Papers, 1789-1831. [microform].

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Papers, 1789-1831. [microform].

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The papers of Silas Hathaway consist primarily of correspondence relating to land speculation. A noted real estate magnate, many of Hathaway's papers are concerned with deciphering who owned specific land rights, and include court documents where Hathaway acts as plaintiff, defendant, and witness to various land disputes. For many years Hathaway was involved in a land suit against Heman Allen (whose papers are in the Stevens Collection), which at one point landed Hathaway in jail. Some material relating to the case can be found in this collection, and printed remarks of both parties and their lawyers can be found at the Vermont Historical Society (and possible other Vermont repositories as well). There are several chronological gaps in the papers - it is not known if these papers were lost in the 1911 New York State Capitol fire, or were never collected.

American Periodical Series I

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Allen, H. (Heman), 1777-1844

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Heman Allen was born June 14, 1777, in Ashfield (now Deerfield), MA, the third of eight children of Enoch and Mercy (Belding) Allen. After receiving a classical course of study Allen read law with Elnathan Keyes of Burlington and Hon. Judge Parker of St. Albans before he took up his own practice in Milton in 1803. In December of 1804 Allen married Sarah, daughter of Dr. John Prentiss of St. Albans, who bore him eight children. A highly respected lawyer, Allen was elected...

Hathaway, Silas, 1763-1831

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Silas Hathaway was born June 23, 1763, in Bennington, Vermont, He moved to St. Albans in 1788, where he was known as "Baron Hathaway" because of his extensive land holdings in north-western Vermont. Active in local and state affairs, Hathaway served as a state representative from 1789 to 1790, 1794 to 1796, 1798 to 1799, and in 1820. He was also a delegate to both the 1791 and 1793 constitutional conventions and an assistant judge in Franklin County in 1798 and 1799. Hathaway moved to Swanton in...

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...