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Strong Family Papers, 1747-1940

Title: Strong Family Papers 1747-1940

This collection contains assorted papers of the Strong family of New York and Long Island. It consists of two separate acquisitions, arranged as two series. Series I includes correspondence and other documents spanning three generations of Strongs: Selah Strong (1737-1815), Benjamin Strong (1770-1851), and George Washington Strong (1793-1855) [father of noted diarist George Templeton Strong]. Series II consists of the diaries and a few other papers from the estate of George Ruggles Strong (1851-1941)[George Templeton Strong's son]. Also included in Series II are approximately one hundred family photographs.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; (4 boxes)

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Strong, George W. (George Washington), 1783-1855. George Washington Strong legal records, ca. 1808 - ca. 1830.

Title: George Washington Strong legal records, ca. 1808 - ca. 1830.

Miscellaneous legal records, ca. 1808 - ca. 1830, including pleas, depositions, bonds, costs, answers to plaintiff's arguments, interrogatories, bills of particulars, affidavits, etc. The records include a large group pertaining to the case: Nathaniel Griswold who is impleaded with Hezekiah Smith, master of the brig James Wells, & Stephen Griffith ads. the United States; and smaller groups representing the cases: Abijah Arden ads. Richard Riker and Louisa Ann Strong, executors of the last will and testament of James Arden; Benjamin Huntington & Gurdon S. Mumford vs. Philetus Havens, James Lovett, Jonathan J. Coddington, and Joseph Coddington; John Byers, James Byers, and John Swartwout ads. the United States; United States vs. Thomas Morris; Jackson ex dem. Jeffery Hicks and Mary, his wife, vs. Wynant Van Zandt; Charles McEvers vs. National Insurance Company; Nathaniel Griswold and George Griswold vs. Henry Waddington and Joshua Waddington; Isaac Van Cleef vs. Benjamin Hide and Anthony D. Duff; John M. Trumbull, impleaded with Peter Lanman, ads. William Forde and John Cragg; Ocean Insurance Company ads. Basil Francis; Philip Unger vs. John H. Matthaei and William Matthaei; Jeremiah Johnson, impleaded with Samuel L. Mitchill, Moss Kent, John McLean, and Isaac Denniston ads. James Arden; numerous suits involving the Union Bank, New York City; suits involving the Ocean Insurance Company; suits involving Jacob Barker; et al.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 linear feet (7 boxes)

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Strong, George Templeton, 1820-1875. Diary : holograph, 1835-1875.

Title: Diary : holograph, 1835-1875.

Diary, 1835-1875. Strong wrote an extremely lengthy and detailed narrative and commentary about persons, events, and institutions in New York City, particularly his attendance and continued interest in Columbia College; his career as an attorney in the firm of his father, George Washington Strong; his interest in law and his attitude towards current practices among lawyers; his frequent attendance at concerts, operas, oratorios, and the theatre; his membership in numerous civic and cultural organizations, particularly as president of the Philharmonic Society and treasurer of the Sanitary Commission; numerous social activities, including friendships with his cousin, Charles Edward Strong, and with George Christian Anthon; family affairs, including his marriage to Ellen Ruggles, daughter of Samuel B. Ruggles, and the death of their first child. There are some pen and ink drawings in the diary, and various other papers are pasted in or laid in, including clippings, photographs, letters, Confederate banknotes, and other printed ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. (ca. 2,250 p.)

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George Washington Strong Legal Records, 1809-1844

Title: George Washington Strong Legal Records 1809-1844

New York attorney. Collection contains legal documents from his Manhattan practice spanning nearly 40 years.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders (SC)

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