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Flushing Remonstrance
The Flushing Remonstrance, signed on December 27, 1657, was a petition by a group of English citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers and the religious policies of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland.
Records of New Amsterdam, Ordinances 1647-1661
This is an edict from October 10, 1658 on the conversion rate between wampum, beaver, Dutch silver, and household commodities like beer, wine, and bread.
Planting a Garden
Group of New York public school children in a school garden plot
DeWitt Clinton Park in Manhattan, Children's Farm-School
Young girls watering crops at DeWitt Clinton Park in Manhattan in September of 1902.
Childrens School Farm
Photograph of sign reading "Childrens School Farm - Exhbited by The International Children's School Farm League of New York City."
Children working in the Isham Park school garden, New York City, August 16, 1915. Upper Garden
Children working in the Isham Park school garden, New York City, August 16, 1915.
Namm's Flower Shop - Plant a Victory Garden!
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Advertisement promoting Victory Gardens
Grow It Yourself: Plan a Farm Garden Today
Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, showing carrots, lettuce, corn, tomatoes, and potatoes growing.
Buttonwood Agreement
The Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 merchants under a buttonwood tree outside of 68 Wall Street on May 17, 1792. It started the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which later became the New York Stock Exchange.
Cotton Report [With Endorsement by Lincoln], February 16, 1863
In this report from 1863, an unknown advisor wrote to Lincoln outlining the benefits of continuing to trade for cotton, as well as precautions that would minimize the risk to the war effort. Lincoln endorsed the back of the report as "A. cotten…