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East Nissouri marriage lists
Marriages 1904 East Nissouri
Edwin Thos Gourley of London to Matilda Margaret Bayne of Dorchester
Charles Wm Rutledge s/o John & Carrie, to Lydia Jane Hodgeman d/o Wm Hodgeman & Elizabeth ?
Clyde James of St Marys, stone-cutter to Mary Hughes of Fullerton
Donald McKellar of West Zorra to Margaret Weir, d/o George Weir & Grant [female] Sutherland
David Thompson, s/o Wm & Elizabeth [Patton] to Emily Alderson. d/o Thos & Lydia [Gleason]
Charles E Rowell of Woodstock to Pearl Thurlow, d/o Geo Thurlow & Agnes McClain
Robert H McCorquodale, s/o Cornelius & Jane [Marshall] to Belle S Sutherland, d/o Andrew Sutherland & Sophie McDonald
Henry Geo Ridley of Downie to Catherine Isabella Sutherland, d/o Hugh & Margaret Sutherland
William N Sinkins, s/o Wm & Helen [Sturges], to Maggie Dalrymple, d/o Geo & Mary Jane [Trothen]
James Rutledge, RR section man, s/o George Rutledge and Julia[Vansickle], to Elizabeth Ball, d/o Stephen Ball & Mary Jane Moore
Wallace Francis Thurlow, s/o John Thurlow & Ellice Murray, to Elizabeth Tomlinson, d/o Isaac & Eliza
Robert Langford of Biddulph to Martha Ann Kew, d/o James Kew & Martha Johnson
James Wells, s/o Jonathan Wells and Charlotte Martin, to Almeda Gregory, d/o Gilbert & S A [Taylor]
File name: 10_03_000137b
Binder label: Food
Title: In the morning drink Runkel Brothers Breakfast Cocoa, 'Right in it' [back]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 12 x 7 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Girls; Servants; Beverages
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: Runkel Bros.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
"Tønsberg den 16de Mars 1921.
Herr Stadskonduktør Christensen
Trondhjem
Ad Olav Trygvesons Monument
Siden mit sidste til Dem af 4de dennes,
har jeg fra billedhugger Rasmussen modtat brev
med beskrivelse af kapitelet.
Af dette, samt af de to hertil modtagne modeller,
sees, at kapitelet blir adskillig meget forandret,
end det, i sin tid, modtagne tegninger ud-
viser, det blir saaledes meget dyrere i hugning.
Jeg antager crc Kr. 3000.00, tre tusind kroner
Nu er spørgsmaalet dette, skal jeg gaa
igang med hugningen, som modellene udviser og
kan jeg beregne arbeidstillægget, jeg skal ikke be-
regne nogen fortjeneste paa dette, men maa man
jo have sine udlagte arbeidspenge refunderet.
Som De muligens ved, har stenhuggerne
opsagt sin tarif fra 1ste Mai og blir det da
sansynlig streik fra den tid. Jeg maa da
inden den tid have monumentet færdig, og bedes[...]"
(Forts. side 2)
Dokumentet er hentet fra Trondhjems Magistrat: Olav Tryggvason-monumentet (Lnr. 979)
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Horace Greeley's March
Political Party: Democratic
Election Year: 1872
Date Made: 1872
Measurement: Sheet Music: 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.; 34.29 x 26.035 cm
Classification: Publications
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5zp5
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
Continuation of poem from document MM00041905a Louise Curry Hart Scrapbook. Convent of Mary Immaculate Class of 1929. Louise Curry Hart Scrapbook. Convent of Mary Immaculate Class of 1929. Poem about car wreck on Duval Street involving Wilhelmina Goehring (Harvey)
"Saturday 12th [December 1874]: Cloudy part of the day snowed a little. Staid at Murphys all day posting a/cs Murphys cook Robt King discharged. Wm Norris took his place cooking. Maid an axe helve for Gordon Dafoe staid over night at Murphys."
"Sunday 13th: Dark cloudy day quite warm. Snowed verry heavy most of the day. Staid at Murphys Shanty all day posting books finished all a/c to date except extending rate of wages. Willet Burno & Alex McDonald at shanty drawing out deer. Left one horse in stables three of them had dinner. J. Murphy brought Cap for 25c I gave him the money. I staid over night - Murphy scolded men for talking in bed."
"Monday 14th: Clear cold day high wind. Left Murphys shanty about nine Oclock a.m. walked to Welshes shanty distance 3 1/2 miles. Stopt with ox teamster Denis Sullivan for a while. Went on to Shanty. Had dinner and staid all night posting books until 11 p.m."
"Tuesday 15th: Clear cold day staid at Welshes shanty all the fournoon posting books. Left after dinner walked to Genarouxs new shanty staid there about two hours then walked to old shanty. Wm Diamond there with mules staid over night he gave me two letters from home or one of them from Martha Ann [Denis's younger sister, born 1842]. Genaroux commensed cutting logs at new Shanty & finished skidding old logs or cutting"
Part of Denis Nealon's diary.
File name: 10_03_002113b
Binder label: Perfume/Hair Products
Title: Parker's Hair Balsam - not perfumed. [back]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 8 x 12 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Children; Hair preparations; Patent medicines
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: Hiscox & Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Aire Valley Transport event Skipton running day 12th Oct 2014. Thanks to the organisers for a great day out.
Kev
Original Caption: Message of President Thomas Jefferson concerning the success of the expedition of Lewis and Clark, 02/19/1806
Created By: U.S. Senate.(03/04/1789 - )
From: Record Group/Collection: 46
From: Presidential Messages to the Senate Suggesting Legislation to the 9th Congress, ca. 1805 - ca. 1807
Production Dates: 02/19/1806
Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=306470
Reference Unit: Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
中国国家主席胡锦涛先生
全国人大常委会委员长吴邦国先生
国务院总理温家宝先生：
我是中华人民共和国公民，持有中华人民共和护照，户口居住地是上海市。今年4月1日合法出国来日本短暂休养，6月7日回国遭到上海浦东机场的警察的禁止入境，继而连续7次回国都遭非法阻止。更严重的是，2009年11月3日我第八次回国，我已回到上海浦东，在浦东国际机场宾馆住了一宿，第二天上海警察伙同日本全日空航空公司上海支店的职员动用暴力手段，将我强行拖上日本飞机，绑架至日本。因此，我拒绝入境日本，坚守一个中国人的尊严，至今已露宿日本国门外第54天。
我相信，您们已知道这起事件。现在全世界主要媒体都在报道，国内的网络也在传播，一个中国公民不能回国的悲哀故事。以前每次回国之前，我都向中国政府的相关部门告知，2009年9月1日致国家主席胡锦涛的信也转发给中共政治局常委。而且，《中国公民冯正虎第八次回国的公告》已写明：“如果上海浦东的边防警察再次拒绝我入境回国，强行“遣返”我回日本，这是给日本制造麻烦，最后日本政府会依据国际公约及中日法律强迫中国政府负起责任，必须接受本国公民。这个结局的发生是中国威信危机的开始，中国将蒙受最大耻辱，我作为一个中国人是不愿接受这种羞辱的，但我已别无选择。”
为什么我的一再劝告，这些当官的视而不见呢？或许他们除了自己的私利和乌纱帽之外，根本不顾国家的利益与声誉，也不尊重其他公民的权利，终于制造了一个中国公民八次被拒绝回国、露宿日本国门外54天的世界奇闻，让一个合法的中国公民遭受精神上的羞辱与身体上的折磨，让中国蒙受耻辱，给日本的入境审查处添加很大麻烦。现在，我已与美国好莱坞影片“The Terminal”（中文译名为“幸福终点站”）的维克多一样，已经适应在机场里的生活，等待回国。
我在这里只生活了一个多月，日本官员就没有耐心了。从12月3日起，每天发一个中日文的文件给我，还拍照为证。他们知道，这个文件发给我没有什么用处，或许是让我转交给中国政府。其实，我一回国，就不会妨碍他们工作了。现在很滑稽，日本的政府没有向中国政府或中国驻日大使馆提出抗议，而将日本官方的文件直接发给一个在日本国门外的中国公民，或许这是中日外交的新形式。一个中国公民五十几天露宿日本门外，中国政府漠不关心，中国驻日大使馆官员也不履行看望自己国民的责任，去沟通一个解决的方案。因此，日本政府对私下沟通已失去信心。
现在，我却暂时成了中国方的代表，接受日本政府部门的文件。与其是发给我，还不如说是发给中国政府。我收到一份，就会转呈中国政府。每天同一时间送达的日本政府部门文件，内容一样，仅是日期更改一下。我也按日本的要求，我致中国政府领导人的信件内容一样、日期改一下，并附上新日期的日本政府的部门文件。
今天转呈12月27日的日本官方文件，这是第25份。希望您们这些中国的最高领导人能关注，督促中国政府履行保护国民的责任，尽快结束我们中国人的国耻，让我回国，不要让日本政府为难了。
此致
敬意
中华人民共和国公民
冯正虎
2009年12月27日
请网络上网友与警察多多关照：
我这里不通邮政，只有靠现代化的网络技术传递文件。请帮助我传送文件的网络媒体，天天帮我刊登一下，这是官方文件，内容一样，日期不同，就是新文件。也请国内高层次的网络警察，尽快向中央报送。
附件：12月27日的日本官方文件（总第25份）
平成21年12月27日
冯正虎先生：
自从您于11月4日到达成田机场后，由于没有提出入国申请，而一直停留在入境审查处。入境审查处是来日外国人进行入境审查的场所，所以您不能长期在此停留。
由于您的行动，妨碍了本支局正常的业务工作，本支局工作人员已多次对您进行了提出入境申请，从而离开入境审查处的劝告。
在此，再一次以文件的形式通知您，请您提出入境申请，离开入境审查处。
东京入国管理局成田机场支局
支局长 藤冈 明
馮正虎 殿
貴殿は11月4日に成田空港に到着したにもかかわらず、上陸申請を行うことなく上陸審査場内に留まり続けておりますが、上陸審査場は到着した外国人が上陸の申請を行う場所であり、ここに貴殿が居続けることができません。
貴殿の行為は、当支局の業務遂行にし支を来たすことから、当支局職員から再三にわたり、貴殿に対し、上陸申請を行い、退去することを申し渡しております。今般、改めて文書をもって、上陸申請を行い、上陸審査場から退去するよう申し渡します。
東京入国管理局成田空港支局
支局長 藤岡 明
"gjør vort yderste kapitælet færdig til 10 august = gullik +"
Dokumentet er hentet fra Trondhjems Magistrat: Olav Tryggvason-monumentet (Lnr. 979)
Detalhe do arranjo de flores.Forrada em tecido Piquê em estampa patchwork e com enfeite de flores,fio encerado, brad ,sianinha e bico inglês em algodão.
Look what I found! On the first page of a small book about Buddhism, here's a statement from the Union of Myanmar, a statement that probably has to be included in most books for them to be legal.
Please use/spread for educational purposes.
INTRODUCTION. This is a scan and transcript of a bunch of old family letters from about 1820 to 1880. In the late 1870's, my 3rd great grandfather Henry Claydon packed up the family in Solihull, England (near Birmingham) and moved to Greenfield Center, New York, USA. Two others in the Claydon family came to New York before Henry: James Claydon, brother of Henry's father Thomas in 1848, and Thomas, son on James' brother William. James and 2nd wife Charity Rowland corresponded with Rowland/Greene and Claydon relatives in the USA and back in England. The letters contained a huge amount of family information that enabled the building of a detailed family tree. Some of the letters imply or describe life in England and the USA western frontier, including family, farming life, and religious life.
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TRANSCRIPT:
James Claydon, the eldest member of the family in the USA, settled in Greenfield Center, New York. He left a variety of documents, including deeds, contracts, receipts, and letters. His 2nd wife, Charity Rowland, had a number of relatives in the Greenfield area, and further in the pioneer west who sent them letters. A few letters survived to the present day:
Letter from Philip Claydon, the son of James' sister Sarah:
Hendon Oct.r 31 / 1862
Dear Uncle
I received your kind letter and was very glad to hear you and your wife [Charity] are quite well, as I am happy to inform you we are all well. I am sorry I did not put my name in the last letter, but you say you expect it was from me and you are quite right. My Dear Uncle, I was taken very ill the day before last Christmas. My wife was all that come to see me. I thought I should die, but I never thought so, I was ___ an ___ one in my breast and one in my side the two discharged about 7 pints of matter. Do you ask me how I felt, to this I reply I often think if the Lord had made us [end of page]
[Page 2] I believe the Lord has made us and placed us here to know him & love him to be happy here & happy hereafter. Do I believe aright and ___ of my thanks for the good advice you gave in your last letter, how a word about the old friends in Hendon to some I read your letter, to others I told the content & I believe they are all striving to get to heaven & all desire to be remembered to you with kind love. Mrs. Bennett is troubled with a large tumor in the inside, but the Lord spares her life. Now about our relations at Fringford. My Uncle John is all that is there, as Uncle Thomas & family have all left & gone to live in Warwickshire [end of page]
[Page 3] but I know nothing of his whereabouts so I cannot say anything of him. The last time I saw my Uncle John he was very well but concluded you was dead. Friend Coats came & ?stopt with me some time since and was quite well his first wife is dead but he is married again, all there and a lot of other Tasker & Thorp, Bennett & Burden Esq to be remembered kindly to you. Old Mrs. Woolley has asked kindly after you many times, we thank you for the information about the price of provision and wages paid for labour if you can transport your farm ___ hear ?Turle take it of you, or 100 sheep just send them at price & I write buy well there is the water & distance I know I am glad to hear my cousin Thomas did well if so then all is well for ever we shall all soon die you say you are getting old [end of page]
[page 4] angels in heaven we had no right to complain. I know he has made us men. We have no right to say why hast thou made me thus & if he sees it good to afflict us we are sure it is all for our good as he is to ___ to err and to good to be unkind. I felt much of my unworthiness, do you ask me where it leads me to, well, I answer not into Doubting Castle nor the torn Cage of Despair, but here, he died for our sins & rose again for our justification before God I cannot do better to express my feelings than quote 2 lines of the parts fixed on this ground will I remain through my heard soul and flesh decay [end of page]
Notes:
PHILIP CLAYDON (b. 1823 in Fringford, Oxfordshire, ENG):
James’ brother, writer’s uncle: Thomas Claydon at Fringford, a preacher
Nephew [WRITER] Philip Claydon and wife [Emily]
1son: James Claydon
2son: George Claydon
3son: Fredrick Claydon
Uncle John (CLAYDON) - probably brother to James
Walter _____ to New Zealand
George Leach - possible relation to James' first wife, Mary LEECH.
Mrs. Wolly / Woolley
Dead:
Uncle William ______
Aunt Hannah (DAGLEY?)
Aunt Mary (FOSKETTE?) at Newton.
Grandmother - James' mother who died 6/1851, Mary Turner Claydon.
Grandfather - James' father who died 8/1852, Laurence Claydon.
Doubting Castle and Cage of Despair are from the book Pilgrim's Progress.
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Grover and Frances Folsom Cleveland Portrait Advertising Card
Political Party: Democratic
Date Made: ca. 1886-1897
Measurement: Card: 3 x 5 in.; 7.62 x 12.7 cm
Classification: Ephemera
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/61cr
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
Item Number:730-11-sh3
Document Title:Assessed Valuations 1919/ Summations by City Planning Committee/
Project:00730; Buffalo Civic Center; Buffalo; NY; 06 Grounds of Public Buildings; 28;
Location:Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Category:PLAN
Purpose:A&E (Architectural & Engineering)
Physical Characteristics:0000061771 11 1/2" x 19 1/2" cyano pos color p/c paper
Dates:n.d.
Please Credit: Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
File name: 10_03_003170b
Binder label: Stock Cards
Title: Holiday goods at G. V. S. Quackenbush & Co's. [back]
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 14 x 9 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Children; Dry goods stores; Correspondence
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: G. V. S. Quackenbush & Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Celebratory activities described. "All the girls of our Hand High School wore red crepe paper hats & carried torches."
Part of MHS' collection.
See other WW I - related documents at flic.kr/s/aHskh3niWh.
Christopher Columbus Statue
In 1473, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) embarked on his first maritime voyage from his home near Genoa, Italy headed for the island of Khios in the Aegean Sea. Upon his return in 1476, he traveled in a convoy destined for England. Legend has it that pirates sunk Columbus's ship near the coast of Portugal. Columbus swam to shore and settled in Lisbon, where his brother Bartholomew worked as a cartographer.
Based on speculative maps, Columbus concluded that there was a quicker route to the markets of Asia than was yet known. Instead of heading south and circumnavigating Africa, Columbus proposed to sail west. In the 1480s, Columbus presented this proposal to the monarchs of Portugal and Spain. In April 1492, King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor Columbus's proposed voyage. On August 3, 1492, the three modest ships that comprised Columbus's party, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, set sail. They sighted land on October 12, 1492. The ships landed on Guanahani, an island in the Bahamas. Columbus claimed the land for the King of Spain and renamed the island San Salvador. Believing he had reached the West Indies, Columbus called the natives "los Indios," or Indians. The members of the expedition returned to Spain triumphantly on March 15, 1493. After receiving a title of nobility, Christopher Columbus immediately launched a larger expedition. On November 3, 1493, this fleet of 17 ships anchored near present day Puerto Rico. His third and fourth voyages set sail in 1498 and 1502.
Columbus's early descriptions of the Americas, as in his "The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828) documented Columbus"s story. Focusing largely on his arrival in the Americas as opposed to the colonization of the area, Irving and others enshrined Columbus as a hero. His popular reputation ever after became that of the bold, courageous adventurer who enabled American civilization, and he is memorialized here and elsewhere as such.
About ten thousand people, including Italian, Spanish, and American dignitaries, gathered in Columbus Circle on October 12, 1892, the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus in the "New World." Together they dedicated the Columbus Monument, designed by Sicilian sculptor Gaetano Russo and donated to the City of New York by the Italian-American community. Gen. L.P. di Cesnola, the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spoke at the event, telling the audience that Columbus's "true monument is this great land, its institutions, its prosperity, its blessing, its lessons of advance for all humanity."
The monument consists of a statue of Columbus posed on a column mounted on a base surrounded by fountains; an allegorical figure depicting the Genius of Discovery stands on the base. Both Columbus and the latter figure are carved of Carrara marble. Bronze elements include two bas-reliefs portraying Columbus's journey, as well as an American bald eagle and lotus-shaped cresting. In addition, bronze ships' prows and anchors adorn the granite column. The total height of the plinth, pedestal, column and sculpture is 77 feet, enabling passerby to see the monument from miles away on a clear day.
Early in the 20th century, the monument was fortified with complex supports engineered for the new subway system to be tunneled beneath it. A lavish wrought-iron fence was installed encircling the monument. In 1965, the installation of fountains and illumination with funds from book publisher and philanthropist George T. Delacorte (1894-1991) enhanced the site. The fountains, designed by Douglas Leigh, were inspired by water displays in Rome. In 1990 and 1991, the monument underwent an extensive renovation funded by the Columbus Citizens Foundation, under the auspices of the Adopt-A-Monument Program, a joint venture of Parks, the Municipal Art Society, and the New York City Art Commission. George Delacorte and Arthur Ross donated additional funds for the restoration of the decorative fence. The Central Park Conservancy, through an endowment established by Mr. Delacorte's heirs, will continue to maintain the monument in the future.
This early fourteenth century English manuscript is an example of Henri de Gauchy’s French translation of De regimine principum. Giles of Rome first composed the text in Latin for Philip of the Fair around 1277, and it was soon translated into several vernacular languages. Henri de Gauchy’s was the most prolifically copied of the French translations, and remains extant in thirty-one copies, only six of which are of English origin. The quality of the illumination in Walters 144 suggests that this book was destined for a king or member of the nobility, though it has no evidence of ownership prior to 1463. The text is divided into three books, intended to instruct princes on his ethical, economical and political responsibilities: the conduct of the individual, the rule of the family and household, and the governance of the kingdom. Scenes of princes and scholars conversing, and princes instructing their subjects are among the ten miniatures and historiated initials. The book is a member of the Queen Mary Psalter group (BL Royal 2 B VII).
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
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Losing people is hard, especially when you have watched them fade away over a long period of time. My heart is happy that she is in a better place and free from pain, but my heart so also hurts at her loss.
Farewell my friend. Until our journeys cross again…
Theme: Life’s A Journey
Year Seven Of My 365 Project
Title: The Priscilla cook book of tried and proved recipes
Repository: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
Call Number: Harvard Depository 641.61 M592p
Catalog Record: id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/003772566/catalog
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نمونه ای از کوپن های رایح در زمان سلطنت پهلوی که احتمالا به دوره حنگ جهانی مربوط می شود و در بندر بوشهر توزیع شده بود
In the collection of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, home of the Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants, which comprises about 4,000 pieces of botanical models made of glass over a period of 50 years by two German artists, Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939).
File name: 10_03_000865b
Binder label: Leisure - Reading, Travel
Title: West Brighton Beach Hotel [back]
Created/Published: N. Y. : F. Ihne
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 9 x 13 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Hotels; Beaches; People
Notes: Title from item.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
File name: 10_03_000090b
Binder label: Food
Title: Health and happiness for the little ones reared on Ridge's Food. [back]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : lithograph ; 9 x 14 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Children; Food
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: Woolrich & Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
The Jay Property in Rye is a historic site where slaves are known to have lived and worked and where they were also emancipated by the Jay family.The simplest of artifacts help us examine this valuable legacy and study the chronology of early manumission efforts by by John Jay and his sons, including his eldest, Peter Augustus Jay.
Personal account books of Peter's wife, Mary Rutherfurd, recently donated to the Jay Heritage Center, give a meticulous picture of the day to day activities and household expenses of the Jay household between their various properties in New York City, Rye and Bedford. "Gave away Manumition society" is a frequent entry in this 1814 volume reflecting donations made by Peter Augustus to the society founded by his father, John Jay. Peter Augustus would also serve as President of this progressive society. Further, as a delegate to the NY Constitutional Convention, Peter Augustus Jay argued to extend the right to vote to free African Americans. Despite his impassioned plea, and delivering what some say was the most eloquent speech of the convention, these rights were not granted at this time.
"When this convention was first assembled, it was generally understood that provisions would be made to extend the right of suffrage, and some were apprehensive that it might be extended to a degree, which they could not approve. But, sir it was not expected that the right was in any instance to be restricted much less was it anticipated, or desired, that a single person was to be disenfranchised. Why, sir are these men [speaking of free African Americans] to be excluded from rights which they possess in common with their countrymen? What crimes have they committed for which they are to be punished? Why are they, who were born free as ourselves, natives of the same country, and deriving from nature and our political institutions the same rights and privileges which we have, now to be deprived of all those rights, and doomed to remain forever as aliens among us?"
"But we are told by one of the select committee that people of color are incapable of exercising the right of suffrage. I may have misunderstood that gentleman; but I though he meant to say that they labored under a physical disability. It is true that some philosophers have held that the intellect of a black man is naturally inferior to that of a white one; but this idea has been so completely refuted, and is now so universally exploded, that I did not expect to have heard it in an assembly so enlightened as this, nor do I now think it necessary to disprove it."
"Mr. Chairman, I would submit to the consideration of the committee whether the proposition of the gentleman from Saratoga is consistent with the Constitution of the United States. That instrument [the Constitution] provides that “citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.”…….Now, sir, is not the right of suffrage a privilege? And can you deny it to the citizen of Pennsylvania, who comes here and complies with your laws, merely because he is not six feet high, or because he is of dark complexion?"
PETER AUGUSTUS JAY
When Peter A. Jay died in 1843, he left a lifetime stipend for Caesar, a slave owned by his Uncle "Blind Peter" on the Rye property and freed in 1824. Caesar was buried on the Jay's estate in Rye in 1847.
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A National Historic Landmark since 1993
Member of the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County since 2004
Member of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area since 2009
On NY State's Path Through History (2013)
This book of English heraldry was completed ca. 1589. The manuscript belonged to the Spencer family, as known through inscriptions on the first few flyleaves, including the motto "Dieu defende Le Droit" (God defends the right). This motto has long been associated with the Spencer family of England, which is the family line of Princess Diana, as well as the Spencers who were among the founders of Virginia. The Spencer family's heraldry is included in the manuscript, along with the coats of arms of numerous prominent British families, including the Hasting, Gray, Beuford, and Percye families. There is another similar book of English Heraldry in the British Library, Stowe MS 693, which was also completed at the end of the sixteenth century.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.