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Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.
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Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.
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J.J. Clute's 1887 history of Staten Island.
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An account of citywide dock and ferry activities.
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Search the full text of hundreds of documents relating to New York State. Local documents include: Proceedings of the bi-centennial celebration of Richmond county, Staten Island, New York. November 1st, 1883 (includes hundreds of names of participants and descriptions of the festiviites) and Facts against rumor: being a brief statement, without note or comment, of the most important facts which transpired in the late difficulties between the vestry and the people of St. Andrew's and Trinity parishes, Staten Island, N.Y., prior to the 5th of February, 1857. By order of committee.
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An account of the rambles of William T. Davis (1862-1945) through the fields and forests of Staten Island at the end of the nineteenth century. c1892
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The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history . Items are currently located in two separate databases at the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Search each of these databases for "Staten Island" to find the full text of hundreds of books and articles that mention Staten Island. The Cornell database spans the years 1815-1926.
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The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history. Items are currently located in two separate databases at the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Search each of these databases for "Staten Island" to find the full text of hundreds of books and articles that mention Staten Island. The University of Michigan database spans the years 1800-1925.
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The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history . Items are currently located in two separate databases at the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Search each of these databases for "Staten Island" to find the full text of hundreds of books and articles that mention Staten Island. The Cornell database spans the years 1815-1926.
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Report on the destruction of the Quarantine station at St. George by the "Executive Committee" in 1858.
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An extensive history of Staten Island up through 1887 by Richard Bayles.
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Search the site for pictures and text from Island history including "The Huguenots of Staten Island" from Continental Monthly (1862), "A Spring Jaunt on Staten Island" from Harper's Weekly (1878), a 1776 plan for attacking Staten Island from George Washington's papers, the Tysen Jacob House, the Ichabod Crane House, the Perine House in Dongan Hills, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (photographs of their Erastina /Mariners Harbor- camp and an online film of their parade down 5th Avenue), a Castleton Civil War recruiting poster, Staten Island Free Trade Zone posters (1937), and more.
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Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
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Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
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An extensive history of Staten Island publiched in 1898. Over 300 pages of text with numerous illustrations. This volume covers Native American settlement through the American Revolution.
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Notes on Island plants, animals, geology, history...
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Notes on Island plants, animals, geology, history...
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Short biographies of government officials, businessmen and religious leaders of the day with many photos. Published in 1893, the book includes a supplement of additional entries for 1894.
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Guide to Historical documents from Sailor's Snug Harbor available at SUNY Maritime.
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A report by Calvin Van Name from 1921.
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A brief text on Staten Island history prepared by Richmond Borough Association of Women teachers in 1909.
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A rich collection of 19th century books and journals from the University of Michigan. Topics range from American social history from the antebellum period, through reconstruction.
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The life and works of Josephine Shaw Lowell and her Staten Island family (including Civil War Officer Col. Robert Gould Shaw).