Hulbert collection, 1698-[ca. 1850], 1721-1796 (bulk).

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Hulbert collection, 1698-[ca. 1850], 1721-1796 (bulk).

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Primarily 18th century manuscripts and documents related to British colonies in America. Also contains some 19th century American and British material. Largest amounts of material relate to Goldsbrow Banyar, New York colonial official, British military operations in North America, and colonial government in the Bahamas. Banyar documents, 1766-1770, relate to his duties as Register of Prerogative Court and deputy to George Clark, Secretary of Colony of New York, including letters to Gov. Henry Moore, petitions to the king, and other correspondence concerning Banyar and Clark's dispute with Moore over official duties. British military documents include Order in Council concerning troops in New Foundland [sic], 1698; act punishing those assisting Royal Navy deserters, 1760; instructions to Vice Admiral Durell regarding His Majesty's ships in North America, 1767 [sic]; records of His Majesty's 60th Royal American Regiment of Foot, Amhurst, 1777; other British army records, 1777-1780; receipts, correspondence, and orders of Captain Frederick De Deimar, Hussar officer, 1779-1791. Bahamas material includes correspondence requesting more troops in war with Spain, 1796; resolutions of Colonial House of Assembly, 1796; minutes of Legislative Council, 1795-1796. Also court depositions, wills, and other legal papers from Rhode Island, New York, and other colonies, 1721-1766; miscellaneous correspondence and broadsides, 1745-ca. 1850.

1 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 60th.

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Clark, George Kitson

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Durell, Phillip, d. 1776.

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De Deimar, Frederick.

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Banyar, Goldsbrow

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Goldsbrow Banyar (1724-1815) was a lawyer who served, for varying periods, as deputy secretary of the Province of New York, deputy surveyor and auditor of His Majesty's revenues arising in the Colony of New York, register of the colonial court of chancery, and register and principal surrogate of the prerogative court. A Loyalist during the Revolution, he lived afterwards in Albany as a wealthy landowner. From the description of Land papers, 1728-1868. (New York University). WorldCat ...

Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911

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Capt. Henry Moore, of Portsmouth, R.I., married Ann Odiorne. The Old Sable Works was established in 1809 by Capt. Henry Moore, on an island in Chester Creek, at Rockdale. The Odiorne family owned the nail-works as well as the adjoining iron-works in Aston Twp. The iron-works property, along with the nail-works, were sold to Moore by George Odiorne in 1815. Moore ran the nail-works until 1832, at which time the operation was taken over by Richard S. Smith, a Philadelphia hardware merchant. ...