Samuel Avery papers, ca. 1765-1782.

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Samuel Avery papers, ca. 1765-1782.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465972

Collection consists of papers relating to Avery's land speculations in Vermont and on the Susquehanna River; draft of his brief in Avery v. Holt (land lottery case), ca. 1772; drafts of papers on political subjects in the period preceding the Revolution; and miscellaneous business papers.

.16 linear foot (2 folders)

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Avery, Samuel, 1731-1806

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Samuel Avery (1731-1806) was a land speculator in colonial America. From the description of Samuel Avery papers, ca. 1765-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465972 From the guide to the Samuel Avery papers, ca. 1765-1782, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Samuel Avery was born October 17, 1731 in Groton, Connecticut, the fourth of eleven children of Humphrey and Jerusha (Morgan) Avery. Sometime before 1760 Avery marr...