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Data

“Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809.” https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/refchurch.html. [Download]

“Founder’s Online Metadata.” National Archives, December 11, 2017. https://www.archives.gov/open/nhprc/dataset-founders-online. [Download]

Benjamin Franklin, “Post Office Book, 1748-1752.” American Philosophical Society. https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/post-office-book-1748-1752#page/1/mode/1up [Download]

Billy G. Smith, “Almshouse Admissions Philadelhia 1796-1803.” https://repository.upenn.edu/mead/42/ [Download]

Billy G. Smith, “Philadelphia Census of Almshouse 1807-1810” https://repository.upenn.edu/mead/2/ [Download]

“Directory of the City of Albany, 1815.” Albany Public Library. [Download] (NB: There is no external ‘about’ for this data)

“US Census, City of Albany 1850-1940.” https://data2.nhgis.org/main [Download extract] (This is a VERY large spreadsheet, use only if you have a speedy computer!)

John Hammond, “Revivals in New York and Ohio, 1825-1835.” https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07754.v1 [Download NY extract]

Wendy Lucas and Noel Campbell, “George Washington’s Shipping Invoices from London Factors 1754-1772.” https://repository.upenn.edu/mead/25/ [Download textiles extract data] [Download key]

“African Names, African Origins: Transatlantic Slave Trade.”  http://www.african-origins.org/. [Download]

“England’s Immigrants 1330 – 1550.” https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/. [Download]

“University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology – Online Collections – Data.” https://www.penn.museum/collections/data.php. [Download early modern extract]

Albany County National Historic Places Register [Download]

Sharon Howard. “Middlesex Convicts Delivered For Transportation 1785-92.” Zenodo, November 21, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.34086. [Download]

“Eastern State Penitentiary Admission Books.” American Philosophical Society. https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.365.P381p-ead.xml [Download]

Wendy Lucas and Noel Campbell, “York County Probate Records 1700-1800.” https://repository.upenn.edu/mead/26/ [Download data] [Download key]

Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman, “Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865,” https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07421.v3 [Download]

“Whaling Crew List Database.” https://www.whalingmuseum.org/online_exhibits/crewlist/about.php [Download]

“The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.” http://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/search# [Download]

Evert Wendell, Account Book. [Download] (NB: there is no external ‘about’ for this data, but a published version is available as To Do Justice to Him and Myself)