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The New York Herald published the testimony of Confederate officer regarding the effects of the official cotton trade between the Union and the Confederacy. According to the transcript, the cotton trade directly prolonged the war by giving the…

Newspaper editorial published in the Liverpool Mercury raising the specter of potentially siding with the Confederacy if the Union didn't end its war with the South.

The articles of capitulation surrendered New Netherland to English rule. The agreement contained provisions that maintained certain rights for the settlers, such as freedom of religion and property rights. These articles helped ensure that key…

Photos from fellow activist Donald Loggins show New York City's first community garden being planted in 1973, on the corner of Bowery and Houston

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.

Map of New Amsterdam based on an original that has since been lost, which was created in 1660 by Jacques Cortelyou who served as Surveyor General of the early Dutch colony.

Children at play in a vest pocket park located at 182 Mulberry Street, July 13, 1968

Children working in the Isham Park school garden, New York City, August 16, 1915.

Photograph of sign reading "Childrens School Farm - Exhbited by The International Children's School Farm League of New York City."

Article from WNYC reporting on the agreement between Mayor Bloomberg and State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, protecting gardens from further private development.