Papers, 1772-1809. [microform].

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Papers, 1772-1809. [microform].

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The papers of Ira Allen span the years 1772-1809 and consist of a wide array of correspondence, land papers, and business receipts. Boxes 1-6 contain correspondence which document Allen's early activities in Vermont as well as his imprisonment in Europe from 1797-1800. Early letters find Allen actively surveying the boundaries of Vermont and include correspondence with James Whitelaw. Arriving in Europe in 1796, many of Allen's letters are addressed to the Duke of Portland proposing his Lake Champlain/St. Lawrence River canal. Later, while imprisoned in France, many of Allen's letters are addressed to French Minister of Police in quest of a passport home. As a whole, the collection documents the rise and fall of Allen's political and personal fortunes from his entrance into Vermont to his return to the state after his European imprisonment.

American Periodical Series I

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Allen, Ira, 1751-1814

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Ira Allen was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on April 21, 1751, the sixth and youngest son of Joseph and Mary (Baker) Allen. Moving to Vermont around 1770, Allen entered into various land speculations and became a member of the Onion River Land Company with his brothers Heman, Zimri, and Ethan and his cousin Remember Baker. During the Revolution he was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and he played important roles in the Canadian Campaign of 1775-1776 and in the recapturing of Fort ...

Allen, Levi, 1745-1801

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Levi Allen was born on January 16, 1745, in Cornwall, CT, the fourth son of Joseph and Mary (Baker) Allen. Like his brothers, Levi was involved in land speculation and he purchased a tract of land and a house in Vermont though he never lived there. Unlike his brothers, Levi was not as ardent to the cause of the American Revolution and refused to identify himself with the Green Mountain Boys. Much speculation surrounded Allen and his purported association with the British Army. In 1779 Allen was ...

Olive Branch (Ship)

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Whitelaw, James Sydney

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Allen, Nancy, 1950-

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Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886

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Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...

Lake Champlain-Saint Lawrence River Canal.

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Vermont. Treasurer.

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Thorne, Stephen

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Vermont. Legislature.

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Vermont. Surveyor-General

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Vermont. Secretary of the State Council.

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Allen, Jerusha.

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University of Vermont

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