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Papers, 1829-1884.

Title: Papers, 1829-1884.

The papers consist chiefly of correspondence and include letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Swetland to her son-in-law Henry Livingston Webb concerning family health, schooling in Albany, and religious beliefs, 1834-1846, with comments on Plattsburgh events; letters of William Swetland to his wife and children concerning family visits, traveling, and religion, 1834-1848; family letters to Mr. and Mrs. Swetland about business, travel, living conditions, and social life in Plattsburgh and Albany, and the health and development of his daughter Frances Delord Webb, 1834-1846; letters of Mrs. Swetland to Frances Delord Webb about religion, social life in Plattsburgh, friends, and family, 1839-1862; and letters to William Swetland from Henry L. Webb, John Webb, and Alfred Douglas about business and family concerns, 1830-1865. Other items include the last will and testament of William Swetland and Elizabeth Delord Swetland, and miscellaneous papers of Frances Delord Webb Hall as administratrix of the Swetland estate.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft.

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Swetland, William, 1782-1864. Papers, 1784-1866.

Title: Papers, 1784-1866.

Letters by William Swetland, chiefly to his wife, describing military action near Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 as well as trips to Philadelphia and the West, 1810-1859. Also included are letters to Swetland, 1807-1857; school and college compositions and public addresses, 1807-1810; and a complaint to the Justice of the Peace and the Grand Jurors of Castleton, Vt. that Oliver Carver is guilty of unnecessary traveling on the Sabbath, 1784. The collection also includes an 1819 lease between John Palmer and Henry Delord for land in Plattsburgh, N.Y. and several invitations sent to Swetland by individuals and groups.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Wallach, Richard, 1816-1881. Richard Wallach family papers, 1800-1868.

Title: Richard Wallach family papers, 1800-1868.

Chiefly correspondence of Wallach and other members of his family relating to national and local politics. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, David Sherman Boardman, Luther Bradish, Orville Hickman Browning, James A. Buchanan, Thomas Corwin, William J. Duane, Millard Fillmore, John Forsyth, John Frothingham, Washington Irving, Ezekiel King, Henry Lee, Meriwether Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk, William Rawle, Caleb Smith, George W. Smith, William Swetland, Roger Brooke Taney, Arthur Tappan, Tobias Watkins, and Nathan Williams.

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

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