New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots records 1896-1952

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New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots records 1896-1952

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18209

Founded in 1896, the Order of Founders and Patriots is made up of "Associates" who trace their ancestry back to those first colonists and who have forefathers in the same male ancestral line who served in the American Revolution. The records of the New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots include membership applications; minutes (1910-1920) of the General Society of the War of 1812; a scrapbook; and one volume of material belonging to the Committee on Insignia, Ribbon, Rosette, and Diploma of the Order, which contains correspondence with designers such as Tiffany & Company; Bailey Banks & Biddle Company; Dempsey & Carroll, J.E. Caldwell & Company; Louis Dreka; and John Quincy Adams. Membership applications span from 1896 to 1914, and from 1936 to 1952

2 linear feet (8 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311982

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Tiffany and Company

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Tiffany and Company was was founded in 1837 by the jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany. It started as a stationary and fine goods store and named "Tiffany, Young and Ellis" for its three founders. It changed its name in 1853 when Charles Tiffany took control and established the firm's emphasis on jewelry. In addition to jewelry, Tiffany supplied the Union Army with swords, flags and surgical implements during the Civil War and designed the "Tiffany Cross" Medal of Honor in 1919....

Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Dept. of Heraldry.

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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

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Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. New York Society

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J.E. Caldwell & Co

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Dreka, Louis

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Dempsey & Carroll

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