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William Floyd (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821) was an American farmer and politician from New York, delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Born in Brookhaven, Province of New York, after his father's death in 1755, William took over the family farm. He became a member of the Suffolk County Militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, becoming Major General. He was a delegate from New York in the First Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, signing the Declaration of Independence during his tenure there. He was a member of the New York State Senate (Southern District) from 1777 to 1788. In March 1789, he was elected to the 1st United States Congress under the new Constitution as an Anti-Administration candidate and served until March 3, 1791. Floyd was a presidential elector in 1792, voting for George Washington and George Clinton. Floyd, for whom the town of Floyd, New York, is named, became a resident of Oneida County in 1794.
In 1795, Floyd ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with Robert Yates on the Democratic-Republican ticket, but they were defeated by Federalists John Jay and Stephen Van Rensselaer. Floyd was again a presidential elector in 1800, voting for Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr; and in 1804, voting for Jefferson and George Clinton. Floyd was a member of the state senate (Western District) in 1808. In 1820, Floyd was chosen a presidential elector but did not attend the meeting of the electoral college, and Martin Van Buren was appointed to fill the vacancy. Floyd died on August 4, 1821, and is buried at the Westernville Cemetery in Oneida County.
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USHistory.org biography, William Floyd, accessed December 29, 2021.
<p>William Floyd was born on Long Island on December 17, 1734. His family had emigrated to America in 1654 and by the time of his birth were well established and wealthy. Though he might have received the best education, his father died when he was in his teens, and William was required to take over the operations of the family farm. He was a member of the Suffolk County Militia in the early conflict with Britain, attaining the rank of Major General.</p>
<p>In 1774 he was chosen to represent New York in the first Continental Congress. He served there through 1776, while his property was destroyed in the Revolutionary War. He acquired land on the banks of the Mohawk river after the war though it would be a few more years till he would retire there. In 1789 he was elected to the 1st Congress under the new Constitution, serving until 1791. In 1792 he served as a presidential elector, voting for the re-election of George Washington. He was called to the service of his state as a Senator in 1803. After serving his term he retired to his true passion, farming. He died in 1821.</p>
OurCampaigns website, William Floyd, accessed December 29, 2021.
<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>04/27/1790 NY District 1 Lost 19.11% (-16.36%)</li>
<li>02/11/1789 NY District 1 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1782 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1781 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1780 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>03/08/1777 NY State Senate - Southern Won 11.11% (+0.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1775 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1774 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>09/01/1774 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN</b>
<li>03/04/1778 NY State Senate - Southern - Appointment Won 0.00% (+0.00%)</li>
</ul>
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Autograph letter signed : to Major Gen'l Lewis Morris, 1796 Jan. 2.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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William Buck and Katherine Floyd Dana collection, 1666-1912, 1843-1910 (bulk).
William Buck and Katherine Floyd Dana collection, 1666-1912, 1843-1910 (bulk).
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William Buck and Katherine Floyd Dana collection, 1666-1912, 1843-1910 (bulk).
Letters to Katherine (Floyd) Dana from William Buck Dana, family, and friends, 1846-1886; letters to Olive A. Wadsworth from the publisher and editor of ST. NICHOLAS magazine about her poems, 1882-1885; report cards, reports, and compositions of Katherine Floyd, 1847-1848; manuscript poems of Olive A. Wadsworth and clippings about her book OUR PHIL AND OTHER STORIES; manuscripts of THE M.S. AND THE N.S. and THREE RAINY DAYS IN THREE CHAPTERS, author and date unknown; bound typed manuscript SUNNY MEMORIES OF MASTIC, (with photographs, memorabilia, poem "The Buckskin Breeches" by Katherine F. Dana, 1880) by Sarah Floyd Turner, 1889; letters and telegrams to William Buck Dana from Katherine (Floyd) Dana, family, friends, business associates, and others, 1853-1910; correspondence of Dana and Floyd family members, 1810-1912; copy of wills, inventories and bequests (Bogerts, Floyd, Dana, Weservell, 1790-1900), title abstract for New York City property, and "Map of Land of Mrs. Dana, Mastic, 1882," 1790-1900; specifications for work on home in Englewood, N.J., Palisades N.J. Hotel, Presbyterian parsonage in Brookhaven, N.Y. and at Mastic, N.Y., 1861-1910; and personal household, and business records of William Buck Dana, 1858-1910.
Dana, William Buck, 1829-1910. William Buck and Katherine Floyd Dana collection, 1666-1912, 1843-1910 (bulk).
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ALS : Middletown, N.Y., to Jonathan Trumbull, 1777 June 2.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. ALS : Middletown, N.Y., to Jonathan Trumbull, 1777 June 2.
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ALS : Middletown, N.Y., to Jonathan Trumbull, 1777 June 2.
Letter of introduction for Abraham Woodhull of Suffolk County. (Woodhull was apparently a relative of Maj. Nathaniel Woodhull who had married Floyd's sister Ruth.).
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. ALS : Middletown, N.Y., to Jonathan Trumbull, 1777 June 2.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Reference papers, 1896-1980.
Reference papers, 1896-1980.
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Reference papers, 1896-1980.
Copy of typescript "As Told by the Attic Letters: In the Floyd House at Mastic, Long Island" by Cornelia Floyd Nichols, which includes childhood reminiscences, folklore, and history, 1952; copy of typescript "Letters to My Great-Great Grandfather" by Cornelia Floyd Nichols, 1934; typescript "From Unkechaug to Poospatuck" by Ellice B. Gonzalez, 1984; and three Floyd genealogy charts on mylar, 1980; copy of typescript "Sarah K. Floyd: Victorian Lady" by Roxanna Herrick, 1978; copy of typescript "Ancestry of Cornelia Floyd Nichols: by Consuelo Forman, 1937; copy of "Floyd Genealogy, Six Generations," 1896; copy of "Descendants of William Floyd: Corrections and Additions to the Family Record Issued in February 1896," n.d.
Fire Island National Seashore (N.Y.). Reference papers, 1896-1980.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Sylvester Manor Archive 1649-1996
Sylvester Manor Archive, 1649-1996
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Sylvester Manor Archive 1649-1996
Sylvester Manor is the home of the original European settlers on Shelter Island in eastern Long Island, New York, created in 1652 with the arrival of Nathaniel and Grissell Sylvester. For over 350 years and continuing to this day, the Manor has remained with descendents of the original Sylvesters, and the Sylvester Manor Archive contains documents dating from its European settlement to the late-20th century. The earliest documents provide evidence of an operational northern provisioning plantation involved in the Atlantic trade of the 17th century, while later portions of the collection document the lives of several notable descendents including Ezra L’Hommedieu, an attorney and politician from the American Revolutionary Era, Samuel Smith Gardiner, an attorney from a prominent family of eastern Long Island, and Eben Norton Horsford, a scientist at the forefront of the development of American food science and chemistry and a successful entrepreneur.
Revolutionary War, signers of the Declaration [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library].
Archives at Queens Library. Revolutionary War, signers of the Declaration [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library].
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Revolutionary War, signers of the Declaration [vertical file] / [compiled by the Archives at Queens Library].
Consists of newspaper clippings and pamphlets. Material is still being added when appropriate. Clippings are photocopied onto acid free paper and bound when sufficient material accumulates.
Letters and documents of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1750-1933.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Papers, 1965.
Papers, 1965.
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Papers, 1965.
Letter from Senator Robert F. Kennedy to David Weld about donation of William Floyd Estate to Fire Island National Seashore, 1965; letter from Cornelia Nichols to David Weld, about the William Floyd estate, 1965; and various local history publications.
Sixteen photographs of Mastic Farm, Floyd family, and Floyd Memorial Library, Greenport, 1880-1926; Augustus Floyd song books from Rutgers College with handwritten songs and clipped pages, 1863; documents relating to lease of Smith property by Augustus, 1881-1888; memorandum of agreement, correspondence, and probate papers of John Gelston Floyd (1806-1881), 1880-1910; farm record book of Augustus, 1900-1929; map of Mastic Farm and brief description, ca. 1900; papers relating to Tangier property and maps of section A and D of Tangier, Long Island, 1910-1913; papers relating to tax assesement reduction, 1917; correspondence and documents regarding estate of Augustus Floyd, 1928; typed copy of talk and photograph of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) tablet ceremony marking home of General William Floyd (1734-1821), 1925; humorous clippings and photographs, 1924; and newspaper clippings relating to or collected by Augustus Floyd, 1878-1935.
Contains manuscript copies of three indentures signed in January 1776, reorganizing the venture as a joint stock company, setting out a schedule of shares and detailing the rights of shareholders; rules and regulations adopted on 20 March 1776 concerning the company's meetings and officers and the surveying and sale of land; commissions of Robert Lettis Hooper as surveyor general and George Morgan as receiver general; and minutes of meetings in 1776 and 1779. Shareholders, officers, and others mentioned include Richard Bache, John Baynton, William Floyd, Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin, David Franks, Joseph Galloway, Barnard Gratz, Robert Lettis Hooper, Levy Andrew Levy, George Morgan, Joseph Simon, William Trent, Samuel Wharton, and Thomas Wharton.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Autograph letter signed : to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1781 Feb. 9.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.
Indiana Company. Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.
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Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.
Contains two drafts of a bill of equity presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 August, 1792, asking the court to inquire into the claim and require Virginia to make full compensation for the company's losses and their expenses in pursuing the claim. The bill sets forth the history of the company's claim and the charters, deeds, and treaties on which it is based; and includes transcripts of the company's memorials to the Virginia legislature and the legislature's resolutions and notices to the company. The collection contains also copies of the company's memorials to the Continental Congress, 11 September 1779 and 30 November 1780; a list of shareholders; a list of documents required for preparing the bill of equity; a broadside account of the debates on the company's memorial in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1 November 1791; a blank company deed and survey warrant; extracts from Indian treaties; and three letters concerning the claim and other company business. Persons represented include Richard Bache, John Baynton, Theodorick Bland, George Croghan, William Floyd, Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, David Franks, Joseph Galloway, Barnard Gratz, Sir William Johnson, Levy Andrew Levy, William Lewis, James Madison, George Morgan, William Rawle, Joseph Simon, William Trent, Samuel Wharton, Thomas Wharton, and James Wilson.
Indiana Company. Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Henry A. Willard II Collection 1743-1888 (bulk 1770-1840)
Henry A. Willard II Collection, 1743-1888, (bulk 1770-1840)
Title:
Henry A. Willard II Collection 1743-1888 (bulk 1770-1840)
Papers and records collected by Henry A Willard II including Bradley-Willard family papers and correspondence, Willard Hotel records, miscellaneous business records, and autographs collected by Henry A. Willard I that include the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, and related individuals.
ArchivalResource:
625 items; 2 containers; 0.8 linear feet
Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.
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Treaty between the Onondaga Tribe and the State of New York, 1788 Sept. 12.
New York (State). Treaty between the Onondaga Tribe and the State of New York, 1788 Sept. 12.
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Treaty between the Onondaga Tribe and the State of New York, 1788 Sept. 12.
This treaty establishes the Onondaga Indian Reservation. The agreement was that The Onondagas ceded all their lands to the people of the State of New York, forever. The Onondagas were paid 1,000 French crowns in money, and two hundred pounds in clothing. They also were to be paid $500 in silver annually. Signers include George Clinton, William Floyd, Ezra L'Hommedieu, Richard Varick, Samuel Jones, Egbert Benson, Peter Gansevoort, Jr., and chiefs and Indian representatives. Text begins: At a treaty held at Fort Schuyler, formerly called Fort Stanwix, in the State of New York, by his excellency George Clinton, governor of said state ... with the tribe or governor of Indians called the Onondagoes [sic] ...
New York (State). Treaty between the Onondaga Tribe and the State of New York, 1788 Sept. 12.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
referencedIn
Sylvester Manor Archive 1649-1996
Sylvester Manor Archive, 1649-1996
Title:
Sylvester Manor Archive 1649-1996
Sylvester Manor is the home of the original European settlers on Shelter Island in eastern Long Island, New York, created in 1652 with the arrival of Nathaniel and Grissell Sylvester. For over 350 years and continuing to this day, the Manor has remained with descendents of the original Sylvesters, and the Sylvester Manor Archive contains documents dating from its European settlement to the late-20th century. The earliest documents provide evidence of an operational northern provisioning plantation involved in the Atlantic trade of the 17th century, while later portions of the collection document the lives of several notable descendents including Ezra L’Hommedieu, an attorney and politician from the American Revolutionary Era, Samuel Smith Gardiner, an attorney from a prominent family of eastern Long Island, and Eben Norton Horsford, a scientist at the forefront of the development of American food science and chemistry and a successful entrepreneur.
Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952,. Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.
Personal and official correspondence and legal documents written or signed by all 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, most from the Revolutionary period. The papers relate chiefly to state and national political, financial, and military affairs. Correspondents include George Clinton, John Dickinson, William Lee, and George Washington.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952,. Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.
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ALS, 1780 Jan. 28, Philadelphia, Pa., to Gov. George Clinton.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. ALS, 1780 Jan. 28, Philadelphia, Pa., to Gov. George Clinton.
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ALS, 1780 Jan. 28, Philadelphia, Pa., to Gov. George Clinton.
Concerns supplies to troops in New Jersey; Congress's establishment of a Court of Appeals in all cases of capture and its appointment of commissioners over the Staff department of the Army; a convention of delegates from most of the states to consider a regulation of prizes; and the severity of the winter weather.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Autograph letter signed : to John Taylor, esq., 1788 Feb. 23.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Papers, 1776-1840.
Papers, 1776-1840.
Title:
Papers, 1776-1840.
Letters, Peter Lyons to William Floyd, Sarah Floyd to Elisa Bacon, Thornton Kirkland to sister, W.L. Marcy to Nicoll Floyd, 1776-1840; receipts, invoices, bonds, tax returns, indentures, receipts, and bonds, 1790-1827; plot drawing of land lots belonging to Nathaniel Smith, 1795; and survey of lots owned by William Floyd, late 18th century.
ALS, 1801 February 8 : Mastick, to General John Smith in Congress at Washington.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. ALS, 1801 February 8 : Mastick, to General John Smith in Congress at Washington.
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ALS, 1801 February 8 : Mastick, to General John Smith in Congress at Washington.
"I have my hopes that your house will not be so imprudent as to prevent us from having our President and Vice President ..." Refers to the Federalist attempt to stall balloting between Jefferson and Burr and force a new election.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Letter to John Ingraham, 1780 October 30.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Papers, 1692-1942, 1692-1840 (bulk).
Papers, 1692-1942, 1692-1840 (bulk).
Title:
Papers, 1692-1942, 1692-1840 (bulk).
Deeds signed by Potounk and his officers, 1692, Wacus and other Indians, 1730, and other land transactions and appointments, 1692-1839; deed for proprietors share of the Territory of Indiana, 1779; map, memoranda about land, and list of land owners for Long Island property, 1779-1790; correspondence, bills, receipts, and legal documents relating to debt owed by Governor Jonathan Trumbull to William Floyd, 1771-1790; documents relating to affairs of Charles Jeffrey Smith, 1767-1780; documents and correspondence of Congressman John Gelston Floyd, 1819-1865; bonds, notes, receipts, and currency, 1747-1942; receipts for purchase and sale of slaves, livestock, school, and labor, 1792-1803; inventory, bond and payments for the estate of Nicoll Floyd (1705-1755), 1755-1774; handwritten copy of the Resolution of the Convention of the State of New York about Continental Congress, 1779; bills, contracts, deeds, indentures, correspondence, receipts relating to affairs in Western New York, of William Floyd, 1785-1839; documents relating to the will of George W. Clinton, 1823-1833; receipts, deeds, tax receipts, bonds, notes, correspondence of Nicholl Floyd, for his personal affairs on Long Island and as U.S. Tax Collector and Suffolk County Treasurer, 1792-1836; clippings, genealogical notes, appointments, and legislative notes, 1779-1939.
Letter written at Rhinebeck, N.Y. to Captain Matthias Dederick, West Camp, Ulster County, N.Y. "...meeting in this town in order to consult each other respecting governor and lieutenant governor and having taken all matters into mature consideration it was unanimously voted that Judge Yates be held up in nomination for Governor and William Floyd for Lieutenant Governor of this state-... why is Mr. Jay the opposite candidate to Mr. Yates-... and why must Stephen Van Rensselaer be recommended for lieutenant governor is it because he is rich and has great connections..."
Daybook kept by an unidentified proprieter of a general store in Western, Oneida County, New York, May-Dec., 1816. It includes numerous accounts with local residents, one of them being William Floyd (1734-1821), the signer of Declaration of Independence.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Autograph letter signed : to George Brayton, 1809 May 6.
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AD, 1782 August 29 : Middletown.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. AD, 1782 August 29 : Middletown.
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AD, 1782 August 29 : Middletown.
As "one of the Commissioners for procuring Cloathing for the state of New York," Floyd writes a receipt for 145 pounds for services by Major John Davis; accepted and signed by Samuel Eills in behalf of Davis's widow.
Floyd, William, 1734-1821. AD, 1782 August 29 : Middletown.
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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The state of New York to William Floyd.
The state of New York to William Floyd.
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The state of New York to William Floyd.
Receipt for Floyd's attendance in senate at Kingston in June and July 1780 for which he was owed 8 pounds, 8 shillings. Signed by Pierre Van Cortlandt.
ArchivalResource:
1 sheet ; 13 x 21 cm. mounted on paper 15 x 23 cm.
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. V.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.includes:f. 4 Arma... 1783-1798
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. V.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.includes:f. 4 Arma..., 1783-1798
Title:
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. V.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.includes:f. 4 Arma... 1783-1798
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. V.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.includes:f. 4 Arma..., 1783-1798
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Floyd, William, active 1783-1798, of Add MS 28060
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ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. I.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.James Harris, 1st ... 1783-1798
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. I.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.James Harris, 1st ..., 1783-1798
Title:
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. I.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.James Harris, 1st ... 1783-1798
ORIGINAL correspondence, chiefly official, of Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Caermarthen, and 5th Duke of Leeds, Secretary of State, etc.; Vol. I.William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 5th Duke of Leeds: 1786-1790.James Harris, 1st ..., 1783-1798
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Floyd, William, 1734-1821
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Archives at Queens Library.
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