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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave. For additional Runaway notices see In defiance : runaways from slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831 / Susan Stessin-Cohn and Ashley Hurlburt-Biagini ; foreword by A. J. Williams-Myers.

Amusing article about an altercation between Calvin Snyder and Benjamin Reed.

Newspaper article of a local court case involving two neighbors and a dog accidentally killed

In November of 1880, newspapers from Kingston NY to Seattle Washington and beyond ran a sensationalized story about a young White heiress who eloped with a Black farmhand who was working on her uncle’s farm in Gardiner, NY, under the memorable title…

Kingston Daily Freeman, June 11, 1914 funeral notification of Mrs. Elizabeth DeWitt

Calvin Synder obituary

A newspaper article about the Binnewaters people who were seen as outcasts.

People of Old Hurley Call Davises a Menace

Hearing Held on Application to Send Two Colored Girls to State Institutions. Both Illegitimate and One Names Uncle as Father of her Baby.

Life on Eagle's Nest is not all sunshine and roses nor is it…

Examine Davises as to Mentality

State Hospital Expert Finds Hurley Adult and Child Defective—

Commitment Proceedings Halted Until April 22

Application for the commitment of May Davis and Elizabeth Davis, alleged mental defectives, to
a…

Examined first by District Attorney Tarver, Belle Davis said she did not know how old she was, that she lived “up on the hill” at Hurley and had lived there a “month or two.” The idea of time was lacking with Belle, who said she did not know how many…