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William L. Clements Library

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William Clements was a Bay City businessman who served as regent from 1910 to 1933. An Early interest in collecting books crystallized around gathering rare books related to American history that were printed before 1800. In 1921, he gave his collection of books, manuscripts and maps to the university and provided a building to house them, which was opened in 1923. Mr. Clements continued to serve on the Committee of Management of the Clements Library until his death in 1934. He wo...

Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828

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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison. A nephew of long-time New York Governor George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton served as his uncle's secreta...

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

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Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1802 and served there the rest of his life. Born in West Hartford in the Connecticut Colony, Sedg...

United States. War Office

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Fessenden, Thomas Green, 1771-1837

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of ALS : New York, to Jonathan Dayton, 1811 June 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316941 From the description of ALS : New York, to W. C. Leffingwell, 1810 Mar. 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525040 Nephew of Benjamin Franklin, served as agent of Continental Congress at Nantes. From the description of ALS, 1780 September 12 : Nantes, to James Searle, ...

Morris, Lewis Richard, 1760-1825

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U.S. representative of Vermont. From the description of Letters of Lewis Richard Morris, 1801 Dec. 18-1802 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456357 Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x00039e ...

Bailey, Theodorus, 1758-1828

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Bailey was a lawyer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., an officer during the Revolutionary War, a member of the United State House of Representatives and Senate from New York State, and a member of the New York State Assembly. From the description of Letter, 1796 February 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486943 Bailey was a lawyer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., an officer during the Revolutionary War, a member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate from New York State and...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784

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John Morin Scott (1730 – September 14, 1784) was a lawyer, military officer, and statesman before, during and after the American Revolution. Born in Manhattan, Scott attended public school in New York before graduating from Yale College. After graduation from Yale and further study, he was admitted to the New York bar association in 1752, and practiced law in Manhattan. In 1752, along with William Livingston and William Smith, he founded a weekly journal, the Independent Reflector. From 1756 ...

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279 Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156 Major general, politician, and statesman. From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

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Aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [Captain Fairlie], 1781 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867554 Aide to Gen. Washington. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Jackson, 1792 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586289 U.S. representative from New York and naval officer. From the description of Benjamin Walker correspondence, 178...

Jacquemont, Victor, 1801-1832

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Born in Paris on August 8, 1801, the youngest of four sons of Venceslas and Rose Laisné Jacquemont, Victor Jacquemont became one of the rising stars of French natural history and an archetype for the scientist in the Romantic era. Combining youth, genius, and a rhapsodic love of nature with a life filled with masculine affection, star-crossed romance, and exotic climes, Jacquemont epitomized the romantic intellectual right up to the time of his untimely death in the Himalayas. In a ...

Knox, George, 1765-1827

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Cox, William S. (William Sitgreaves), 1790-1874.

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Cambreleng, Churchill Caldom, 1786-1862

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U.S. Congressman and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From the description of Letters, 1832-1835. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854533 American Congressman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Professor Hassler, 1837 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134336 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Doctor Richard Pennell in New York, 1837 Dec. 7. (Unknown). World...

United States. Continental Army. New York Regiment, First

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Regiment formed June 28, 1775, as a regiment of the Continental Army, dissolved 1783. From the description of Book of monthly returns, 1779-1781. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770034 Regiment first raised in 1775 under Colonel Alexander McDougall; underwent two major reorganizations between then and 1783. From the description of Orderly books, 1776. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770690 Chapt...

Lane, Derick, 1755-1831

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Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833

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Governor of Connecticut, 1817-1827; Secretary of Treasury, 1795-1800. From the description of Letter, 1827 August 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582959 Wolcott was a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served as governor of Connecticut (1796-1797). From the description of [Letters] 1799-1811 / Oliv: Wolcott. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 491419916 American lawyer and politician. F...

Radcliff, Jacob, 1764-1844

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Jacob Radcliff was mayor of New York from 1810 to 1811, and 1815 to 1818. William P. Van Ness was a judge in New York. From the description of Jacob Radcliff collection, 1818. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 727025673 Lawyer and mayor of New York City, 1810-1811 and 1815-1818. From the description of Certificates, 1816 Apr. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774545 ...

Hamtramck, John Francis, 1756-1803

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Soldier. From the description of Papers of John Francis Hamtramck, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132137 John Hamtramck was a Pittsburgh, PA glass manufacturer. From the description of Papers, 1799-1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 147437758 Col. Hammtramck was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolution until his death in 1803. From the description of Hamtramck, John Francis, 1756-1803 1796-1798 ...

Varick, Richard, 1753-1831

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Revolutionary soldier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Greene, 1780 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574176 Varick was military secretary to Schuyler, later to Arnold, then Washington. From the description of AMS, 1775 November 30-1776 August 27 : Albany. Major General Schuyler's Account Current with Capt. Richard Varick. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14105134 Richard Varick (1743-1831), an Am...

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

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Izard, George, 1777-1828

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American general; governor of Arkansas. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to Thomas Jefferson, 1801 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269521993 U.S. Army officer, engineer, and Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1825-1828). George Izard was the son of Ralph Izard (1741/2-1894), a U.S. Senator from South Carolina. Born in Richmond, England, George Izard was brought up in Paris and attended schools in Charleston, S.C. and New York and graduate...

Bogardus, Robert, 1771-1841

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Robert Bogardus was a lawyer and member of the New York state senate. From the description of Robert Bogardus autograph notes signed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779520175 ...

Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831

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Revolutionary officer and N.Y. legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Tunkanock Creek," to General Edward Hand, 1779 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574076 ...

Troup, Robert, 1757-1832

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Soldier, jurist, and land agent. From the description of Robert Troup letter, 1822 Sept. 28. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71130654 From the description of Robert Troup correspondence, 1780-1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981043 Epithet: Sergeant; 78th Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000393 Revolutionary officer, lawyer in Albany a...

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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Pennsylvanian; quartermaster of the U.S. Army, Mar. 4, 1791 - Apr. 19, 1792. From the description of Orders : 1791 Sept. 15-21. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37868498 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Samuel Hodgdon, 1794-1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456308 ...

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865

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Joseph Gardner Swift (1783-1865) was a civil engineer and officer in the U.S. Army. He was one of two students of the first graduating class in 1802 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By the age of twenty-eight he was a colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. His projects included the completion of Fort Clinton (New York City) and during the War of 1812 the fortifications of western Long Island harbors and New York City. He resigned his commission in 1818 and served as Surveyor of the P...

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

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American statesman; Secretary of State. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to Thomas J. Durant, 1870 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Schell, 1890 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526181 American statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Snell, Esq., (18)76 Dec. 19. (Unknown). World...

Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903

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Hewitt graduated from Columbia in the class of 1842 and became, in turn, an attorney in New York City, a manufacturer of iron and steel, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1875-1879, 1881-1886, and Mayor of New York, 1887-1888. From the description of Abram S.Hewitt papers, n.d. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102421 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Hewitt graduated from Columbia in the class of 1842 and became, in turn, an attorney in New Yo...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...