(NEW YORK) The Death of Osman N Steele

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(NEW YORK.) The Death of Osman N. Steele. Hand-colored lithograph, 21 x 24 inches; uneven heavy toning, minor dampstaining in margins. New York: Foote, Morgan & Smith, 1845

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The Van Rensselaer family exercised feudal dominion over the Manor of Rensselaerswyck surrounding Albany, NY throughout the colonial period, and for decades after the revolution. After the 1839 death of Stephen Van Rensselaer, his heirs attempted to collect back rent from the tenants to cover the estate's debts, resulting in a widespread and long-running insurrection which culminated in the 1845 killing of undersheriff Osman Steele by masked marauders at an eviction sale in Delaware County, here depicted in vivid detail and attested by three witnesses. No copies of this print have been traced at auction or in OCLC, although the Library of Congress and Smithsonian both hold copies.