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1725/07/08
Van Horne, Johanna
to Robert Livingston re: slow trade
Joanna apoligizes for her father's poor returns on flour, and notes how slow trade the trade is. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01655
1712/06/12
Lords of Trade
to Governor Hunter re: decision to reprimand the Assembly
The Justices wrote the letter in response to a dispute between the Councill and the Assembly of New York regarding the "amending of money Bills." In the letter, the Justices find in favor of the Councill, as they charge the Assembly with "a...
GLC03107.00917
1714/04/05
Schuyler, Phillip
to Robert Livingston re: falling prices of provisions
Schuyler informs Livingston that Hugh Saills will pay him a visit in order to tell him what has happened to his sloop. Schuyler also mentions that the prices of provisions have fallen, and that Livingston's bellows remain unsold. Docketed on address...
GLC03107.01057
1717
Unknown
"Proposal of ways & means to raise 12000 [pounds] to pay the Debts of the . . .
. . . Government." List of various ways to raise money, including printing more money, and raising and creating taxes.
GLC03107.01157
17 March 1777
Whipple, William (1730-1785)
to Josiah Bartlett
Discusses Continental troop movements, specifically regarding Fort Ticonderoga and New Jersey. Also, rising cost of living and collapsing currency, taxation, Franklin's reception at Versailles, and New Hampshire politics.
GLC05878
11 June 1781
Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
to William Whipple
Discusses the state of financial affairs and the need for a national bank to stop depreciation of the currency and reduced powers of the government. Writes that he "must apply or support to Gentlemen of your Character and Zeal for the service of...
GLC05898
1917-1918
Allied Printing Trades Council
Untitled
One poster printed in Yiddish by the Allied Printing Trades Council.
GLC09815.01
1977
Milk, Harvey (1930-1978)
"The City is talking about Harvey Milk because he fights for San Francisco."
One booklet entitled, "The City is talking about Harvey Milk because he fights for San Francisco," dated 1977. Item is a print of The Bay Guardian's endorsement of Harvey Milk running for Supervisor of District 5 in San Francisco, CA. Also includes...
GLC09871.06
[Collection of Allied Printing Trades Council Liberty Bond posters][Decimalized .01-.05]
Collection of World War I posters dated 1917-1918. Consists of five lithographs printed in Yiddish, Hungarian, Greek, Italian and German. Slogans throughout the collection encourage the idea that America's freedom is everyone's freedom and to...
GLC09815
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