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1Title:  Makers of New York: an historical work, giving portraits and sketches of the most eminent citizens of New York    
 Creator:  Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 
 Publication:  L.R. Hamersly & co, Philadelphia, Pa,1895. 
 Notes:  "No. 712." Seal of New York City on cover. 
 Call #:  F9ZH M875M 
 Extent:  348 p. illus. (ports.) 32 x 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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2Title:  Prominent families of New York: being an account in biographical form of individuals and families distinguished as representatives of the social, professional and civic life of New York city    
 Creator:  Weeks, Lyman Horaceed 
 Publication:  The Historical company, New York,1897. 
 Notes:  Preface signed: Lyman Horace Weeks, editor. 
 Call #:  F9ZH W395 
 Extent:  1 p. l., 7-641 p. 31 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
 
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3Title:  John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society: an address delivered before the New York Historical Society, December 3, 1901    
 Creator:  Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914 
 New-York Historical Society
 Publication:  Printed for the Society, New York,1902. 
 Call #:  F9B N531W 
 Extent:  37 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : port., facsim. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Pintard, John, -- 1759-1844 | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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4Title:  America's successful men of affairs: an encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography    
 Creator:  Hall, Henry, 1845-1920 
 Publication:  The New York tribune, New York],1895-96. 
 Call #:  E176 H176 
 Extent:  2 volumes : portraits ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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5Title:  Recollections of persons and events, chiefly in the city of New York: being selections from his journal    
 Creator:  Mathews, J. M. (James McFarlane), 1785-1870 
 Publication:  Sheldon and Company, New York,1865. 
 Call #:  F9ZD M429 
 Extent:  368 p. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- History | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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6Title:  The old merchants of New York City    
 Creator:  Scoville, Joseph Alfred, 1815-1864 
 Publication:  Carleton, New York,1864-70. 
 Notes:  Vol. 2-3 have imprint: New York, M. Doolady. Each was issued in 2 parts. 
 Call #:  F9ZH S432 
 Extent:  3 v. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Merchants -- New York (State) -- New York | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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7Title:  Colonial New York: Sketches, biographical and historical, 1768-1784    
 Creator:  Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910 
 Publication:  J.F. Trow & Co, New York,1867. 
 Call #:  F9MC N532R 
 Extent:  172 p. ports. 
 Subjects:  Merchants -- United States | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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8Title:  Important personalities in New York in the seventeenth century who originated from many countries but have some link with Holland    
 Creator:  Bailey, Rosalie Fellows, 1908- 
 International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldric Sciences (7th : 1964)
 Publication:   
 Notes:  Extrait du recueil du Septiáeme congráes international des sciences gâenâealogique et hâeraldique, 1964. 
 Call #:  Pam. B528 
 Extent:  p. 239-271. illus., coats-of-arms, facsims., map, ports. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (State) -- Biography
 
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9Title:  Manhattan, 1624-1639    
 Creator:  Van Winkle, Edward, 1878- 
 Vinckeboons, Joan.
 Rensselaer, Kiliaen van, 1580?-1646
 Publication:  New York,1916. 
 Notes:  Notes on the occupants of the 45 "bouweries" or farms mentioned on Joan Vingboom's map of "Manatus", dated 1639. Appendices: A. Van Rensselaer manuscript, 1630 (photographic copy)--B. Vingboom map (photographic reproduction)--C. English translation of the Van Rensselaer manuscript.--D. Full-size copy, with English translation, of the Vingboom map. 
 Call #:  F9ZDA V285 
 Extent:  vii, 47 p. illus., fold. maps, facsim. 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | New York (N.Y.) -- Maps | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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10Title:  'New world a-coming': inside black America    
 Creator:  Ottley, Roi, 1906- 
 Publication:  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston,[c1943] 
 Notes:  Illustrated lining-papers in colors. Bibliography: p. [349]-354. 
 Call #:  F9ZSL N3O8 
 Extent:  vi, [2], 364 p. incl. front., illus. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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11Title:  Sunshine and shadow in New York    
 Creator:  Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-1879 
 Publication:  J.B. Burr, Hartford,1868. 
 Call #:  F9Z S655 1868 
 Extent:  712 p. front., plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel | New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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12Title:  Sunshine and shadow in New York: By Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.)    
 Creator:  Smith, Matthew Hale, 1810-1879 
 Publication:  J. B. Burr and company, Hartford,1869. 
 Call #:  F9Z S655s 
 Extent:  718 p. front., plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel | New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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13Title:  The broken tower: a life of Hart Crane    
 Creator:  Mariani, Paul L. 
 Publication:  W.W. Norton, New York,c1999. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-462) and index. 
 Call #:  PS3505 R272Z75 
 Extent:  492 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Crane, Hart, -- 1899-1932 | Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- In literature | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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14Title:  The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors: with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops    
 Creator:  Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892 
 Publication:  L. G. Goulding, New York,1878. 
 Notes:  Half title: Goulding's Catholic churches of New York City. 
 Call #:  F9ZRN S539 
 Extent:  748 p., [45] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Catholic Church. -- New York (State) -- New York | Catholic Church. -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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15Title:  The odyssey of a southerner: the life and times of Gustavus Woodson Smith    
 Creator:  Hudson, Leonne M. 
 Publication:  Mercer University Press, Macon, Ga,1998. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index. 
 Call #:  E467.1 S648H88 
 Extent:  244 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Smith, Gustavus Woodson, -- 1822-1896 | Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Biography | Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography | Military engineers -- Southern States -- Biography | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography | Georgetown (Ky.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
 
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16Title:  This gunner at his piece: College Point, New York & the Civil War, with biographies of the men who served    
 Creator:  Haas, James E. 
 Publication:  Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD,2002. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xviii) and index. 
 Call #:  F9Y C697 H112 2002 
 Extent:  xviii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Registers | Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | College Point (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 19th century | College Point (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 19th century | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
 
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17Title:  Angels in the gate: New York City and the General Slocum disaster    
 Creator:  Lamberton, Karen T. 
 Publication:  Heritage Books, Westminster, Md,2006. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258). 
 Call #:  ocm77573922 
 Extent:  xvi, 385 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm 
 Subjects:  General Slocum (Steamboat) | General Slocum (Steamboat) | Ships -- Fires and fire prevention -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Fires | Ships Fires and fire prevention | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- Registers | New York (State) New York | Biography | History | Registers (Lists)
 
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18Title:  Black Gotham: a family history of African Americans in nineteenth-century New York City    
 Creator:  Peterson, Carla L., 1944- 
 Publication:  Yale University Press, New Haven [Conn.],Ã2011. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-429) and index. 
 Call #:  F9ZSL N3 P485 2011 
 Extent:  ix, 446 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm 
 Subjects:  White, Philip, -- 1823-1891 | Guigon, Peter, -- 1813-1885 | Peterson, Carla L., -- 1944- -- Family | Guigon, Peter, 1813-1885 | Peterson, Carla L., 1944- | White, Philip, 1823-1891 | African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 19th century | African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | African Americans | African Americans Social conditions | Families | Social conditions | New York (N.Y.) -- Biography | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century | New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century | New York (State) New York | Biography | History
 
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