Hiram Barney Papers

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Hiram Barney Papers

1772-1924 (bulk, 1836-1894)

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf658004sg/

This collection contains the political, business, legal, and family papers of lawyer and collector of the port of New York Hiram Barney (1811-1895) and concern a wide variety of subjects including real estate, primarily in Iowa, and New York; court cases (often pertaining to the debt collection) and other legal services; politics generally, but especially patronage distribution; family affairs, business transactions concerning the Erie and other canals; small railroads (largely in the Lake Plains region); Mexico and Mexican-American relations; the Civil War; and the U.S. Customs Service.

Approximately 8300 pieces in 45 boxes

eng, Latn

Huntington Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658271

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Hart, Emanuel B. (Emanuel Bernard), 1809-1897

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