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The subjects listed below are topics that may be of interest to researchers. Topics are listed alphabetically, and items may appear in a variety of listings.  Please try to think of as many categories as possible that your subject of interest might be listed under.  For example, if you're interested in the 19th century education of females in boarding schools, consider looking under "education", "boarding schools", "teaching", "teachers", and other relevant topics.  Once you find a subject of interest, clicking on the hyperlinked Item Number following a specific topic will take you to the item’s full description.

  Abolition    American Bible Society    Banking    Bonds    Clergy    Coast Guard    Coast Guard Cutter    CT Land Company    Constables    Courts    Crafts    Education    Estate    Fashion    Fire Company    Ghost Towns    Government    Industries    Irish Americans     Judges    Land Speculation     Law    Law Enforcement    Lighthouse Board    Logwood    Marriage License    Militia    Marriage Permission    Murder    Native Americans    Naturalizations    Occupations    Physician    Postmaster    Printers    Prisons    Railroads    Revolutionary War    Shipping    Society of the Cincinnati    Sugar    Tavern License    Temperance    Travel    Ulster Scots    Western Reserve

Abolition
Top

    Abolition Movement (DM4100)

American Bible Society (DM4100)
Top

Banking
Top

      State Bank of Indiana (DM4029)

Bonds (DM4095)
Top

Clergy
Top

    Methodist (DM4022)

Coast Guard (DM4006)
Top

Coast Guard Cutter (DM4006)
Top

Connecticut Land Company (DM4097)
Top

Constables (DM4095)
Top

    Constable's Bond (DM4094)

Crafts
Top

    Weaving (DM4099)

Education
Top

    Andover Theological College (DM4100)

    Case Institute of Technology (DM4097)

   Case Western Reserve University (DM4097)

    Cazenovia Academy/Seminary (DM4064)

    Columbia College (DM4100)

   Columbia University (DM4005)

    New York State Teaching License (DM4003)

    Somerville Academy (NJ) (DM4100)

    Western Reserve University (DM4097)

    Yale College (DM4100)
 

Estate
Top

    Hart County, Kentucky (DM4093)

    Berkshire County, Massachusetts (DM4101)

Fashion
Top

    19th Century (DM4057)

Fire Company (DM4004)
Top

Ghost Towns
Top

    Delta, Oneida County, New York (Lake Delta) (DM4056)

Government
Top

Alderman, (New York City) (DM4010)

Assembly member, Vermont (DM4085)

Congressman (New Jersey) (DM4100)

Congressman (NY State) (DM4005)

County Legislator, Greene County New York (DM4051)

Governor, New Jersey (DM4100)

Governor, Vermont (DM4085)

Mayor (Albany, NY) (DM4005)

Senator, New York State (DM4051)

State Chancellor (New York) (DM4005)

Town Clerk, Greene County New York (DM4051)

Town Selectman, Baltimore, Windsor County, Vermont (DM4063)

Town Supervisor, Greene County New York (DM4051)

Unites States Congress (DM4045)

Virginia House of Delegates (DM4045)

Industries
Top

Leather (DM4056)

Tanning (DM4056)

Irish Americans  (DM4004)
Top

Land Speculation
Top

    Ohio (DM4045)

Law
Top

     District Attorney (DM4062)

      Lawyer (DM4045)

    Legal (DM4094)

Courts

Burgomasters and Schepens (DM4010)

Court Clerk (DM4022) (DM4029)

Mayor’s Court (DM4010)

Judges

        Chief Justice, NY Supreme Court (DM4005)

        Judge, County Court (DM4005)       

Professor of Law (DM4005)

Law Enforcement
Top

    Constable, Addison County, Vermont (DM4095)

    Justice of the Peace

            Jackson County, Indiana (DM4015)

            Lewis County, Virginia (DM4045)

            Baltimore, Windsor County, Vermont (DM4063)

    Sheriff, Bristol County, Massachusetts (DM4062)

Lighthouse Board (DM4006)
Top

Logwood (DM4009)
Top

Marriage License
Top

    Harrison County, Indiana (DM4022)

Marriage Permission (DM4044)
Top

Militia (DM4095)
Top

    New York State (DM4051)

Murder
Top

    Arsenic Poisoning (DM4016)

Native Americans
Top

    Chickasaw Tribe (DM4100)

Naturalizations 
Top

    Frederick County, Maryland (DM4004)

    Rush County, Indiana (DM4029)

Occupations
Top

 Assessor (DM4001)

 Blacksmith (DM4096) (DM4101)

 Cabinetmaker (DM4096)

 Customs Collector (DM4006)  (DM4008)

 Customs inspector (DM4008)

 Dentist (DM4044)

 Farmer (DM4022)

 Flour merchant (DM4008)

Housekeeper (DM4098)

Patent Solicitor (DM4098)

 Real Estate Agent (DM4022)

School Teacher (DM4101)

 Ship’s Captain (DM4009)

 Ship’s carpenter (DM4006)

 Shoemaker (DM4004) (DM4056)

 Surveyor (DM4085) (DM4045)

 Tavern Keeper/Owner (DM4044) (DM4101)

 Teacher (DM4003)

Physician
Top

(DM4098)

Postmaster
Top

    Greene County, New York (DM4051)

     Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (DM4098)

     Oneida County, Town of Western, New York (DM4098)

Printers
Top

    Democrat Print, Corydon, Indiana (DM4022)

Prisons
Top

"Auburn System" (DM4100)

Prison Discipline Society (DM4100)

Prison Reform (DM4100)

Railroads
Top

    Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad (DM4029)
 

Revolutionary War (DM4007) (DM4008)
Top

    Brigadier General (DM4008)

    Soldier (DM4093)

Shipping
Top

   Bill of lading (DM4009)

   Cuba Trade (DM4009)

  Ship “Fabius” (DM4009)
 

Society of the Cincinnati (DM4008)
Top

Sugar (DM4009)
Top

Tavern License (DM4007)
Top

Temperance (DM4085)
Top

Travel
Top

    European (DM4057)

Ulster Scots (DM4016)
Top

Western Reserve (DM4097)
Top

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