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Banyar, Goldsbrow, 1724-1815. Papers, 1746-1820.

Title: Papers, 1746-1820.

The collection consists of correspondence, 1746-1822; accounts of fees for various matters connected with the issue of land patents; accounts, mostly of New York attorneys, for court fees stemming from proceedings in the Supreme Court of New York, 1763-1776; papers relating to sales of Otsego County land formerly owned by George Croghan, 1763-1810; papers relating to Clarke lands in Cherry Valley, New York, 1763-1810; survey papers, agreements, etc., pertaining to Thomas Etherington's lands in Vermont, 1761-1789; minutes of causes coming before the court of chancery, Province of New York, and related papers, 1765-1776; papers about the estates of Joseph Reade and Mrs. Abraham Mortier, 1786-1794; accounts pertaining to Banyar's wheat, 1799-1822; papers about the sale of John Vaughan's property along the Mohawk River, 1788-1790, involving Alexander Ellice as purchaser, and John Porteous, Henry Remsen, and John Anstey; wills of Banyar family; and miscellaneous indentures, letter books, bills, accounts, powers of attorney, tax papers, rent rolls, surveys, legal papers, etc. military and political situation in New York, frontier troubles, Indian problems, the war with the French, etc.; Sir William Johnson, 1765-1772, pertaining to land investments, boundaries, settlers, etc.; Maj. Edward Clarke, 1756-1801, pertaining to Clarke lands in New York State; auditors Thomas Smith, Horatio Walpole, and Robert Cholmondeley, about the official accounts of the Province of New York, 1746-1774; George Croghan, 1763-1810; Jacob Le Roy, Banyar's son-in-law and a New York merchant, 1792-1803, about the sale of lands, accounts, debts, suits, family affairs, stock purchases, etc.; Francis Stephens, London, and Daniel McCormick, New York, 1786-1794; and William Banyar, merchant in New York, 1783-1796.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft. (17 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80125117 View

Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978. Papers of Francis Pickens Miller, 1915-1976.

Title: Papers of Francis Pickens Miller, 1915-1976.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence from 1966-1976, with friends, journalists, students, churchmen and colleagues. Virginia politics, Miller's political campaigns, the Presbyterian Church, and ecumenicism are major topics. There are also papers regarding the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the Bureau oF Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States Department of State, the John R. Mott biography project, and the Historic Lexington Foundation. There are speeches and articles by Miller, clippings and book reviews regarding him and his autobiography, Man from the Valley, and clippings regarding Harry Byrd, photographs of Miller, his family, and some friends including Meta Glass, complete the collection.

ArchivalResource: 3000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53311637 View