Manuscript collection, 1734-1985.

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Manuscript collection, 1734-1985.

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Deeds, wills, flyers, programs, brochures and publications, photographs and graphics, and material related to Flatbush and Brooklyn. Includes documents regarding election of Trustees of Town of Gravesend, 1734; deeds for land in Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and Brooklyn, 1799-1850; catalog of Brooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, ca.1830; list of unclaimed letters in Brooklyn post office, 1850; Long Island Telephone and Telegraph Co. directory, 1882; Brooklyn Sunday School Union hymnbooks, 1875-1906; other material relating to Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush, 1928, St. Paul's Church, 1917, Knickerbocker Field Club Minstrel Show, 1919, and Loews Pitkin Theater, 1929. Photographs include street scenes in Flatbush and construction of Williamsburgh Bridge.

1 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6872978

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Flatbush Historical Society.

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Collecting area: Materials relating to Flatbush, Brooklyn in general, and adjoining areas including Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and metropolitan New York. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457583 ...

Brooklyn Sunday School Union

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The Brooklyn Sabbath School Union (later known as the Brooklyn Sunday School Union) was formed in 1830 for the purpose of providing young people with Christian religious instruction, which the Union's founders asserted was sorely lacking from public education. Churches of many Protestant denominations were represented in the Union, including Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Lutheren, and Reformed churches. From the guide to the Brooklyn Sabbath School Union collection, 1855-197...

Knickerbocker Field Club.

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Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)

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Loews Pitkin Theater.

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Brooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies

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In colonial New York, young people primarily received education through private schoolmasters and tutors, and free schooling was available to poor families through the Dutch Reformed and Catholic churches. Following the establishment of a state government, the Regents of the University of the State of New York granted charters for secondary schools in the state; the first charter, in 1768, was for Erasmus Hall Academy, located in the present-day Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. In...

St. Paul's Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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