Christopher Yates Papers 1677-1936

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Christopher Yates Papers 1677-1936

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/y/yates_c.htm

Christopher Yates was Quartermaster-General during the American Revolution. Collection includes correspondence, 1728-1848; financial records, 1732-1841; legal records, 1677-1898; military records, 1777-81; and miscellany. Correspondents include John De Lancey, Elizabeth De Lancey Yates, Joseph Yates, and Judge Robert Morris of New Jersey. Financial records of John Butler, Peter Van Benthuysen, and Christopher Yates family are included. Also includes a journal by Captain Thomas Butler, 1756.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844

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