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TitleLiberty bank information booth sells war bonds in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1918

DescriptionLiberty Bank information booth is set-up in the City Hall Plaza to sell war bonds to help fund our efforts during World War I, circa 1918. Photographer Heinrichs Studio.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLetter from Charles Scribner's Sons to William Elliot Griffis, December 13, 1918

Date Created1918-12-13

DescriptionDenies Griffis' publication request for a new edition of Corea. Suggests that the new edition will not sell favorably (also states issues of history due to the absorbtion of Korea into the Japanese...

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TitleEly, H.P., letter, Medford, [N.J.], November 15, 1857, to "Resp[ec]t[e]d F[rien]d." [Peter Still]

Date Created1857

DescriptionH.P. Ely informs Peter Still that he (Ely) has received a letter from Dillwyn Smith; alludes to a trip to New England by Still to sell books; reports that Smith is suffering financially, apparently as...

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TitleI remember my father at Seabrook

AuthorHasegawa, Yoshiko Nakamura

Date Created1965

DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Yoshiko Nakamura Hasegawa remembers her father. He emigrated from Japan in 1906 because of economic depression, and moved to California. He steadily worked his way...

Time Period1906, 1965

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TitleDeed and guarantee of release, 1787

Date Created1787

DescriptionTwo documents relating to the purchase of lands by Daniel Van Winkle, from heirs of Cornelius Diedericks. The first being a deed in which the "lots of land swamp and meadow" are sold for "Five pounds...

Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleMap of a Section of Plainfield to Sell Building Lots 1869.
One hundred and thirty two Valuable Cottage Lots and 375 City Lots in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey.

Date Created1869

DescriptionLot plan and guide map for Plainfield, N.J. Advertised lots are bounded by Lane Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue (east-west) and Alletia Street and Carriejo Street (north-south). One hundred and thirty...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleLetter from the Roanoke Mayor

Date Created2015-11-18

DescriptionA November 2015 statement issued by David Bowers, the Democratic Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, justifies barring Syrian refugees from resettlement in the city on the grounds that like Japanese...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)