1770-1779, 1780-1789, 1760-1769, 1790-1799, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, and 1730-1739
Description:
The Register of the Independent or Congregational Church, 1732-1796, is a bound volume containing the church's meeting minutes, the church constitution and by-laws, articles of faith, accounts of pew rentals, building funds, membership records, baptisms, deaths, burials, and marriages for both black and white members, copies of letters consisting of job offers for church ministers and preachers, church elections of committees and officers such as clerk, sexton and treasurer, and various notations on the British occupation of New York, Pennsylvania and Charleston, South Carolina during the American Revolution.
The Travel Expenses Book, 1806-1810, is a bound volume kept by John Ball listing expenses for his travels to New York, Boston, Cambridge, Montreal, Quebec, Philadelphia, Bowling Green, Washington, Alexandria, Trenton, and other locations. Expenses are kept for food, clothing, lodging, and hiring servants. Notes indicate Mr. Ball's rating for service and fare at hotels and taverns in various locations.
A letter from Elias Ball in New York to his nephew John Ball Jr. in Charleston, South Carolina discussing traveling from Philadelphia with John's brother Isaac Ball, the various towns they visited and attending church.
A letter from Isaac Ball in New York to his father John Ball Sr. on William Ball's death, how he died in Madeira and that he was often seen being attended by a Portuguese doctor. The letter ends discussing a trip to Newport, Rhode Island and having dinner with Mr. Hayward.
Mabel Pollitzer portrait, circa 1904-1906. Caption on verso reads “Mabel L. Pollitzer, 1904-’05-’06 while at Columbia Uni.” Black and white photograph.
