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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805

Portraits, prints, letters, and documents tipped into Volume 10 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72 ++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving, Nathanael Greene (2), Comte de Rochambeau, Timothy Pickering, Thomas Sumter (2), Francis Rawdon (2), Benjamin Tallmadge, Horatio Gates, John Andre (5), Honora Sneyd, Benedict Arnold (4), Alexander Hamilton (2), John Lawrence, William Smith (2), John Laurens, Champe, Joseph Thayendaneken, Lord Cornwallis (2), Banastre Tarleton (2), John Graves Simcoe, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Otho Holland Williams, H. William Green, Henry Lee, Colonel Stewart, unidentified (2). Prints: The Ballance of Power; Landung einer Französischen hülfs Armee in America, zu Rhode Island am 11ten Julius 1780; [Death of de Kalb]; Major Andre, taken prisoner; Arrestation du Major André an Bourg Tarry Town; Capture of Andre; (colored) Last Words of Captain Nathan Hale, the Hero-Martyr of the American Revolution; The Seventy Six Stone House at Tappan; Seventy Six Stone House Rear; [Major Andre on his way to the gallows]; [Escape of Sergeant Champe]; The South Prospect of the City of New York in North America; Battle of Cowpens--Conflict between Cols. Washington & Tarleton; Female Patriotism--Mrs. Steele & Genl. Greene; Koscuisko's Monument. Letters: ALS, Comte de Rochambeau to [?], January 4, 1764; ALS, Nathanael Greene to Thomas Jefferson, June 1, 1785; A[aman.]LS, Richard Caswell to the General Assembly, May 3, 1777; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, February 5, 1804; James McHenry to Charles Pinckney, Gov. of South Carolina, August 1, 1797; ALS, Aaron Ogden to Jonathan Dayton, February 26, 1805; ALS, Stephen van Renneselaer to Thomas Morris, December 20, 1792; ALS, Robert Stark to Jacob Reed, May 20, 1778; ALS, John Lewis Gervais to [?], January 24, 1779; ALS, ALexander Campbell to Arthur Lee, June 30, 1785; ALS, Francis Marion to [?], February 4, 1779; ALS, Tobias Lear to James Greenleaf, January 12, 1794; AL[frag.], [Anthony Wayne] to [?], March 4, 1793; ALS, Joseph Reed to Samuel Atlee, June 22, 1780; AL, [Robert Howe] to John Rutledge, Gov. of South Carolina, October 6, 1776; AL[frag.]S, James Garvey to [?], February 9, 1780; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, November 17, 1803; ALS, Henry Lee to Maj. Retion, August 13, 1794; Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, May 5, 1805. Documents: ADS[facsimile], Benedict Arnold, [Pass for John André], September 22, 1780; ADS, Benjamin Tallmadge, [receipt], June 24, 1780.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (81 items).

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Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790. Joseph Bellamy papers, 1752-1785 (inclusive).

Title: Joseph Bellamy papers, 1752-1785 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, sermons and manuscripts of Joseph Bellamy, theologian and minister. In 1738 Bellamy became minister of the new parish of Bethlehem, Connecticut, where he remained until his death. He was a disciple of Jonathan Edwards and a prominent advocate of the New Light theology in the Great Awakening. Correspondents include Jonathan Edwards, John Erskine, Samuel Finley, Samuel Hopkins, John Long, William Smith, and Benjamin Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

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John Peter Zenger trial collection, 1733-1734.

Title: John Peter Zenger trial collection, 1733-1734.

Collection consists of papers relating to the trial of John Peter Zenger, written or collected by Alexander.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122570817 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Ulster County Collection, 1666-1893

Title: Ulster County Collection 1666-1893

A collection of 185 items relating to the history of Ulster County, New York. Materials mostly involve land conveyance and boundary issues, but there are also a number of legal papers, financial items and military documents.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 Linear feet; (9 boxes)

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Benjamin Peck family real estate collection, 1737-1817.

Title: Benjamin Peck family real estate collection, 1737-1817.

Indentures, deeds, receipts, survey maps, and an insurance policy pertaining to the New York City real estate holdings of Benjamin Peck, his wife Hannah, and their family.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders (18 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725105100 View

Ulster County collection, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800).

Title: Ulster County collection, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800).

Compilation, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800) of a number of miscellaneous manuscript collections relating to the early history of Ulster County (N.Y.). It consists mainly of land conveyances and material related to boundary disputes, but there are also other legal documents, maps, military papers, financial papers, and some correspondence. Some court documents include an appeal from Thomas Cumming to the court in Kingston, dated 1779, against a conviction of treason, and an indictment against an unmarried woman for the murder of her child. The collection includes material related to James Alexander, Sir Edmund Andros, Cadwallader Colden, Abraham De Peyster, John De Peyster, Peter Schuyler, William Smith, as well as material related to other members of these families and to the Harrison, Provoost, Beekman, and Van Cortlandt families.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear feet (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781224 View

John Peter Zenger trial collection, 1733-1734

Title: John Peter Zenger trial collection 1733-1734

James Alexander (1691-1756) was counsel for John Peter Zenger during his trial for libel, 1734-1735, in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y. Collection consists of papers relating to the trial of John Peter Zenger, written or collected by Alexander. Papers contain letters, notes, articles, legal documents, drafts written by William Smith, Zenger's second counsel, and related papers.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/37 View

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747. Letters to Benjamin Colman, 1693-1747.

Title: Letters to Benjamin Colman, 1693-1747.

Letters to Rev. Benjamin Colman, Congregationalist and first minister of the Brattle Street Church in Boston, Mass. (also known as the Church in Brattle Square), including letters of thanks, letters asking for advice and assistance, and correspondence about theological issues and church matters, such as Dissenters and Separatists. The collection contains a letter from Calvin Galpine about politics in England and church controversies, 1719; a letter from Samuel Cooper accepting the appointment as Colman's successor at Brattle Street Church, 1745; and letters from London publisher and bookseller John Oswald about various religious publications, the preaching of George Whitefield, the capture of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia during King George's War, the victory of the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, and other matters. Additional correspondents include Joseph Park, Gov. William Shirley, William Shurtleff, William Smith, Henry Winder, and Timothy Woodbridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670116638 View

Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790. Papers, 1752-1785

Title: Joseph Bellamy papers, 1752-1785 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, sermons and manuscripts of Joseph Bellamy, theologian and minister. In 1738 Bellamy became minister of the new parish of Bethlehem, Connecticut, where he remained until his death. He was a disciple of Jonathan Edwards and a prominent advocate of the New Light theology in the Great Awakening. Correspondents include Jonathan Edwards, John Erskine, Samuel Finley, Samuel Hopkins, John Long, William Smith, and Benjamin Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/613966 View

Bradley, Richard, d. 1751. Draft of bill in chancery, [1732].

Title: Draft of bill in chancery, [1732].

Draft of bill in chancery, the attorney general of the Province of New York Richard Bradley against Thomas Hanley (Hawley?), et al., 1732, in which the attorney general seeks to have vacated the grant of the contested Oblong Tract or Equivalent Lands to Hanley, Nathan St. John, Samuel Smith, Benjamin Benedict, et al., in favor of the more recent grant made in England.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (43 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58772559 View