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Isaac Ferris Papers, Bulk, 1816-1871, 1816-1931

Title: Isaac Ferris Papers Bulk, 1816-1871 1816-1931

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear feet

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George W. Childs Letters, 1862-1892

Title: George W. Childs Letters 1862-1892

The papers of the American publisher include correspondence concerning the work of Benson J. Lossing, and some letters about the . Public Ledger Almanac

ArchivalResource: 22 items

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Ferris, Isaac, 1798-1873. Lectures, 1854-1867.

Title: Lectures, 1854-1867.

Three volumes of lectures prepared and delivered by Ferris in his teaching at the Rutgers Female Institute and the Univ. of the City of New York (1854-1867). Collection includes one volume of lectures on the evidences of Christianity given at both schools, and two volumes of lectures on moral science, likely given by Ferris at the Univ. of the City of New York. Additional material has been added either on loose sheets inserted in the volumes or to the text itself. The volumes on moral science each have an albumen portrait of Ferris affixed inside the front cover.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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Murray, Maria W. Letters, 1842-1845.

Title: Letters, 1842-1845.

Mostly letters to her husband Robert Murray during his absences. Topics include: her existence and feelings while separated from her husband; her deference to him; news of other ship captains and their families; religious views; her husband's business and difficult times in the economy; the Market Street Dutch Reformed Church, its minister, Isaac Ferris, and relations with the church in Holland; the Murray and Walton families of New York City and Lincoln County, Maine; the ship AVALANCHE; and attitudes toward love, the trials of life, and death.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Ludlum, Charles Henry, b. 1843. Student notebooks, 1860-1863.

Title: Student notebooks, 1860-1863.

Notebooks contain notes from NYU courses of Professor Henry M. Baird in Greek Geography and Greek Language, 1860; and Greek Literature, 1861; Professor George W. Coakley in Loomis' Algebra, 1860; Professor Benjamin N. Martin's English Literature, 1861, Rhetoric, 1862, and Natural Religion, 1862; Professor Isaac Ferris in Evidences of Revelation, 1862-63; Professor Henry Draper's Comparative Physiology, 1863; and a course on Osteology, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. (1 box)

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Alumni Scrapbook and Alumni Association Minutes, 1839-1934

Title: Alumni Scrapbook and Alumni Association Minutes 1839-1934

This collection consists primarily of the earliest minutes, correspondence and records of the Alumni Association of New York University (then, the University of the City of New York). This collection is divided into two series. Series I consists of the The Alumni Association Scrapbook and dates from 1846 to 1856. This series was compiled by William R. Martin, secretary of the Association, in 1886. Series II consists of the Alumni Association Minutes and dates from 1834 to 1934. This series is arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet; (six boxes)

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Strong family. Strong family papers, 1784-1847.

Title: Strong family papers, 1784-1847.

Correspondence, deeds, accounts, poems, and legal papers, 1784-1847, of the Strong family of Long Island and New York City; primarily the correspondence of Selah Strong and his son Benjamin Strong.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (ca. 100 items)

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Ferris, Isaac, 1798-1873. Letter : New York, to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1870 June 20.

Title: Letter : New York, to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1870 June 20.

Autograph letter signed. Supports the appointment of E. Delafield Smith as District Attorney for the United States at New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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Johnson, Ebenezer Alfred, 1813-1891. Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

Title: Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

Letters from Louisa Van Cleve Daveiss, living in Lewis County, Missouri, discuss slavery in that region in the 1840s. Other members wrote of frontier life from Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin. Also in the collection are financial and legal papers, some relating to property owned by E. A. Johnson in New Haven, genealogical materials and photographs. Papers of three related families: the Johnson and Gibbs families of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Van Cleve family of New Jersey. The principal figure is Ebenezer Alfred Johnson, professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of the City of New York (1839-1891). His papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and a small amount of printed matter and records relating to the University of the City of New York.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

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Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969

Title: Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers 1760-1969

Papers of three related families: the Johnson and Gibbs families of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Van Cleve family of New Jersey. The principal figure is Ebenezer Alfred Johnson, professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of the City of New York (1839-1891). His papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and a small amount of printed matter and records relating to the University of the City of New York.Included in his personal correspondence are letters from Josiah W. Gibbs, his nephew, a lengthy series of courtship letters with Margaret Fox Van Cleve, whom he married in 1842, and additional letters on the birth of their children (1843-1849). Two friends who figure in the personal correspondence are Thomas A. Thacher and Louis Janin. Among his notable professional correspondents are: Ethan Allen Andrews, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Isaac Ferris, Elias Loomis, Taylor Lewis, and George S. Parker. On matters concerning Yale University, he corresponded with George E. Day, Edward C. Herrick, and James Luce Kingsley. The major part of the collection is made up of correspondence among various branches of the family and contains the letters of Johnson's two wives and his children with intimate details of family life and relationships in the 19th century. Three members of the family who travelled to Europe (1866-1869) recorded their impressions in family letters. There is also a series of letters from Europe (1877-1879) by Alfred V. C. Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet (19 boxes, 1 folio)

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