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- A list of the number of men necessary for West Point, circa 1780
- A map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acted in the campaign of 1777
- Artillery Orders Found on John Andre
- Benedict Arnold Letter Offering West Point for 20,000 Pounds
- Benedict Arnold to Colonel Varick about Rewarding for Merit, October 30, 1776
- Details on West Point's Redoubts, circa 1780
- Estimation of Forces at West Point, 1780
- Letter from Killis to Mr. James Carpenter, Goshen, June 17, 1816
- Letter written by Joshua Smith, 1780
- Manumission of Mink, April 28, 1795
- Map of Bemis Heights and Saratoga Battlefield
- Map of Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery
- Map of Hudson River Sites Related to John Andre
- Map of the New York Frontier in the Revolution
- Overseer of the Poor Record, Town of Orange, Rockland County, April 13, 1803
- Pass Found on Major John Andre
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith, 1780, side 1 of 2
- Pass for Joshua Smith and John Anderson, 1780
- Pass for Joshua Smith to White Plains, 1780
- Return of Ordnance for West Point, 1780
- Runaway Slave Broadside for Killis, January 5, 1807
- Treason of the Blackest Dye
- Will of Rachel Bogardus, October 2, 1781
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- 24 Weeks on the Potomac
- Civil War Muster Roll Abstract for Alfred Penny
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- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; April 24, 1861
- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Father; May 26, 1861
- Letter from Alfred Penny to his Mother; May 19, 1862
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Father; May 19, 1861
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 2 and 4, 1863
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Mother; July 9, 1863
- Letter from Archibald Penny to his Parents; April 28, 1864
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 29, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 6, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 18, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 20, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 27, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; July 28, 1862
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; May 13, 1863
- Letter from Elijah Penny to his Wife; June 14, 1863
- Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband June 6, 1863
- Letter from Jane Penny to her Husband, June 14, 1863
- Record of Men Who Served in the Civil War from the Town of Patterson, Putnam County
- Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Been in the Military or Naval Service, Volume 5
- Return of Civil War Officers and Enlisted Men Who Have Died While in Service, Volume 6
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- George Baker's Essay Dec. 10th, 1918
- Governor Whitman's Proclamation about the New York State Boys Working Reserve, March 14, 1918
- Patriotic Emergency Farm Labor Enrollment Card, 1918
- "What the Education Department has Undertaken," Farm Cadet Program, Agriculture and Training, World War I, c. 1917
- William Sogg's Essay
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- Peter Paper Eater
- Food Conservation Booklet, Page 2
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- What Can You Spare that They Can Wear
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- Root Cellar
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- Closet Full of Canned Foods from Victory Garden
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, November 13, 1929
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, March 4, 1931
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, March 16, 1931
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, April 29, 1932
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, April, 19, 1934
- Letter. Helen Lent to George Lent, March 25, 1938
- Letter. Lillian to George Lent, December 8, 1941
- Letter. George Lent to Brother, December 16, 1941
- Depression-Era Telegram
- Letter from Mary A Young Concerning Workplace Discrimination
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- Letter from Stella Lopata to the Town of Kirkland Planning Board Supporting the Construction of Windmills
- Article. Haitian Farm Workers
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- High Bridge and Croton Water Works in New York City
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