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    Map of the consolidated city of Brooklyn, 1864

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    Author: McCloskey, Henry, 1863-1867. Printer: A. Brown & Co., New York (N.Y.)

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    Shake the kaleidoscope (monograph)

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    Publisher: Pocket Books (New York, N.Y.) Related Content: "the tragedy of the leaves" ; "riot" (p. 231, poems) Note: "(1973) ; NIF" written in ms. in upper right corner of p. [i]. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski

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    Albert Raymond Barton diaries

    Manuscripts

    Six diaries of Albert Raymond Barton of Rome, New York for the period from January 1, 1862 to December 31, 1870. The detailed, regular entries describe the social, political, and religious scene in Oneida and Schuyler Counties; Barton's trips to Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York City; his work and apprenticeship to local physicians; medical studies and practice; involvement in various religious and political societies, and his active participation in Republican electoral politics, including Abraham Lincoln's re-election in 1864 and Ulysses S. Grant's presidential campaign of 1868. Barton also recounts local and national news and rumors of the progress of the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, the "Copperheads," the draft and the New York draft riots, the New York State elections of 1863 and 1865, Lincoln's assassination, and the politics of Reconstruction.

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  • New York : city of New York

    New York : city of New York

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    Image of an eye-level cityscape view of New York City with people on the waterfront and ships in the foreground, in a shield motif, vignettes of the seal of New York, ship's cargo, and navigational equipment.

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  • Diaries and account books of James Stephens Brown [microform]: 1849-1900

    Diaries and account books of James Stephens Brown [microform]: 1849-1900

    Manuscripts

    Microfilm of assorted diaries, account books, and notes kept by James Stephen Brown. The microfilm includes fragments of diaries dated Ogden City 1860, Calhoun, Iowa, 1849, and Salt Lake 1859; a diary identified as Nottingham, England, which opens in 1857, when Brown delayed his mission work to participate in the Utah War, and traces his travels through Utah, his overland journey to New York, and his mission in England from 1860-1861; a second diary covering Brown's mission in England; an 1872 diary tracing his mission work in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts; an 1875-1876 diary describing his travels through Utah and mission to Navajos in Arizona; assorted family notes dated 1900; a typescript of Brown's 1875-1876 Navajo diary; an 1875-1876 Utah diary; a diary dated 1892 tracing a mission to the Society Islands; an account book dated 1863-1866; and a diary dated 1870, which mainly contains account notes from 1866-1870.

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  • The city of New York

    The city of New York

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    Image of an aerial cityscape view of New York City, with the Manhattan shoreline and Battery Park in the foreground, and showing the Brooklyn Bridge and boats in the East River and the Hudson River, with a list of locations and buildings in margin.

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