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Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
1972.12ab
Silk, gold, enamel
Artist/Maker: John Cook

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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
1670
LIB.Y.1670.Den
A journall, with observations on my travail from Boston in N.E. to N.Y., New Jersies, & Philadelphia...
1697
MSS.BV.Benjamin.Bullivant
Allegory of New Amsterdam or New York in America: Study for the Engraving "N: Amsterdam, ou N: Iork in Ameriq--:"
c. 1700
1949.45
Apothecary bottle with cover
ca. 1750
INV.14994ab
Apothecary bottle with cover
ca. 1750
INV.14995ab
Bedcover or wall hanging (palampore)
ca. 1720-1740
1938.1
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
1656
LIB.Y.1656.D
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
1911.38
Buckle
1675-1775
Z.1704
Butterfield dial and case
1685-1715
1910.32ab
Charger
1689-1705
1951.597
Coffeepot
ca. 1710-1725
1972.26
Colonel Gerardus Beekman, M. D. (1653-1723)
ca. 1710-1720
1978.59
Cornelius Steenwyck (? - 1684)
ca. 1670
1856.1
Delft Figural Salt Cellar in the Form of a Seated Boy
ca. 1673
1974.12
Dish
1964.57
Girdle buckle
ca. 1703
1965.14
Het gezandtschap der Ne
1693
LIB.Y-q.1693.Nieuhof
Indi
1599
LIB.Y-q.1598.Ind
Jar
late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
1954.22a
Jars
late 17th century, early 18th century
1954.22bc
Journael Gehouden opt
October 1660- June 1663
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Jug
ca. 1600-1750
INV.6509
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914