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Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper

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Rip Van Winkle On The Mountain
1871
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945)
1900
Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
1890
Reverend Charles Washington Baird, D.D. (1828-1887)
1887
Graffiti door
1970s
Football
1891
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
Unidentified man
19th century
Alphonse Marie Louis de Part de Lamartine (1790-1869)
1854
John Marshall (1755-1835)
1835
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
1931
Alice D. Laughlin (1896-1952)
1957
Robert Bacon (1860-1919)
1910
Stained glass window
ca. 1656
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
1836
Artur Bodansky (1877-1939)
1941
William Henry Seward (1801-1872)
1930
William Sulzer (1863-1941)
1910
Mrs. Richard Hoffman (1848-1921)
1919
Joe's Farewell
1871
Checker Players
1860
"Ha! I Like Not That!"
1882
Rip Van Winkle Returned
December 1871
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1817
Baseball "Striker" and Pitcher
1868
Playing Doctor
1872
Woodcarving: painted cow on base
1800-1900
Woodcarving (squirrel)
ca. 1870
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Diedrich Knickerbocker
ca. 1850-1867
The Picket Guard
1861
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1934
Spring
early 20th century
Roman Head, possibly Achilles
Possibly of classical origin, ca. 400
Chalkware (mantel ornament: leaf spray)
1850-1890
Francis Lister Hawks, D.D. (1798-1866)
ca. 1858
The Bushwhacker: The Wife's Appeal for Peace
1865
"Ha! I Like Not That!"
August 1882
The Council Of War
1868
Indian Chief Joseph
1911
Dr. Endicott Peabody (1857-1944)
1949
General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
1891
Augustus Cornwall Downing (1817-1895)
1868
James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959)
1895
Chess
1889
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
Henry Hubbard
Mid-19th century
George Washington (1732-1799)
1878
Architectural fragments from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom (2)
ca. 1912
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
1846-1847
Isaac Wyman Drummond (1855-1933)
1912
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
1911
The Charity Patient
1866
Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962)
1925
Private Theatricals, Last Moments Behind The Scenes
1878
Walter Bigelow Rosen (1913-1944)
1945
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869-1940)
1941
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
Woodcarving (chicken)
1850-1890
Reclining Cupid
1760-1800
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
1905
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
1846
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Wolf and Lamb
ca. 1870
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
1867
The Tap on the Window
1874
The Fugitive's Story
1869
Ichabod Crane and the "Headless Horseman"
December 1887
John Watts (1749-1836)
ca. 1835-1845
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
A Frolic At The Old Homestead
1887
George Mitchell (1828-1889)
1866
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1870
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1923
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1853 (patented)
Parting Promise
1870
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
1914
Summer
early 20th century
A Dog Stretching
Late 19th century
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Mid-19th century
Francis Lister Hawks, D.D. (1798-1866)
ca. 1862
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
Playing Doctor
December 1872
INV.15018
Mid 19th century
The Puritan
1899
Washington Allston (1767-1843)
1839
Henry Hudson (d. 1611)
ca. 1938
Stephen Burroughs (1795-1840)
Mid-19th century
Daniel James (1801-1876)
1866-67
Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
1810
The Peddler At The Fair
1878
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
Pedestal for sculpture "Faust and Marguerite - Their First Meeting"
ca. 1885
The Traveling Magician
November 1877
Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
1930
George William Curtis (1824-1892)
ca. 1880
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
Unidentified man
1928
Walter Tower Rosen (1875-1951)
1952
Thomas John Watson (1874-1956)
1946
Mrs. Edward Henry Harriman (1851-1932)
1924
Woodcarving (poodle)
ca. 1870
Coachman
ca. 1865
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
1928
Horatio Seymour (1810-1886)
ca. 1850
Figurine: serves as a container lid
1750-1850
Key from Joshua Brookes House
ca. 1820
Dr. Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842-1933)
ca. 1932
Phrenology At The Fancy Dress Ball
1886
Returned Volunteer: How The Fort Was Taken
1864
Weighing The Baby
1876
Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807)
1793
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)
1831
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
Beekman family coat of arms
1760-1770
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Winter 1831
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
1838
The Indian Hunter
1860
Challenging The Union Vote
1869
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
circa 1876
Bell/buzzer unit
ca. 1950
Horse
Late 19th century
Louis P. Durr (1821-1880)
ca. 1884
General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)
ca. 1920
John Rogers III (1866-1939)
1871
John Wakefield Francis, M.D., (1789-1861)
ca. 1835
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
1887
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
ca. 1793
George B. Cutten (1874-1962)
1947
The Traveling Magician
1877
William Pitt (1759-1806)
1801
Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827)
Possibly late 19th century
Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)
ca. 1840
The Elder's Daughter
1886
Isaac
1858
General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
ca. 1850-1860
Architectural fragment from the exterior of the Audubon Ballroom
ca. 1912
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
1907
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid 19th century
William Paley (1901-1990)
1934
Young buck
20th century
Edmund Pendleton (?)
1839
Hugh J. Grant (1853-1910)
Late 19th century
Frank Talbott, Jr.
1963
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
1935-1940
Stained glass window
1825-1850
Woodcarving (owl)
ca. 1890-1920
Right Hand of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1886
George Westinghouse (1846-1914)
1925
Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer (1823-1897)
1849
Charles Ira Bushnell (1826-1883)
1855-1860
Medal: ...callad... Elihu Root
1906
Robert Fulton (1765-1815), with Model of First Steamboat
1900-1920
The Foundling
1870
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1861
The Favored Scholar
1873
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1838
The Fisher Girl
1860
Mrs. William Gage Lambert (1797-1875)
1848
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1865
The Picket Guard
1861
Hugh Williamson, M.D. (1735-1819)
1816
Mrs. John Jones Schermerhorn (ca. 1810-1840)
1837
Bacchante and Infant Faun
1894
Faust and Marguerite Leaving the Garden
1891
Pair of desktop call buttons
ca. 1915
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
Chalkware (pecking chickens)
1850-1890
William Adams Delano (1874-1960)
1944
Polo
1879
Faust and Marguerite, Their First Meeting
1890
Woodcarving (lion)
ca. 1870
Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. (1779-1865)
1860
One of a pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Seminole Chief Osceola (1804-1838)
ca. 1838
"Is It So Nominated In The Bond?"
1880
Life mask: John Rogers
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1821)
1816
Wounded To The Rear, One More Shot
1864
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century
Architectural fragment
ca. 1870-1910
Fire Chief Harry Howard
ca. 1857
Plaque: Jenny Lind
1850-1880
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
1948
N-YHS Gold Medal for Achievement in History
1925
Mikhail Mordkin (1881-1944)
ca. 1910
George Washington (1732-1799)
Mid-19th century
Mrs. Wynn Lawrence Le Page (Agnes Yarnell)
1925
La Grazia
ca. 1845
Tombstone of William Bradford.
ca. 1752
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
1850-1890
Unidentified Woman Riding a Lion
Late 19th century
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1912
Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1454-1512)
ca. 1790-95
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Plaque
ca. 1909
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1922
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1840-1850
The School Examination
1867
School Days
1877
Augustus VanHorne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
ca. 1923
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
1862
Mrs. John Archibold (Lucy)
1949
Elihu Burritt (1810-1897)
Mid-19th century
Mrs. John Rogers, Sr. (1805-1877)
1874
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
Bacchante
ca. 1840
George Washington (1732-1799)
19th century
Coming to the Parson
1974
"Madam, Your Mother Craves A Word With You"
May 1886
Portrait of Ann Rainey
1927
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th-early 20th century
Medal: ... Exemd Sr.Elihu Root...
1906
Reverend Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829-1902)
1898
School Days
September 1877
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
1958
Woodcarving (parrot)
ca. 1870
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Late 19th Century
One of a pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1789
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876)
Mid-19th century
The Town Pump
1862
Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909)
1909
The Shaughraun and "Tatters"
1875
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
George Washington (1732-1799)
mid 19th century
Bust (sketch) of Frederick Douglass
2011
Liberty Enlightening the World
1878-1886
Rooster weathervane
ca. 1860
Richard Hoffman, III (nephew of the artist)
1917
Richard Upjohn (1802-1878)
ca. 1865
Anne Morgan (1873-1952)
1937
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1915
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1950-1959
William Axtell De Peyster and Mary Beekman De Peyster Memorial
1911-1915
Chalkware (bird)
1850-1890
Left hand of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1886
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
1936
Wendell Lewis Wilkie (1892-1944)
1944
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
ca. 1872
Portrait medallion on wooden panel
1919
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Mid-19th century
Unidentified woman (Bowen family?)
Early 19th century
Achilles and Penthesilea
1857
Coming To The Parson
1870
Joseph Read (ca. 1732-1814)
ca. 1800-1805
Charles Wilkes (1764-1833)
1830
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1943
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
1914
Woodcarving (squirrel)
ca. 1890-1920
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
Group of a Boy and Dog, or Chi Vinci, Mangia
ca. 1844
"You Are A Spirit, I Know: When Did You Die?"
April 1885
The Shaughraun and "Tatters"
April 1875
The Four Seasons
ca. 1912
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Medal: Alejo Rossell... montevideo
1906
Abraham DePeyster (1657-1728)
1893
The First Ride
June 1888
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (ca. 1850-1881)
1871
Christopher Columbus (1446-1506)
ca. 1835-1845
David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870)
1867
The Fugitive's Story
September 7, 1869
Asher Brown Durand, 1796-1886
1840-1841
Jeremiah Dodge (1781-1860)
ca. 1835
Washington
1875
Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847)
Mid-19th century
portrait plaque: Washington
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877-1965)
1949
Rip Van Winkle at Home
1871
Bayard Dodge (1887/8-1972)
1962
George Washington (1732-1799)
1875-1900
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
1902
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Rooster Weathervane
1850-1880
Mrs. Edwin Denison Morgan (Elizabeth Emmet, 1897-1934)
1935
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
ca. 1900
William Henry Seward (1801-1872)
1857
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Mid 19th century
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Indian Woman
1878-88
Ventilator and weathervane
1825-1875
Chalkware (rooster)
1850-1890
Laura Derby Rogers (1879-1897)
1891
Harris Fahnestock (1869-1939)
1937
Rebecca
1857
Window light (panes)
1825-1925
Tablet
1840-1857
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
The Favored Scholar
1873
James Rushmore Wood, M.D. (1816-1882)
ca. 1860-1865
Judge Henry E. Howland
1892
The New York City Nutcracker
ca. 1991-94
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
1929
Unidentified man, possibly Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Mid-19th century
Chalkware (rabbit)
1850-1890
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
1950
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1838
The Balcony
June 1879
The Council Of War
February 1868
Cover plate
ca. 1930
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
A Matter Of Opinion
December 9, 1884
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
ca. 1875
"Why Don't You Speak For Yourself, John?"
1884
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
The Referee
1880
The Peddler At The Fair
1878
A Matter of Opinion
1884
Sojourner Truth Monument
1999
James Greenleaf Croswell (ca. 1852-1915)
1918
Polo
1879
General James Bowen (1808-1886)
ca. 1840
1952.147
George Washington Bowen (1794-1885)
1885
Stanley Field
1931
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 18th-early 19th century
Bust (sketch) of Abraham Lincoln
2011
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1865
Weathervane
1800-1830
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Patented 1855
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century or early 20th century
John Muir (1838-1914)
1919
Diana and Fawn
1939
Henry Hudson Monument
1909
Ship figurehead
ca. 1850
Unidentified man
Late 19th century
Chalkware (cat) Chalkware (cat)
1850-1890
Mantelpiece in 13 pieces
19th century
Dr. Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973)
1953
Milliner's head
1820-1870
Pere Hyacinthe (1828-1912)
1870
Edward Everett (1794-1865)
1839
The Charity Patient
October 1866
Member of the Vanden Huysen Family (Son)
Early 18th century
We Boys
1872
The Balcony
1879
Nathan Straus (1848-1931)
1929
A 'pital Joke
ca. 1870-1890
Wounded Scout, A Friend In the Swamp
1864
Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858)
ca. 1940
Chalkware (seated unidentified boy)
1850-1890
Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1917
Two Putti and an Apple Tree
Mid-19th century
The Council of War
1868
Wounded To The Rear, One More Shot
1864
Bell/buzzer unit
ca. 1970
George Washington (1732-1799)
Early 19th century
Joseph Hume (1777-1855)
1821
Frederic De Peyster (1796-1882)
1887
Coming To The Parson
October 1870
Ball from the steeple of the Garden Street Church
ca. 1750
The Photographer
1878
"Madam, Your Mother Craves A Word With You"
1886
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
ca. 1835
William Earl Dodge, Sr. (1805-1883)
1888
Johanna Marie ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Mid-19th century
Dr. Albert Simard
1930
John McComb (1734-1811)
ca. 1800
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Mrs. George G. Frelinghuysen
1935
Chalkware (bird)
1850-1890
Woodcarving (poodle)
ca. 1870
Figurine
1890-1930
Checkers Up At The Farm
1875
Groom
ca. 1865
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1907
William Beach Lawrence (1800-1881)
1877
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Early 20th century
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1835-1840
David Francis Green
ca. 1840
Hide and Seek
1875
Chalkware (cat and mouse)
1850-1890
Weathervane with eagle
1850-1880
Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937)
1935
The Wrestlers
1881
Sharp Shooters
1862
Mrs. Archibald McVickar (1792-1854)
1815
Ernest Taylor Pyle ("Ernie," 1900-1945)
1944
Chief Black Hawk (1768-1838)
Mid-19th century
Frank Mayo (1839-1896) as Davy Crockett
1883
Politics
1888
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
ca. 1945
Chalkware (dog)
1850-1890
The First Ride
1888
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
Early 19th century
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
1850-1890
The Hiker
1904
General Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Late 19th century
Going For The Cows
December 1873
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Late 18th century-early 19th century
Push button assembly
ca. 1900
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1959
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
1818
The Bath
by 1894
John Watts De Peyster (1821-1907)
1897
Rip Van Winkle At Home
December 1871
Lord Eldon, John Scott (1751-1838)
1838
Rip Van Winkle Returned
1871
Wolf
Late 19th century
Weighing The Baby
1877
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
Pierre Lecompte du Nouy (1883-1947)
1948
Venus Italica
Mid-19th century
William Thomas Sampson (1840-1902)
ca. 1902
John Jay (1745-1829)
circa 1792
Victor Granados
1943
George Washington (1732-1799)
Late 19th century
Woodcarving (lion)
ca. 1870
Piece of wood from Van der Heuvel/Burnham house
1798-1839
Marble brick or marker: Hudson
ca.1877
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1847
Chalkware (love birds)
1850-1890
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859)
1859
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
1860-1870
Arthur Garfield (?)
ca. 1865
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
ca. 1800
Mrs. Augustus Cornwall Downing (1827-1900)
1868
Woodcarving (dog)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932)
1924
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
ca. 1800
John Jay (1745-1829)
1792
Pair of vases with covers and stands
1740-1760
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946)
1939
Fanny Eissler (1810-1884)
Mid-19th century
Uncle Ned's School
1866
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1919
The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
Chalkware (deer)
1850-1890
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
1962-63
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Woodcarving (squirrel)
ca. 1870
Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)
1948
A Saddled Horse
Early 20th century
Rip Van Winkle On The Mountain
December 1871
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
Late 19th century
Man with baby, rattle, and diaper bag
1997
Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776
1859
Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843)
ca. 1840
Member of the Vanden Huysen Family (Husband)
Early 18th century
Philip Hone (1781-1851)
ca. 1825-30
Uncle Ned's School
December 1866
Big Heart
Mid-19th century
Neighboring Pews
1883
Bubbles
1873
Cass Gilbert (1859-1934)
Early 20th century
Seal of the State of New York
ca. 1840-1880
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
1884
The Sitter
1878
Going For The Cows
1873
Daniel Jerome MacGowan, M.D. (1815-1893)
ca. 1865
Country Post Office: News From The Army
1863
Samuel Bonarios Grimson
1924
Chalkware (rooster)
1850-1890
Woodcarving (parrot)
ca. 1870
Corbel
1750-1775
Weighing The Baby
1876
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1850-1860
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Mid-19th century
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
ca. 1800-1809
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
ca. 1851
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
William Astor Chanler (1867-1934)
1910
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Mid-19th century
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
ca. 1900
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
ca. 1920-25
Checkers Up At The Farm
December 28, 1875
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
1934
Urn with cover
1870-1900
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
1925
Marie Faglion
Mid-19th century
The Town Pump
1862
Country Post Office: News From The Army
1863
Chalkware (Mantel ornament: leaf spray)
1850-1890
Chalkware (poodle)
1850-1890
"Why Don't You Speak For Yourself John?" (replica)
1974
Chalkware (clock)
1850-1890
Elisha Kent Kane, M. D. (1820-1857)
1857
Name plate
ca. 1926
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
After 1809
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Sunshine (with Stripes)
1993
Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
1803
John Henry Hobart, D.D. (1775-1830)
ca. 1832
Blind Man's Bluff, Santa Claus
1876
Philip Hone (1780-1851)
1839
Rooster
1940
John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850)
ca. 1850
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Unidentified Man
Late 19th century
Architectural ornament
ca. 1880
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
1892

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Creative: Tronvig Group