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Lucy Terry Prince collection, 1967-1973.

Title: Lucy Terry Prince collection, 1967-1973.

Manuscript drafts, correspondence, research notes, documentation, and printed material relating to Bernard and Jonathan Katz's book, "Black woman: a fictionalized biography of Lucy Terry Prince" (1973) about the life of and eighteenth-century slave and her struggle to seek education and legal redress for her family through the courts. Correspondence with publishers and others include Mary Adams Bell, Charles Hallam, James M. McCabe, James K. Owens, and Martha Wright.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 1.2 lin. ft.Copies: 3 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79467984 View

Henry, William, Jr. William Henry, Jr., papers, 1791-1877 (bulk 1800-1822).

Title: William Henry, Jr., papers, 1791-1877 (bulk 1800-1822).

Chiefly documents containing orders for goods to be sold in a general store for such items as clothing, sewing supplies, hardware, shot and powder, household items, pocket and pen knives, books, mouse and rat traps, tooth brushes, wall paper, elastic cloth, food, iron and steel bars, umbrellas, etc. Items were purchased from vendors in New York City and elsewhere in New York, including vendors in the towns of Troy, Albany, and Lansingburgh as well as the Vermont towns of Bennington and Shaftsbury. The largest order is dated 1791 (7 p.) with all items (cloth, tools, food, dinnerware, brandy, etc.) being purchased from Stephen Gorham, of New York City, a relationship continuing for many years.

ArchivalResource: 8 folders (249 items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/671395791 View