 1790 receipt for garden seeds purchased from E. & E. Janes [early 1800's] bill of Dr. John Taylor to Mrs. Ann [widow of James] Hickock, for medicine and attendance, May 1, 1826, $49.50 promissory note, "Lansings Burro"[sic], Oct. 8, 1775, David Fero promises to pay Abraham Jacob Lansing, for expense to be engaged to my mill" funeral bill for Mrs. Gerritt Peebles, for silver engraved coffin plate purchase from Sidney D. Smith for $6.75 funeral bill, to Gerrit Peebles estate from Seth Seelye for mahogany coffin and case, $28, Jan. 26, 1841 funeral bill, to estate of Anna Lansing, for "Omnibus to Funeral," from Cole and Cory, $4.00, Sept. 23, 1851 funeral bill, to widow of James Hickock, for mahogany coffin and case and trimming, from Seth Seelye, $28, Sept. 15, 1825 receipt, Seth Seelye received from John Toogood $16 on account, Oct. 28, 1828 funeral bill, to estate of Mrs. Anna Lansing. for coffin, box, plates and services, from J.B. Lavender, $45, Sept. 22, 1851 funeral bill, to John Toogood from Seth Seelye, May 1, 1827, for $42.45 [also covers some furniture made by Seelye] receipt, April 15, 1831, received of Moses & Abraham Winne by Robert Dunbar for the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, $45, for rent of fulling and carding mill privileges, for Titus Eddy promissory note, Stone Arabia, April 25, 1772, to Hendrick Lansingh, £4 4 shillings "New York Currency," signed by Abraham

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Stevens receipt, Aug. 3, 1882, received of J.N. Bonesteel $80 for funeral expenses, J.B. Lavender, undertaker [interesting example of engraving] funeral bill, "New City," Feb. 16, 1793, to a "Mr. Campbell" for linen and thread [evidently for a "winding sheet"], from Caskadden & Rutherford funeral bill, Mrs. Leavens from Fitch Skinner, $23.89, Dec. 29, 1823 bill, bought of Mairs and Flack, 289 State Street, hardware, 1851 [interesting billhead, "Sign of the Anvil"] receipt, Jan. 14, 1837, William Cleveland paid Stephen Noble $4.16 for a hat account, between James Cleveland and Christopher Tillman, 1787, paying in bushels of wheat for groceries and supplies receipted bill on engraved billhead, Geo. C. Madden; dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, lime plaster & cement; 587 to 625 First Avenue, 1888 receipted bill on engraved billheads, H.H. Wood; dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oil glass & putty; 592 and 594 2nd Avenue, 1889 receipted bill on engraved billheads, E. Warren Banker; dealer in house trimmings, table & pocket cutlery, hatchets, etc.; 638 State St., 1887 receipted bill on engraved billheads, John E. Hawkins & Sons.; manufacturers of and dealers in tin, copper, sheet iron ware and hardware; 12th St. between 2nd & 3rd Avenues; 1890 receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Joseph Fox, steam cracker manufacturer, State & Elizabeth Streets, 1872 [1 has illustration of Fox stealing crackers] receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Meeker & Spotten, wholesale and retail dealers in coal and wood of all kinds; 485 River St., 1889, 1890 receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Comesky & Whitaker; parlor & cook stoves, copper, tin & sheet iron ware; 618 2nd Avenue; 1887, 1888 [ill. of stove] receipted bill on engraved billheads, Rensselaer Manufacturing Co.; union, grocer, even balance and portable scales; 1890 [3 ills. of scales] receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Gray & Temple; plumbers, gas & steam fitters; 642 State St.; 1887, 1890 receipted bill on engraved billheads, D.A. Judson, coal merchants, 675 River St.; 1884 receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Lansingburgh Water Works, bills for water rent, O. Hill Estate; 1891, 1892 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Town of Lansingburgh, tax bill, O. Hill estate, lots 93 & 94 in First Division, 1890 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Village of Lansingburgh, tax bill, O. Hill estate, lots 93 & 94 in First Division, 1890 receipted bill on engraved billhead, C.W. Ferguson & Co., Manufacturer of Collars & Cuffs, [nd.] [ill. of factory]

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receipted bill on engraved billhead, Dr. G.H. Hubbard, 1870 receipted bill on engraved billhead, H.P. Holmes, MD, 512 2nd Avenue, 1892 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Palmetto Fibre Co., Chicago, to Owen Connally, 1892 [great ill.!] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Annex Bicycle Club, 865 2nd Avenue, 189__ [ill. of bicycle] receipted bill on engraved billhead, W.H. Tarbell, Livery & Exchange Stable, 1888 receipted bill on engraved billhead, A. Shumway & Son, Builders, 18___ receipted bill on engraved billhead, Wm. H. Shumway Jr.; Plumbing, Heating & Gas Fitting; 601 2nd Avenue, 1921 [ill. of sink] receipted bill on engraved billhead, S. Bolton & Sons, Eagle Brewery, 188__ [ill. of brewery] receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Hiram J. Caswell, manufacturer & dealer in parlor & cook stoves, 621 Second Avenue, 1888, 1890 [ill. of stove] receipted bill on engraved billhead, William J. Lamb, printer, corner of Richard & State Sts., 1852 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Chas. M. Lamb, wholesale & retail dealer in fine domestic and imported cigars, 594 State St., 1883 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Waters Paper Construction Co., paper boats & paper domes, 1890 [ill. of dome] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Curran & Barker, manufacturers of brushes of all kinds, corner River & Market Sts., 1885 receipted bill on engraved billhead, John W. Corrigan, plumbing, 593 2nd Ave. [ill. of bathroom] receipted bill on engraved billhead, H. Holtz & Son; dealers in boots, soles & rubbers; Phoenix Building, 1890 receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co., Brass & Iron Slide Valves, 67 to 83 Vail Avenue, 1888 [ill. of plant on one, and ills. of valves on other] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Troy Gas Co. (Lansingburgh & Waterford District), (for O. Hill Estate, 519 3rd Ave.) 1890 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Lavender & Buell, Furniture Dealers & Undertakers, cor. Market & State Sts., 1877 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Skillman & Gerlach; plumbing, heating & gas fitting, 640½ & 642 2nd Ave., 1903 [ill. of bathtub] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Patrick O'Neill, general teaming & street sprinkling, 1891 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Van Voast & Engel, job printing, 9 & 11 Richard St., 1878 [comic ill. of printing] receipted bill on engraved billhead, P.C. Cullinan & Sons, manufacturers of whitewash & Kalsomine brush blocks (Burlington, Vt.) 1902, to Owen Connelly

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receipted bill on engraved billhead, Flynn Brothers, manufacturers of all kinds of brushes, 1908 [ill. of hog] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Union Bridge Co., Waterford, 1890 receipted bill on engraved billhead, J.H. Adams, dealer in pure drugs & medicines, 635 State St., 1885 [ill. of mortar & pestle] receipted bill on engraved billhead, A. Kirkpatrick; plain and ornamental, handbill, card, pamphlet, book & job printing; 265 State St., 1854 receipted bills on engraved billheads (2), H.J. Mason, furnishing undertaker and dealer in fine cabinet furniture, 590 State St., 1885, 1895 receipted bill on engraved billhead, Davis-Troy Air Cleaning Co., 247 5th Avenue, 1904 [ill. of man cleaning] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Jas. H. Coyne, horseshoeing & blacksmithing, 25th St. & 5th Ave., 1914 [ill. of horse and horseshoe] receipted bill on engraved billhead, D.T. Bailey, livery & boarding stable, 17th St. & 4th Ave., 1914 [ill. of horse] receipted bill on engraved billhead, Young & Co., stoves, 618 2nd Ave., 1900 [ill of stove] receipted bill on engraved billhead, F.W. Esmond, Gurn Spring & Hyde Franklin Mineral Waters, 268 3rd Ave., 191__ receipted bill on engraved billhead, O'Neil Bros.; Modern Plumbing, Steam & Gas Fitting; 600 2nd Ave., 19___ [ill. of woman and bathtub] receipted bill on engraved billhead, John G. McMurray & Co., manufacturers of brushes, 1887 [ill. of factory] account, G. Docker, "Lansingburgh Bazaar, Dealer in Crockery & Glassware," 635½ 2nd Avenue, 1889 [ads. on back] receipt, Oct. 25, 1869, J. Fox, received of M.H. Ward, South Hartford, NY, $8.00 for crackers (note says he is sorry for crackers damaged "on the road") bill, bought of Calvin Barker & Sons Druggist (printed billhead) by Edward Fennel, June 12, 1829 lading slip (blank), Troy & Boston Railroad, 188[] funeral bill, July 21, 1879, H.J. Mason, undertaker, for estate of L.J. Sheldon account, of Mr. E. Brush with J.M. Donnelly, M.D., 1895 engraved illustrated billhead receipt, Dec. 27, 1883, Arthur Mott pruchased of Adams and Franklin, Druggists, 635 State Street, 1 pair of gloves for $1.25 receipt, Dec. 3, 1896, received by the estate of William Lansing, $85 from S.O. Gleason & E. Van Schoonhoven, for a quit claim deed to the "Burying Ground Lot" on the west side of Second Avenue [Lansing family cemetery, south of 109th Street] receipt, Jan. 12, 1898, $37.55 for 1/2 the cost of laying water laterals to the "Burying Ground Lot," paid by E. Van Schoonhoven to the estate of William Lansing receipted bill, July 1, 1902, for repair on a buggy, J.J. Abbott, Carriages, Wagons & Sleighs, 5th Avenue & 24th Street

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receipted bill, May 1, 1901, payment on policy, Wager & Shelliday, Fire Insurance, Phoenix corner account, J. Fox & Son, 1880, with Messrs. Cuthbert & McDougal, North Argyle, NY, for crackers (on engraved letterhead) invoice, John S. Fake, grocer, Aug. 14, 1837, liquor sold to Mr. Jeremiah Barret bill, on decorative printed bullhead, Flynn Bros., brushes, April 1894 receipt on engraved billhead, John G. McMurray Co., July 14, 1883, for ostrich duster brishes, sold to the Naugatuck (CT) Railroad 3 receipts for R.m. DeFreest, River & Richard Streets, 1884-1885, for crackers sold to G.H. McDonald, a Granville, NY, merchant receipt, Joseph Fox, August 10, 1872, to Mr. R, Miller, for crackers (on engraved letterhead) invoice for scales sold by Rensselaer Manufacturing Co., 1890

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ADVERTISING MATERIALS circular, "Joseph Fox's Mammoth Cracker Factory," established 1802, enlarged 1859 [illustrations of exterior and interior] circular, Hudson Vale Institute, 1875-6 advertisement, Troy Carriage Works, 1880's [from Troy Directory] circular, "Palmer's Perfect Ivory-Slat Blinds," T. Palmer & Co., patented June 15, 1886 [illustration of blinds] newspaper advertisement, Ira Frazier, cancer doctor, 489 State St., {nd.] printed envelope for holding insurance policy, John A. Stover, resident agent for Delaware Insurance Co.; 1895 calendar printed on outside circular, "The Lansingburgh Classical & Commercial Institute," conducted by Messrs. Spencer & Eccles, to be opened Aug. 29, 1853 circular, "Lansingburgh Female Seminary," [nd.] circular, "Lansingburgh Female Seminary," Fall & Winter term, 1895 advertising blotter, Frank Miter, agent for Sun Insurance Office of London [nd.] circular, "Golden Rule Institute," 1847, with tuition bill from Principal R.G. Smith to Titus Eddy on blank sheet labels [3 on one sheet], "Mrs. Nolan's Tonic," "Mrs. Nolan's Wash" and "Mrs. Nolan's Hair Tonic" cardboard advertising fan, William Spaulding, "Dealer in Pure Drugs & Medicines," 718 2nd Avenue advertising blotter and calendar, C. H. Michon, "The Friendly Store," 590 2nd Avenue, 1939 circular, Lansingburgh Academy, 1890-1891 advertising calendar, Stephen Comesky, agent, 618 2nd Avenue, for Glens Falls Insurance Company, 1910 magazine advertisement [copy of original], "Lion Brand Collars," from Gibson's Review [pre-1884?] magazine advertisement [copy of original], "Lion Brand Collars," from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly [1890s] circular, Lansingburgh Female Seminary, 1852-3 [includes list of students] circular and statement of expenses, Union College, Schenectady, 1850, for Chas. J. Lansing advertisement, "Conquest Parlor Stove," for sale by James Lea & Son [chromo. ill. of stove, but incomplete] advertising blotter, "Dutch Boy White Lead" paint, sold by Thomas Rankin, 254 4th Avenue, North Troy advertisement [mounted in plastic keychain], S.M. Petersen Coal & Oil Co., 489 6th Avenue, Troy [on reverse: "Lackawanna

Anthracite/the D & H"]

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advertising blotter, "New Brunswick Fire Insurance Co.," Clark & Fagan, Agents, 628 Second Avenue, Lansingburgh advertising fan on wooden stick handle, "We will be at the BIG FAIR AND CATTLE SHOW, RENSSELAER PARK, TROY, NY, October 1-2-3-4" circular, "E. Chamberlain Son & Co., Carriage Manufacturers," [nd., 1870's] advertisement, "Superb Parlor Stove," for sale by H. J. Caswell, Lansingburgh, NY advertising blotter, New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., F. H. Wager, Agent, 598 2nd Avenue advertising circular, Crasto M. Clark, "Fashionable Tailoring Establishment, fall-winter" 1877 oversized advertising card, Geo. Lempe, dealer in boots & shoes, 611 State Street, n.d. oversized advertising circular, The Celebrated Gem Roaster & Broiler, manufactured by Peabody & Parks, n.d. (ca. 1880) advertising circular, Freihofer's Bakery, week of June 10-15, 1935 advertising blotter, Andrew Smith, Agent for Buffalo Insurance Company, n.d. single-fold two-sided advertisement for preparations sold by Thomas Ball, Apothecary & Druggist, 234 Phoenix Building (ca. 1866-1867) cardboard advertising fan, John W. Ebert "fancy Groceries . . .," 568 2nd Avenue advertising post card for Ready-Jell Mfg. Co., 1940s-1950s? advertisement from magazine, Lion Brand Shirts for Little Fellows, n.d., early 1900s advertisement from magazine, Lion Brand Shirts, n.d., ca. 1901 lithographed envelope advertising Jessen & McCollum crackers, using the Joseph Fox trade mark [Anderson's] "The Barn" [Speigletown] (advertising card, not for mailing) C 1960s? advertising blotter, Theron Reynolds, Insurance, 824 7th Avenue, 1956 oversize trade card, Geo. H. Lempe [boots & shoes] n.d. (1890s) trade card, Geo. H. Lempe [boots & shoes], 611 State Street, n.d. (1890s) magazine advertisement, n.d., Trojan Boats, 393 Third Avenue photo bag, Murtha Grocery, 610 Second Avenue, 1963 4-color ad on cardboard for Thomas Rankin, painter, 255 Fifth Avenue 1911 advertisement including shoe brushes manufactured by Parks and Parks advertisement for monuments from Flint Granite Co., 1905 (2 in Oakwood Cemetery) from Country Life in America

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advertisement for the "T.M.C. Dauber" brush, from the Thompson Mfg. Co. [1890s] engraved envelope, Smith Harlow’s Road House, 1899 trade card, H. S. Dickson, Druggists, State Street 1911 ad from magazine for Lion collars, with baseball motif

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NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES magazine cover, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Aug. 27, 1887, showing the 1791 Lansingburgh Fire Pumper in parade in front of Troy City Hall magazine cover, Harper's Weekly, April 23, 1870, showing funeral of General Gen. H. Thomas at Oakwood Cemetery magazine article, "Voyage of the Atlantic Balloon, Mr. LaMountain's Narrative," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Aug. 20, 1859, pp. 325-328 [17 illustrations] magazine article, "Tarring and Feathering a Man [Prof. Geo. R. Poulton]," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 16, 1859, p. 1 [2 illustrations] magazine article, "Mr. LaMountain's Balloon Voyage," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 16, 1859, p. 1 [illustration] magazine article, "The Great Balloon Voyage from St. Louis to New York," Harper's Weekly, June 18, 1859, pp. 2- 3 [5 illustrations] newspaper page, letters from California written by Robert Blake & James Vincent during the Gold Rush, Lansingburgh Democrat, Jan. 17, 1850 newspaper page, letters from California by James Lansing & Hiram Hawkins during the Gold Rush, Lansingburgh Democrat, March 14, 1850 newspaper [facsimile], Northern Centinel and Lansingborough [sic] Advertiser, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 28, 1787 [first newspaper published in Rensselaer County] views of Troy and Vicinity, from Picturesque America (1874), p. 467 [includes view of lake in Oakwood Cemetery] magazine page, "The Farmer's Coat of Arms" by Alexander Walsh, Cultivator, 184#, [agricultural society fair exhibit]

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TRADE CARDS River View Stock Farm, J.K.P. Pine, Proprietor, 1869 [includes information on pedigree of horse "10th Louan of Clarendon"] James Pine, manufacturer of Men's Linen Collars & Cuffs [1884-1890] "Compliments of Geo. Lempe" [floral illustrations] H.A. Foy, Manufacturer of Fine Confectionery, 639 2nd Avenue [1892] Eli Perry & Son, Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Pittston Coal, 675 First Avenue "A Merry Christmas" from H.A. Foy, Manufacturer of Fine Confections, 639 2nd Avenue Golden Eagle Tea Company, 636 2nd Avenue Owen Connally & Son, Manufacturers of Brushes, 427 & 429 7th Avenue [early 1900's] Owen Connally & Son, Manufacturers of Brushes, 427 & 429 7th Avenue [1890's] W.H. Towne, "Catskill Mountain Photographer . . . home office Lansingburgh, Mountain retreat, Laurel House" [engraving of Laurel House & Kaaterskill Falls] Wm. R. Barton, Dealer in Choice Family Groceries, 641 State St. Frear's Cash Bazaar, on reverse is program for "Two Buzzards" and "King Alfred" at Concert Hall, Lansingburgh, April 2, 1883 Andraeum Place, 285-287 State Street, kept. by Wm. B. & Thos. Cory Main Waltermire & Co., grocers, 640 State St. Oakwood Omnibus Line, W.A. Winne, proprietor, 1875 [includes schedule] Troy Carriage Works, "Fine Carriage Builders," [ca. 1900] H.E. Sliter, Fancy Dry Goods, 603 State St. Snyder's Drug Store, 605 State St. [ad for Ayer's ague cure] Snyder's Drug Tonic, 605 State St. [ad for Nichols Bark & Iron Tonic] "Crown Prince" linen collars, Pine & Hamblin, Troy & Boston [predecessors of United Shirt & Collar Co.] Charles H. Cory, "Manufacturing Chemist & Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, English & French Chemicals," 338 State St. 3 trade cards, W.W. Spaulding, Ph.G., "1 Minute Tooth Ache Drops," 718 2nd Avenue [comic illustrations] H.W. Wood, Druggist, 592 2nd Avenue, [includes coupon good for $10 toward silver ware] (5) Geo. H. Lempe, Fine Boots & Shoes, 611 State St.

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Bolton & Skillman, Crackers, 1st Avenue & 117th St. [1890's] A.E. Wright, Wall paper, Painting, Paper Hanging, Kalsomining, 8 23rd Street (5) H. Holtz & Son, Boots & Shoes, Phoenix Building (2) Joseph Radany & Son, Dry Goods, 37 Lansing Street Rasmussen's Piano & Furniture Shop, 548 7th Avenue, n.d. [1930's] River View Hotel, 482 First Avenue, H. Attewell, Prop., n.d. [1885-1900] trade card, James Dougrey, boarding & livery stable Adams & Franklin, Pharmacists H.B. Millard, Undertaker, 652-654 State Street Louis Reichart, Fine Stationery, 582 Second Avenue Main Bros. & Co., Honest Box Bluing & Stove Polish paste, 646 "Main Sreet" [State Street] [2 silhouette cards] 2 trade Christmas cards, H.A. Foy, Manufacturer of Fine Candy, 639 2nd Avenue (1890's) Frank Barton, Grocer & Provisions, 652 2nd Avenue H. Holtz & Son, Boots, Shoes & Rubbers, Phoenix Building comic trade card, Adams & Franklin, Druggists, 1882 J.E. Clark's Oyster and Coffee House, No. 3 Flack Block, State Street J.B.S. Spotten, Druggist J.B. Spotten, Perscritpion Druggust, Phoenix Building J.B. Spotten, Druggust, Phoenix Building Davis, Hatter, opposite Phoenix Hotel pair of trade cards "Bolton's Home Brewed Ale, Lansingburgh, N. Y." 2 egg-shaped trade cards for Adams & Franklin, druggists G.H. Lempe, Fine Boots & Shoes, 611 State Street Lansingburgh Brush Manufacturing Company, Agency, 130 & 132 Read St., New York John Engel & Son, Boots and Shoes, 571 State Street

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Rourk Bros., Groceries and provisions, 300 State Street Mann's Stove Polish Paste, State Street Lemay and Horton, Scale Works, Fifth Avenue & 6th Street, Upper Troy [ca. 1900-1910] G.H. Lempe, fine boots & shoes, 611 Second Avenue [oversized] Geo. H. Lempe, fine boots and shoes, 611 State St., James King, Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Etc., 647 Second Avenue [oversized] R.C. Haskell, dealer in Carpets, Oil Cloths, . . . Nos 15 &17 Third St., Troy Mrs. H.E. Sliter, Dress Making, 1 Barton’s Block Main’s Black Diamomd Stove Polish, 646 State Street H. S. Dickson, Druggists, State Street Clark Brothers, fashionable tailoring, 593-595 State Street

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MISCELLANEOUS memorandum, August 24, 1776, concerning money paid by a "mob" for salt, "taken from him violently on the 11th Day of February, 1776," William Nichols, arrested by Anthony Van Schaick at Stone Arabia [probable Loyalist reference] memorandum, W.S. Sim agrees to let David Henry rent a house owned by J.B. Comstock, March 14, 1810 [mentions repairs to stoop, cellar door and window shutters] list of fire buckets at residences [partial], Jan. 10, 1816 judgement, Feb. 23, 1813, $3.00, rendered against Henry McCarty, " a delinquent belonging to Capt. Reuben King's Company," at a Court Martial held July 2, 1812 order for removal from house, signed by John D. Dickinson, to Abiel Bugbee, who must vacate house to be rented by Gerritt Peebles [early 1800's] inventory of the property of James Sloan, deceased, taken by Peter Sim & Jas. McMurray, Dec. 16, 1794 muster roll [copy, original in the possession of William Lamb], of Capt. Cornelius Noble's Company, Col. Stephen Schuyler's Regiment, Feb. 17, 1777 bond, Edward Lawlor unto Joseph Sturges, $3200, Nov. 15, 1831 memorandum of agreement, Nov. 15, 1790, between Abraham J. Lansing & Matthew Lyon, concerning the latter's clerkship pair of blank checks, Bank of D. Powers & Son, 188- proceedings, Democratic Meeting, Sept., 9, 1858 relinquishment of rights in the pension of Cornelius Lansing, by heirs, to Jacob. C. Lansing, Jan. 1, 1846 bond, Charles Kellogg to Union National Bank of Troy, $5000, May 16, 1855 judgement, against Isaac Bull for £6 S6 P3 in favor of Nathaniel Williams, John D. Dickinson, Attorney, June 13, 1795 judgement, against Elijah Janes & James Dole [merchants] in favor of William Beatty, $143.89, Feb. 24, 1798 judgement, against John Tarbell & Stephen Ashley in favor of James Dole, for $161, June 16, 1798 draft of memorandum between Richard Spencer & James Kenney, Oct. 7, 1854, about transfer of the School "The Athenaeum" engraved "Factory Store" notes, $1 & $2 [mid 1800's] silk ribbon, "First Presbyterian Sabbath School, Lansingburgh" receipt for lot in Oakwood Cemetery, R.S. Munn & Clements, Lot 199, Section H [no date] card notifying parents of pupils in the public schools of new reporting system, 1881

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engraved banknote, Bank of Lansingburgh, 1864 Notice of Confirmation of Assessment for paving 5th Avenue, to Mrs. Alida Clarkson, 1914, along with canceled check for first installation payment, from City of Troy 9 hard times tokens, Colored cardboard specie issued during Civil War ink sketch, 3 mile marker for Northern Turnpike, by David Hepp [used on cover of Lansingburgh, NY, 1771-1971] engraved portrait, J.K.P. Pine engraved portrait, Anthony A. Peebles engraved portrait, D.L. Millard [principal of the Lansingburgh Academy] illustrated envelope, Arnold & Rowe, Rensselaer Scale Works [1885 postmark] blank deposit slip and withdrawal slip [2 items], Bank of D. Powers & Son, 188_ printed envelope with comic engravings, Lansingburgh Courier [newspaper], 1880's envelope with triple cancel Lansingburgh post card, 1888 birthday card, sent by "Ms. Shook" to Hattie E. Wood, daughter of Charles Wood, 645 Third Avenue, August 1912 reproduction of 1863 Currier & Ives lithograph of John Brown based on Louis Ransom painting

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