Miscellaneous records, 1796-1957, 1796-1835 (bulk)

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Miscellaneous records, 1796-1957, 1796-1835 (bulk)

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Payment vouchers for services to the State, 1798-1810, for DeWitt Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Livingston, Stephen Van Rensselaer, John Jay, and others; payment vouchers concerning Revolutionary War bonds, canals, the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company, and individual legislators, 1798-1836; correspondence of Samuel Jones, state comptroller, concerning loans, taxes, and assessments, 1799; letters, petitions, receipts, and pay warrants concerning Indian affairs, 1798-1842; letters, legal papers, financial records, and reports concerning railroads, 1838-1895, and the Great Western Turnpike and other roads, 1804-1871; correspondence, reports, orders, accounts, and receipts concerning the militia, 1814-1823; and correspondence and articles concerning the finding and salvaging of these papers, 1954-1957.

2 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

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...

Jones, Samuel.

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Western Inland Lock Navigation Company

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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The U.S. government levied a direct property tax in 1798. The state collected delinquent taxes for this direct tax. Assessment for the U.S. direct tax was used for the 1799 state tax. The tax-sale of 1808 was conducted for instances of nonpayment of the U.S. direct tax. From the description of Abstracts of sales of non-resident lands for unpaid quit rents, road and marsh taxes, and U.S. Direct Tax, 1803-1830. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 80471064 A law of 1...

Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

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First chancellor of New York State; agriculturalist and ambassador to France. From the description of Robert R. Livingston papers, 1707-1862. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779437 Continental Congressman, diplomat, member of the New York Provincial Covention, the Continental Congress and served as U.S. Minister to France. From the description of Letter, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407295 Robert R. Livingston ser...

De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834

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Served as surveyor general of New York State from 1784 until his death in 1834. From the description of Letters : to Augustus Porter and Major Donald Fraser, 1828, 1832. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57182677 Surveyor; graduated from Queens College (now Rutgers University), 1776; served as Assistant Geographer of the Army, 1778-1780, and as Chief Geographer of the Army, 1780-1783; served as Surveyor General of New York, 1784-1834. From the descrip...

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

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Eighth Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Lease to Peter Hunt, 1793 October 23. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314819 8th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Deed, 1801 August 22. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122601336 ...