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Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by Bleecker Street, Elizabeth Street, Prince Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S.

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by Bleecker Street, Elizabeth Street, Prince Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S. 1850 Jan. 22.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 28 x 44 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58661050 View

Page, Bacon & Co. Page, Bacon & Co. records, 1851-1863.

Title: Page, Bacon & Co. records, 1851-1863.

Includes notices of protest for non-payment of notes, signed by H.H. Haight, E.V. Joice and Frank Turk, 1851-1855; draft and renewal of partnership, 1854-1855; power of attorney from Charles Dana; power of attorney to David Hoadley; judgment in case Stanford Brothers vs. Daniel D. Page, Henry D. Bacon et al; promissory note to D.O. Mills, signed on verso by Mills; letter from B.R. Bucklew; release from Howland ? and schedule of business to be attended to, n.d. Also includes documents related to business matters of Garret P. Post, including power of attorney to Page, Bacon ? lease of property in Sacramento, 1851; and receipts to Joseph B. Bidlen, 1853.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio.

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Dow, John Melmoth, 1827-1892. John Melmoth Dow papers, 1798-1918.

Title: John Melmoth Dow papers, 1798-1918.

Personal and professional papers of John M. Dow include shipping and trading contracts with Central American governments; administrative records, cargo and freight (primarily coffee and indigo) statements; and financial and commercial records, annual reports, logs, schedules, and telegraph code. Also included are letters and newspaper clippings concerning political events in Central America in the second half of the nineteenth century; correspondence with Central American politicians such as General Barrios, Rafael Zaldívar and Enrico Palacio regarding United States policy toward attempts to unify the Central American countries into a single federation. Also included is Dow's correspondence as arbitrator in the settlement between the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique and the American Contracting and Dredging Company, 1887. Dow also pursued his interests as a naturalist, exploring the Central American coast to collect marine flora and fauna and carrying on an extensive correspondence with Professor Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian Institution and Osbert Salvin and P. L. Sclater of the Zoological Society of London concerning the collection and transportation of specimens native to Central America. Papers also contain several letters to his wife, Elizabeth Allen Dow, which provide daily accounts of his life on board ship and in port. Among other correspondents are William Henry Aspinwall, John Cassin, Alexander Center, William Pancoast Clyde, Charles Dorat, John Charles Frémont, Joseph I. Henry, David Hoadley, J. B. Houston, J. Jacquier, Joseph F. Joy, W. H. Lane, George Newbold, James Orton, Henry Shelton Sanford, George Ure Skinner, Henry Bartholomew Slaven and Jeffries Wyman. Eight diaries kept by Dow provide comments on his daily life, and two notebooks give descriptions of the coast of Central America. Photographs include Dow and several Central American scenes. An album contains portraits of Dow's family, relatives and acquaintances, and well-known persons. There are two albums of caricatures and a book of "Ocean Mosses" (pressed specimens) given to Elizabeth Allen "from her friend Capt'n John M. Dow." Remaining items include a significant group of nineteenth century maps, membership certificates, inventories of property, bills, bank books, insurance policies, memoranda, passenger lists, menus, invitations, and printed matter pertaining primarily to natural history.

ArchivalResource: 6.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63939177 View

Edward Lee Plumb Papers, 1825-1903, (bulk 1857-1875)

Title: Edward Lee Plumb Papers 1825-1903 (bulk 1857-1875)

Diplomat and secretary of the United States legation in Mexico. Correspondence, journals, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Plumb’s negotiations relating to the Mexican railway system.

ArchivalResource: 3,600 items; 20 containers; 5.6 linear feet

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Seymour, George Dudley, 1859-1945. George Dudley Seymour papers, 1684-1944 (inclusive).

Title: George Dudley Seymour papers, 1684-1944 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, research files, printed material, and miscellanea of George Dudley Seymour, a lawyer, antiquarian, historian, author and city planner in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour's personal papers and collected manuscripts document the history of the Seymour family, the patriot Nathan Hale, the city planning movement in New Haven, Connecticut, and local history, 1684-1944. General correspondence files contain the bulk of personal correspondence, with many figures from the fields of art, education, politics, and sculpture represented, including William Howard Taft, a close friend of Seymour's. Family genealogy files include extensive correspondence, papers, and photographs Seymour accumulated in the course of his research on The Seymour Family (1939). Seymour also collected information and manuscripts relating to Nathan Hale, the Connecticut hero. As a pioneer in New Haven's early city planning movement, Seymour amassed correspondence with such notable figures as Cass Gilbert and Frederick Law Olmstead, minutes of commission meetings, and clipping files which detail much of the city planning activity engaged in during the early 1900s. Topical files and scrapbooks document a wide range of literary and professional activities, including Seymour's writings on New Haven and Connecticut history, and his legal practice in patent law.

ArchivalResource: 57 linear ft. (128 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153515 View

Heiss, John P., ca. 1812-1865. John P. Heiss family papers, 1835-1872.

Title: John P. Heiss family papers, 1835-1872.

Papers primarily concerned with Heiss' career as a newspaper editor and business manager and his services as diplomatic agent for Nicaragua when William Walker was in power in that country. Consists of correspondence, editorials, dispatches, legal documents, and two scrapbooks on Nicaragua. A primary concern of Heiss was cultivation of cotton in Central America and he was very interested in development of the cotton gin. Numerous letters of David Hoadley, president of the Panama Railroad, are concerned with opportunities for capitalists in Central America by means of cotton and hemp cultivation, development of transportation, building of steamers, and construction of a canal and railroads. Some letters also deal with the Mosquito Territory question, about which Heiss was appointed a special commissioner. Prominent correspondents include William Walker, James K. Polk, Joseph Brenan, Lewis S. Coryell, J.R. Coxe, Jr., George M. Dallas, John Davis, Daniel E. Delavan, Fermín Ferrer, Hugh Fraser, George B. Mathew, William Nelson, A.O.P. Nicholson, J.D. Powles, William H. Trescot, Alexander Walker, and Henry A. Wise. Some family correspondence and genealogical data on the Heiss family is also included.

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.2 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27194212 View

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869. William Pitt Fessenden correspondence, 1839-1888 (bulk 1858-1869).

Title: William Pitt Fessenden correspondence, 1839-1888 (bulk 1858-1869).

Correspondence of William Pitt Fesssenden, and his sons Francis Fessenden and James Deering Fessenden. The majority of letters are addressed to William Pitt Fessenden on financial and political matters, but a few are private; several letters are addressed to Francis Fessenden, including one from William Pitt Fessenden. A handful are addressed to James Fessenden. Four letters (J.C. Ropes to P.W. Chandler,1868; Joshua C. Stone to A.J.C. Sowdon, 1868; Charles Allen to A.J.C. Sowdon, 1868; and William Paine to J.A. Deblars, undated) are not addressed to any member of the Fessenden family, but mention William Pitt Fessenden or one of his sons.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders (83 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709966527 View

Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 3rd Street, the Bowery, Houston Street and Carmine Street, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)].

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 3rd Street, the Bowery, Houston Street and Carmine Street, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. [ca. 1847]

ArchivalResource: 1 map on 3 assembled sheets : ms., col. ; 43 x 161 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79682774 View

John Melmoth Dow papers, 1798-1918.

Title: John Melmoth Dow papers, 1798-1918.

Personal and professional papers of John M. Dow. Also included are letters and newspaper clippings concerning political events in Central America in the second half of the nineteenth century. Dow also pursued his interests as a naturalist, exploring the Central American coast to collect marine flora and fauna.

ArchivalResource:

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