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Papers, 1785-1872, 1785-1836 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1785-1872, 1785-1836 (bulk)

Family correspondence includes letters to Mooers from his second wife Elizabeth Addoms Mooers with mention of War of 1812, Capt. Platt, and other Plattsburgh neighbors, 1814-1817; letters from his son John White Mooers about life on navy ships, 1826-1832; letters to Elizabeth A. Mooers, 1813-1817; and letters from family and friends to his third wife Mary Bailey Mooers, 1823-1833. Personal business papers, 1786-1850, include correspondence with Thomas Naters of Quebec and others concerning Naters' attempt to get permission to own property in New York, 1822-1830, and Mooers' estate papers, 1834-1850.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cubic ft.

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Papers, 1790-1851.

Title: Papers, 1790-1851.

Miscellaneous papers, including letters, receipts, agreements, memoranda, and estimates of damages from War of 1812 battles, pertaining to Nathaniel, Theodorus, and Levi Platt and Platt dealings with Benjamin Mooers.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

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Papers, 1810-1952, 1810-1892 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1810-1952, 1810-1892 (bulk)

Indentures, deeds, and agreements, 1810-1889, primarily from George Beckwith's legal business; letter to Beckwith from B.H. Mooers concerning a parcel of land, 1849, and other land surveys, 1850-1854; will and estate papers of John Boynton, 1870-1896; notes, accounts, bills, subscription lists, and indentures concerning Saranac Academy, 1863-1892; business letters and financial papers of H.W. Cady and a letter to Cady concerning the military service of Benjamin J. Mooers in the War of 1812, 1880-1902; genealogical notes, 1880-1890's; and letters to John H. Mooers concerning transmissal of family papers, 1952.

ArchivalResource: .3 cubic ft.

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Bailey-Moore family papers, 1772-1923, 1772-1860 (bulk)

Title: Bailey-Moore family papers, 1772-1923, 1772-1860 (bulk)

Correspondence, military records, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous materials concerning Benjamin Mooers (1758-1838), early settler and citizen of Plattsburgh, his uncle General Moses Hazen (1733-1803), commander of the Canadian Regiment during the Revolutionary War, Mooers' three wives Hannah Platt, Elizabeth Addoms, and Mary Bailey and their respective families, and Mooers' children and their families.

ArchivalResource: ca. 6.5 cubic ft.

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Bailey-Moore family business and legal papers, 1772-1859.

Title: Bailey-Moore family business and legal papers, 1772-1859.

Deeds, contracts, agreements, receipts, tax records, bonds, and travel accounts of Benjamin Mooers, 1772-1859; special subjects include Vermont and New Hampshire lands, the Great Northern Turnpike, and Sacketts Harbor Railroad. Accounts, receipts, memoranda, contracts, agreements, and certificates of Moses Hazen, 1783-1820. Accounts, receipts, memoranda, contracts, agreements, and other items of Nathaniel Platt, 1785-1820; of Amasa C. Moore, 1823-1858; and of Pliny Moore, 1787-1830. Also includes accounts and receipts of the business firms of Bailey & Mooers, 1801-1823; and of Platt & Mooers, 1793-1815.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2 cubic ft.

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Genealogy materials, 1795-1977.

Title: Genealogy materials, 1795-1977.

Correspondence of Hugh McLellan and Charles W. McLellan; charts; narrative family histories; a few original family letters; and typescripts of other original family letters collected by the McLellans relating to the genealogy of Champlain area families includins Ashmun, Bosworth, Corbin, Fitch, Hubbell, McLellan, Moore, Noble, Nye, and Woolsey, 1846-1977. Also, a manuscript account book of Benjamin Moor(e), 1795-1797.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear ft.

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Kent-Delord mortgages, 1788-1823.

Title: Kent-Delord mortgages, 1788-1823.

Mortgages concerning lands in Clinton and Franklin Counties; persons involved include Henry Delord, James Bailey, Benjamin Mooers, James Beekman, Melancton Lloyd Woolsey, and other early residents.

ArchivalResource: 14 items.

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Bailey-Moore family military records, 1778-1868.

Title: Bailey-Moore family military records, 1778-1868.

Military records primarily involving Major General Benjamin Mooers, commander of state troops guarding the Northeast frontier during the War of 1812. Includes correspondence and orders, 1779-1868, pertaining to the Revolutionary War, Canadian refugees, and the War of 1812; correspondents include Moses Hazen, Benjamin Mooers, Pliny Moore, Daniel D. Tompkins, and Solomon Van Rensselaer; military papers, 1778-1844, including provision returns, loan office and final settlement certificates, accounts and receipts, inspection returns, and claims records; of note are militia exemptions for Quakers, 1801-1816, and records concerning Indians in the War of 1812, 1812-1813.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1.2 cubic ft.

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Tayler, John. Papers, 1775-1829.

Title: Papers, 1775-1829.

The majority of the papers, including correspondence, accounts, tax receipts, indentures, and maps, pertain to John Tayler's endeavors as a land agent in New York State. There are accounts and related papers concerning his appointment as Clothier General to the United States Army in 1776, and as agent for the N.Y.S. Commission of Indian Affairs. The legal series contains documents and letters regarding various cases he handled including the estate of Jacob Evertson, the bankruptcy of John Smith, Veeder family land claims, and the will of Isaac Casparson Halnbak [Hollenbeck ?], (1708).

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 cu. ft.), 6 maps.(6 survey maps : manuscript ; 28.5 x 39 cm. or smaller)

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Papers, 1810-1952, 1810-1892 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1810-1952, 1810-1892 (bulk)

Indentures, deeds, and agreements, 1810-1889, primarily from George Beckwith's legal business; letter to Beckwith from B.H. Mooers concerning a parcel of land, 1849, and other land surveys, 1850-1854; will and estate papers of John Boynton, 1870-1896; notes, accounts, bills, subscription lists, and indentures concerning Saranac Academy, 1863-1892; business letters and financial papers of H.W. Cady and a letter to Cady concerning the military service of Benjamin J. Mooers in the War of 1812, 1880-1902; genealogical notes, 1880-1890's; and letters to John H. Mooers concerning transmissal of family papers, 1952.

ArchivalResource: .3 cubic ft.

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Bailey-Moore family correspondence, 1783-1923.

Title: Bailey-Moore family correspondence, 1783-1923.

General correspondence, 1783-1923, consists largely of letters directed to Benjamin Mooers, from family, friends, and business associates, concerning his professional relationship with his uncle General Moses Hazen, the Canadian refugees in northern New York after the American Revolution, business matters, family, and personal affairs; correspondents include William Bailey, Charlotte Hazen, Moses Hazen, the Hughes family, Charles S. Mooers, John W. Mooers, Pliny Moore, the Platt family, Peter Sailly, John Taylor, and Moses White. Political correspondence, 1798-1844, primarily directed to Benjamin Mooers, includes letters from Reuben H. Walworth, Azariah C. Flagg, Peter Sailly, James Kent, Daniel D. Tompkins, and Martin Van Buren. Correspondence of Amasa C. Moore, 1814-1860, includes letters concerning business and political matters and family letters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2 cubic ft.

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Papers, 1772-1849.

Title: Papers, 1772-1849.

Letters to Moore and drafts of his own, 1772-1822, concerning business, land, politics, the Great Northern Road Turnpike Company, the Revolutionary War, legal matters, merchandise orders, the War of 1812, news of other communities, family news, and other concerns; correspondents include Melancton Woolsey, Peter Sailly, Royal Corbin, Barent and John R. Bleecker, William Gilliland, the Platt family, and Benjamin Mooers; deeds, receipts, broadsides, bonds, commissions, leases, and land surveys; daybooks, account books, and journals, 1785-1846, some concerning the partnership of Moore and Corbin; and copies of letters to Moore from John Jacob Astor, 1790-1813.

ArchivalResource: ca. 9 linear ft.

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Records, 1827-1906.

Title: Records, 1827-1906.

Minutes of church meetings, list of church members, registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and proceedings of trials for misconduct; and a deed from Benjamin Mooers to the trustees of the church, and a document certifying the election of certain members as trustees.

ArchivalResource: Photocopies.

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Papers, 1811-1881.

Title: Papers, 1811-1881.

Family correspondence, 1827-1875, written by Amasa Corbin Moore, Charlotte E. (Mooers) Moore, Pliny Moore, Martha Corbin Moore, and Royal Corbin Moore concerning children, travel, business, and a visit to the Smithsonian and the White House. Letters by Mooer's children, 1841-1875, including Amasa Richard Moore from Troy, Sarah Wool Moore from Montreal, Charles F. Moore, Pliny Moore (1843-1881) including his Civil War experiences, Charlotte Maria Moore on small pox, the Civil War, and death of Amasa C. Moore, Thomas W. Moore, Benjamin Mooers Moore, and John White Moore on experiences as naval engineer in Civil War and in Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Italy. Business papers of Amasa C. Moore including correspondence, agreements, mortgages, bonds, contracts, maps, leases, and other land records, 1824-1860; correspondents include Benjamin Mooers, St. John B.L. Skinner, Reuben H. Walworth, and Gerrit Smith; a few papers relate to the Plattsburgh village Board of Trustees and the Plattsburgh Presbyterian Church.

ArchivalResource: 2.7 cubic ft.

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Miscellaneous correspondence collection, 1765-1935.

Title: Miscellaneous correspondence collection, 1765-1935.

Letters to Zephaniah Platt concerning land purchases and politics from Peter Yates, Melancthon Smith, George Clinton, James Kent, and William Bailey, 1784-1801; Levi Platt to John G. Freligh concerning a religious disagreement, no date; and Platt family letters concerning land, money, visits, and family history, 1785, 1896-1935. John W. Mooers to his father Benjamin concerning his religious conversion, 1825; and a letter to William B. Mooers concerning the removal of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's body from Connecticut to New York, 1909. Benjamin Moore to Amasa C. Moore about a sea voyage, 1831. Two letters of Commodore Thomas Macdonough to Melancthon Smith concerning naval movements and supplies, 1814; family letters of Margaret F.L. Wolfe to her cousin Sue, 1890-1894; letters by Louis Agassiz, 1858, and Horace Greeley, 1864, concerning publishing; and other local letters, 1765-1864.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

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Bailey-Moore family papers, 1811-1863.

Title: Bailey-Moore family papers, 1811-1863.

Maps, broadside, pamphlets, speeches, clippings, and reports, primarily relating to Benjamin Mooers, and records relating to Plattsburgh Academy, 1811-1840.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1.3 cubic ft.

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War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

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Mooers, Benjamin, 1758-1838. Papers of Benjamin Mooers, 1780.

Title: Papers of Benjamin Mooers, 1780.

Orderly book (1780 September 16-November 19) kept by Mooers as adjutant, 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army, containing general, division, brigade, and regimental orders issued at Orangetown (i.e. Tappan) and West Point, N.Y., relating in part to Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of West Point to the British, the capture and execution of Major John André, and routine military matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.1 microfilm reel.

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