Collections
This collection features Acorn Stove trade cards from the collection of the Albany County Historical Association. The cards were created after 1850 to advertise Acorn Stoves, which were manufactured by the Albany company, Rathbone and Sard.
Materials related to Daniel Butterfield's service in the Union Army during the Civil War and his involvement in his father's company (what would become The American Express Company).
Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.
Photographs and descriptions of buildings in Glen Cove, Long Island.
Manuscripts recording maritime labor, business, and industry.
Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.