Frederick Franklyn Van de Water papers 1931-1935

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Frederick Franklyn Van de Water papers 1931-1935

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Author. Letters, clippings, etc. relating to the preparation, etc. of his book, Glory Hunter, A Life of General Custer. Also material relating to other contemporary western characters, and comments on various other writers on that phase of American history.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn, 1890-1968

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Author. From the guide to the Frederick Franklyn Van de Water papers, 1931-1935, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...