Peter Smith Papers 1763-1850

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Peter Smith Papers 1763-1850

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Papers of the New York State merchant and landowner; father of Gerrit Smith. Collection contains correspondence (1791-1837); financial papers (1771-1850) relating to various business enterprises; business and land papers (1767-1850); legal documents (1772-1840); and writings, including a journal of a trip from Albany to Johnstown in 1822. Notable correspondents include John Jacob Astor, Daniel Cady, William E. Dodge, Abraham Herring, Elbert Herring, Thomas Herring, Samuel Hoard, Nehemiah Huntington, Elisha Kane, John Kiersted, William Laight, William Lamont, Robert Lenox, John Lincklaen, Samuel McNeil, Morris S. Miller, Stephen Parkhurst, Samuel H. Payne, Jonas Platt, Harmon Pumpelly, Zebulon Shipherd, Gerrit Smith, Ezra Stiles, David Tomlinson, Lawrence Vrooman, Nathan Ward, and Elisha Williams.

16.0 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Herring, Abraham.

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Herring, Thomas

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Epithet: Archbishop of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003c0 ...

Vrooman, Lawrence.

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Cady, Daniel, 1773-1859

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Lamont, William

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Epithet: Assistant-Commissary-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000382 ...

Smith, Peter, 1768-1837

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Peter Gerrit Smith (1768-1837), landowner and father of reformer Gerrit Smith, was a man of significant influence during the first quarter of the nineteenth century in Madison County, New York, where he was active in business, politics, and land transactions, and owner of a large portion of the central and northern sections of the country. In some of his ventures he was the partner of John Jacob Astor. The town of Peterboro, New York is named for him. Peter Smith was bor...

Lenox, Robert, 1759-1839

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Ward, Nathan

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Pumpelly, Harmon.

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Herring, E. (Elbert), 1777-1876

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Laight, William.

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Platt, Jonas, 1769-1834

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Lawyer and politician from New York State; member of the Congress, 1799-1801, and associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court, 1814-1821. From the description of Letter, Washington, [D.C.], 1801 February 5. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 755526961 ...

Shipherd, Zebulon R. (Zebulon Rudd), 1768-1841

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Tomlinson, David, Esq.

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McNeil, Samuel

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Payne, Samuel H.

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Hoard, Samuel

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Stiles, Ezra

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Huntington, Nehemiah, 1776-1855

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Lincklaen, John, 1768-1822

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Williams, E. (Elisha), 1757-1845

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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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Congressman, philanthropist, reformer. From the description of Letter, 1840 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379141 Gerrit Smith resided in Peterboro (N.H.?) at the time of these writings and was a strong supporter of emancipation and African American rights. Upon his death the African American citizens of Buffalo paid him a formal tribute. From the description of Letters and broadsides, 1868-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178334 ...

Dodge, William E. (William Earl), 1805-1883

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Miller, Morris S. (Morris Smith), 1779-1824

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Lawyer, public official. From the description of Morris S. Miller letter, 1819. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934607 ...

Kane, Elisha.

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Kiersted, John.

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Parkhurst, Stephen.

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