COLLECTION NAME:
Bodies in Transit registers
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NYCMA~4~4
Bodies in Transit registers
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Identifier:
REC0052_01
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REC0052_01
Identifier
false
Title:
Bodies in Transit Volume I: 1859-1863
title
Bodies in Transit Volume I: 1859-1863
Title
false
Creator:
New York (N.Y.). City Inspector's Office. Bureau of Records and Statistics
creator
New York (N.Y.). City Inspector's Office. Bureau of Records and Statistics
Creator
false
Subject:
Burial records
subject
Burial records
Subject
false
Subject:
Registers of births, etc.--New York (State)--New York
subject
Registers of births, etc.--New York (State)--New York
Subject
false
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
subject
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
Subject
false
Description:
This volume is arranged alphabetically by the first initial of the last name and then chronologically by year, month and day.
description
This volume is arranged alphabetically by the first initial of the last name and then chronologically by year, month and day.
Description
false
Date:
1859 July 1-1863 August 1
date
1859 July 1-1863 August 1
Date
false
Type:
Death registers
type
Death registers
Type
false
Type:
Registers (lists)
type
Registers (lists)
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Place:
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Place
false
Notes:
The abolitionist John Brown passed through on December 4, 1859 (volume I, page 42-43), two days after his execution for leading the raid on Harpers Ferry. Beside his name, under the remarks, it reads “Hung for Murder, Treason and Inciting Slaves to escape from Virginia and Maryland.”
notes
The abolitionist John Brown passed through on December 4, 1859 (volume I, page 42-43), two days after his execution for leading the raid on Harpers Ferry. Beside his name, under the remarks, it reads “Hung for Murder, Treason and Inciting Slaves to escape from Virginia and Maryland.”
Notes
false