Walk the bustling streets of Manhattan and imagine the lush and solitary land that greeted New York’s first settlers. Visit Ellis Island and envision the gateway to the New World teeming with immigrants. Vacation on Lake Champlain alongside the ghosts of voyageurs. New York is a state as rich in history as in modern-day wonders. Juxtaposing ...

Manufacturer: Voyageur Press
Written By: Meg Schneider

The Almanac of New York City is an innovative companion for urban enthusiasts. Nowhere else will you find the name of the city's first comptroller (Selah Strong) and Staten Island's most recently designated historic district (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto) next to the city's best-attended cultural institution (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with five million visitors annually) and ...

Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

This volume is the fourth in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records, 1830-1900, for the Town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. All genealogically significant schedules for the 1870 Federal Census and the 1875 New York State Census have been transcribed. These include the following; ...

Manufacturer: Willow Bend Books
Written By: Harold E. Hinds

Riverside Park is an illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary. Since its conception in the 1870s, the park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is today one of Manhattan's most beautiful attractions."If the West Side ...

Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
Written By: Edward Grimm, E. Peter Schroeder

Mom is gone, the last of the four generations of Stadels who lived on Stadel Mountain. The 1870's farmhouse lies quiet, but for an old dust covered trunk. Memories of life on the farm draw us to the trunk. The eager hands of the fifth generation gently open the lid to reveal twenty- four family quilts. Vibrant splashes of colorful fabrics stitched together in quilted patterns spill ...

Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
Written By: Gloria Driscoll and Carol Gendle

3 volumes. The Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies, was officially created on February 5, 1778, in response to the invasion of New York by the British army, and the fear of domestic foes, such as the Tories. The nine Commissioners, aided by armed forces, traveled throughout New York, where they sought out and arrested enemies of the State. This 3 volume work analyzes the laws ...

Manufacturer: Heritage Books

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Harry D. Sleight

Manufacturer: Chartwell Books
Written By: M. J. Howard

Crossroads in Time: An Illustrated History of Syracuse is the most ambitious publication in the Onondaga Historical Association's 145-year history. Most of the images - many in color - are taken from OHA's collection, and several have never been published before. This book provides the engaging story of Syracuse's expansion and development over the past 200 years. Beyond its ...

Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Written By: Dennis J. Connors

Until 1825 an alien resident of New York could neither hold nor bequeath property, but by an Act of the State Legislature, April 21, 1825, he was permitted to hold real property provided he deposed that he was a resident of the U.S. and intended to become a naturalized citizen. Kenneth Scott and Rosanne Conway have abstracted the genealogical data from these alien depositions, which were filed ...

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: Kenneth Scott, Rosanne Conway