Richard Harison legal papers 1771-1818

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Richard Harison legal papers 1771-1818

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4437

Correspondence and documents pertaining to the law practice of New York lawyer and politician Richard Harison (1747-1829). Material includes outgoing letters to fellow attorneys; notes on cases; opinions; and case abstracts. Also present are several and leases and indentures relating to properties belonging to Trinity Church witnessed by Harison in his capacity as the church's first comptroller

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313717

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Harison, Richard, 1747-1829

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Attorney and land speculator, New York City. From the description of Papers, 1730-1920. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477078912 Harison received his Columbia degrees in the same years as John Jay, and they each received an LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh, 1792. He was Secretary of the Regents of New York State, 1784-1790; vestryman, warden, and comptroller of Trinity Church, 1783, 1788-1827, where he is buried; Delegate to the New York Constitutional Conv...

Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.)

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First Church of England parish established in New York City. From the description of Trinity Church records, 1697-1837. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782915 The first Trinity Church was chartered by King William III of England in 1697; the first church opened in 1698. From the description of Rector, Church Warden, and Vestrymen records, 1696-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155528655 From the mid-19th cent...