Robert C. Winthrop collection 1660s-1690s

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Robert C. Winthrop collection 1660s-1690s

Colonial land deeds, grants, and patents spanning the 1660s to the 1690s and donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society by Robert C. Winthrop. Some documents relating to property in the towns of Brookhaven and Southold, Long Island involve Native Americans and English colonial administrator Edmund Andros.

1.67 Linear feet; in nine folders housed in one oversize box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329322

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Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714

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Colonial governor of New York (1674-1681); president of the Dominion of New England (1686-1689); and governor of Virginia (1692-1697). From the description of Original patent to Samuel Willis, 1675 Apr. 02. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986011 British colonial governor. From the description of Sir Edmund Andros deed, 1696. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449113 John Underhill (circa 1597-1672) was a colonial military lead...