Jesse Hurd family papers 1700-1910

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Jesse Hurd family papers 1700-1910

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0295

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal papers, account books, ship's papers, and miscellanea relating to the private lives and business interests of the Hurd family of Chatham, Connecticut, and New York, New York. Family interests in shipbuilding, ship repair, mercantile holdings, distillery operations, and politics are detailed, with extensive records for the New York Screw Dock Company and for many of the ships built, owned, and operated by the Hurd family.

5.25 linear feet (14 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350422

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Hurd, Cyrus

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Smith, Hezekiah, ca. 1750-1826.

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Hurd, Jesse, 1760-1831.

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Three generations of the Hurd family of Chatham, Connecticut are represented in the papers. The primary figures are Jesse Hurd (1760-1831), his brother Benjamin Hurd (1739-1781), and Jesse's sons Cyrus and Jesse II; and Cyrus Hurd's sons Cyrus II and Charles W. B. Hurd. Jesse Hurd (1760-1831) was a storekeeper, distiller, ship-builder, shipmaster, shipowner, state representative from Chatham, and first president of the New York Screw Dock Company. From the description of Jesse Hurd f...

Hurd, Benjamin.

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Hurd, Benjamin, 1739-1781

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Hurd, Drusilla Dart, b. 1768.

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Selden, Huntington.

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Griswold, Nathaniel Lynde, 1773-1866.

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Hurd family.

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United States. Navy. Pay, allowance, etc.

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Hurd, William A.

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Griswold, George, 1776-1859.

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New York Screw Dock Company.

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1863)

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Griswold family.

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Hurd, Norman.

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Bolivar (Brig)

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Hurd, Nelson.

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