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Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association,. Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association collection 1838-1871

Title: Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association collection 1838-1871

Materials relating to the Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association (RAYMA). A predecessor of the Rochester Institute of Technology, RAYMA was formed in 1838 when the Rochester Athenaeum merged with the Young Men's Association. The collection contains fliers for RAYMA activities, as well as a list of individuals who gave lectures to the organization. The Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association (RAYMA) collection contains documents related to the organization's activities. In addition to a flier that outlines RAYMA's functions and regulations, the collection includes a photocopy of a flier that announced an anniversary celebration for the "Landing of the Pilgrims." Similarly, the collection includes a flier for RAYMA's organized activities in honor of the death of President William Henry Harrison.The collection also includes a list of speakers for the Rochester Athenaeum from 1844-1871. Although the document lists the individuals as "Rochester Athenaeum Speakers," the events held in 1844 were actually for the Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association.

ArchivalResource: 4.0 item(s) (1 folder)

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United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District). Equity dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

Title: Equity dockets and case files, 1790-1847 [microform].

The records consist of dockets and case files for equity cases heard by the Circuit Court at its sittings in Philadelphia between 1790 and 1847. A typical case file may contain some or all of the following documents: bills of complaint, answers, depositions, transcripts of testimony, exhibits, orders and reports of masters. The exhibits may include copies of original letters, minutes, contracts and accounts. Cases deal with patent infringement, libel, fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracies in restraint of trade, violations of contracts and bankruptcy.

ArchivalResource: 23 reels of positive microfilm.

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Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886. Papers, 1832-1873. 1844-1860 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1832-1873. 1844-1860 (bulk).

The Papers of Henry O'Reilly, 1832-1873 consist of 21 linear feet of material. The bulk of the papers date from 1844 to 1860 and include the following forms: business and personal correspondence, minutes, proceedings, organizational records, financial records, legal records, notes, reports, scrapbooks and printed matter. The O'Reilly Papers document the diverse activities of Henry O'Reilly in Rochester, NY; the Genesee District; and New York State. Specific topics addressed include: the establishment of telegraph lines; the development, improvement and operations of the transportation industry, particularly canals, steamships and railroads; local and state politics; civic and cultural organizations; journalism; typography; American Indians; agriculture; government reform; the postal service; public schools; land purchases in Western Virginia; and the military career of O'Reilly's son.

ArchivalResource: 21 linear feet.

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886,. Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820.

Title: Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820.

These selections include letters, bills, accounts, receipts, memoranda, and official communications and documents relating to the Iroquois in New York state, selected from v. 6-15 of O'Reilly's collections, "Mementos of western settlement." Many manuscripts appear to be from the papers of General Israel Chapin, an Indian agent.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

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Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859. [Collection of materials concerning Samuel F.B. Morse's patent for the telegraph ].

Title: [Collection of materials concerning Samuel F.B. Morse's patent for the telegraph ]. 1848-1853.

A compilation of affidavits, depositions, and other publications relating to challenges to S.F.B. Morse's patent for the electric telegraph. Most directly concern the suit brought by Henry O'Reilly (or O'Rielly) et al. Concerns cases heard in U.S. Circuit Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

ArchivalResource: 13 pieces ; 21-22 cm.

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The Papers of Henry O'Reilly, 1832-1873 (Bulk 1844-1860)

Title: The Papers of Henry O'Reilly 1832-1873 (Bulk 1844-1860)

The Papers of Henry O'Reilly, dating from 1832 to 1873, consist of 21 linear feet of material. The bulk of these papers date from 1844 to 1860. The O'Reilly Papers contain the following types of material: business and personal correspondence (letters, telegraph messages), minutes, proceedings, organizational documents (charters, by-laws, articles of incorporation and association), financial documents (bills, receipts, invoices, expenditure sheets, accounts, bank drafts, promissory notes, inventories, stock certificates), legal documents (contracts, conveyances, indentures, deeds, leases, affidavits, depositions, insurance policies, mortgages, memoranda), notes, reports, scrapbooks, and printed material (pamphlets, proofs, circulars, flyers, clippings).

ArchivalResource: 21.0 Linear feet

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Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891.

Title: Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891.

Correspondence of American author and biographer James Parton withfamily members, professional associates, and personal friends as well as financialaccounts, photographs, genealogies, and printed material.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886. References to a portion of Henry O'Rielly's "collections" in the New York Historical Society's library, concerning the history of the State of New York, 1876.

Title: References to a portion of Henry O'Rielly's "collections" in the New York Historical Society's library, concerning the history of the State of New York, 1876.

Printed descriptions of his mementos of western settlement and his telegraph documents, which he donated to the New York Historical Society in 1859-1860. Enclosed is a printed letter written by O'Reilly, 9 Dec. 1869, on the "origin and progress of the telegraph system", read by Hon. Charles P. Daly to the American Geographical and Statistical Society, New York.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

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Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820, 1789-1820

Title: Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820 1789-1820

These selections include letters, bills, accounts, receipts, memoranda, and official communications and documents relating to the Iroquois in New York state, selected from volumes 6-15 of O'Reilly's collections, "Mementos of western settlement," together with copies of documents from the American State Papers, etc. Included are letters of Phelps, Gorham, Chapin, Brant, Kirkland, Knox, Pickering, Irvine, and Morris. Many manuscripts appear to be from the papers of General Israel Chapin, an Indian agent.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

Title: Letters received, and other papers, 1862-1866.

Letters, telegrams, circulars, petitions and miscellaneous political broadsides sent to editors William Cullen Bryant and Charles Nordhoff. Certain items are marked as if for publication. Includes a letter from Hiram Paulding, verses submitted by Junius Henri Browne, a proof of Henry O'Reilly's "An American Anthem ...," Francis Lieber's Circular no. 59 "Lincoln ober McClellan?," "Reasons for prosecuting the war" by Wm. White Williams, a memorial of Col. Garret Nevius of N.J., killed at Vicksburg, broadsides relating to the 1862 N.Y. gubernatorial race and the 1863 draft riots in N.Y.C., a citizens petition to remove Gen. Wool from control of Baltimore and other material relating to the Civil War and its aftermath.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886. Articles of Henry O'Reilly, 1845-1872.

Title: Articles of Henry O'Reilly, 1845-1872.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957,. [Map of the area later bounded by 185th and 186th Streets, Wadsworth Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)].

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 185th and 186th Streets, Wadsworth Avenue and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. [ca. 1835]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., on tracing paper ; 24 x 33 cm.

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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886. Collected documents, 1784-1862. 1784-1848 (bulk).

Title: Collected documents, 1784-1862. 1784-1848 (bulk).

The O'Reilly Papers consist of correspondence, scrapbooks and bound volumes of assorted historical documents, memoranda and abstracts compiled by Henry O'Rielly; the material dates from 1784 to 1862. The bulk of the correspondence and scrapbooks span the 1840s, while the historical compilations cover the period 1784 through 1820. O'Rielly's scrapbooks address such topics as the development and building of the telegraph, railroad reform, inland navigation, American journalism, agriculture in New York State, and the Civil War. O'Rielly's Western Momentos documents the downfall of the Iroquois, Robert Morris' treaty with the Senecas, and pioneer settlements in New York State. Additional printed materials related to O'Rielly are held in the collections of the New-York Historical Society Library.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet.

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Hawley, Jesse, 1773-1842. Jesse Hawley papers, 1807-1835, 1880.

Title: Jesse Hawley papers, 1807-1835, 1880.

Printed essays and letters, correspondence, 1835, and original drafts of essays on the Erie Canal, 1807-1808, of Geneva businessman and canal promoter Jesse Hawley.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (ca. 45 items)

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