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King's College (New York, N.Y.). [Letter] 1767 Feb. 23, New York [to] Wm. Samuel Johnson / Governors of the College.

Title: [Letter] 1767 Feb. 23, New York [to] Wm. Samuel Johnson / Governors of the College.

The letter concerns a dispute between Sir James Jay and the board of governors of King's College (later Columbia University). The dispute concerns monies Jay had raised for the College in England and the control of those monies. The governors write to Johnson in hopes of his intervening in the dispute. The letter is signed by: J. T. Kempe, Jn. Watts, Samuel Auchmuty, Jn. Livingston, Myles Cooper, and Jas. Duane. William Samuel Johnson was the son of Samuel Johnson, the first president of King's College; later he also became president of King's (1787-1800). The letter is addressed to Johnson in London, [England], Agent for the Colony of Connecticut to be left at the new England Cofee [sic] House, and carries a black stamped postal mark.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 33 cm.

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Johnson, Joseph, 1752-1777. Letter, 1774 December 14, New York, N.Y., to Samuel Auchmuty, New York, N.Y.

Title: Letter, 1774 December 14, New York, N.Y., to Samuel Auchmuty, New York, N.Y.

Has spent the last twenty-one months trying to lead his New England brethren into the Western wilderness, hoping that they could live there together in peace.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37237474 View

Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774. Papers of Sir William Johnson, 1755-1774 (bulk 1763-1774).

Title: Papers of Sir William Johnson, 1755-1774 (bulk 1763-1774).

Correspondence (1755 October 6-1774 February 27) while Johnson served as superintendent of Indian affairs on the northern frontier. Relates to Indian education, military movements around Lake George, and the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Correspondents include Samuel Auchmuty, Thomas Barton, Cadwallader Colden, Myles Cooper, Charles Inglis, John Ogilvie, Richard Peters, and Eleazer Wheelock.

ArchivalResource: 250 items.1 v.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71068893 View

Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772. Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772.

Title: Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772.

Three volumes of correspondence, including some letterbook copies; many sermons, individually bound; prayers; and other manuscript materials.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft. ( 1 box, 85 volumes & 2 card file boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506128785 View

Auchmuty, Samuel, 1722-1777. Letter, 9 January 1763.

Title: Letter, 9 January 1763.

Letter written from New York to his sister, the wife of Judge Benjamin Pratt, detailing the circumstances of Pratt's death, the settling of his estate, doctors' bills, burial, etc. With this is a letter from James Bradley Thayer (1831-1902) to Miss (Georgiana?) Sargent, dated 23 Jan. 1897, re. the Auchmuty letter and noting that it had been found among the papers of Dr. Ripley of Concord.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234338425 View

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893. Papers of Edward Davis Townsend, 1761-1928 (bulk 1837-1879).

Title: Papers of Edward Davis Townsend, 1761-1928 (bulk 1837-1879).

Personal and professional papers of Edward Davis Townsend. Included are official and private correspondence, (chiefly letters addressed to him), military records, journals, memoirs, and a few photographs. Two journals cover the 2nd Seminole War in 1837-1838, and his service in California from 1851 to 1856. The latter was incorporated in a memoir entitled "A Trip to California;" both accounts are accompanied by pencil sketches. An unfinished memoir covers Townsend's life and career until the beginning of the Mexican War. The collection also contains a group of personal and political correspondence of Elbridge Gerry, including pieces related to his diplomatic and political career (1772-1814), and the correspondence of Ann Thompson Gerry and Eliza Gerry Townsend.

ArchivalResource: 163 pieces.3 boxes, also 9 bound volumes and 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383374 View