Papers, 1761-1921.

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Papers, 1761-1921.

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Business and personal papers of five generations of the Constable family include appointments of Dr. John Constable as military surgeon, 1761-1762; letter by William Constable concerning a bond, 1785; letter from LaFayette to William Constable expressing his thanks and hopes of seeing Constable in Paris, 1800; letter from Robert Morris to Mrs. William Constable on the death of her husband, 1803; family account books, including one from a sawmill at Turin, 1805-1815; letterpress copybook containing letters from Casimir Constable to his estate agent Charles Goff regarding land and financial transactions, livestock, farm products, taxes, and other business concerns, 1887-1890; correspondence between Howard Constable and Harry Cox regarding land and financial transactions, 1911; two letters from Thomas A. Edison to John P. Constable regarding his employment with Edison, 1920-1921; and family photographs. Other items include two letters by Morgan Lewis regarding business matters, 1811, and prisoner of war at Sackets Harbor, 1813; physician's license issued to Royal D. Dewey, 1817; Civil War diary of Charles Lovejoy of Lowville, 1863; receipt book of Turin Plank Road Company, 1847-1848; and record book from School District No. 7, Constableville, 1815-1857.

ca. 2 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844

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Morris, R. J. (Robert John)

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Constable, John P.

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Turin Plank Road Company.

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Constable, William, 1752-1803.

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Goff, Charles Weer, 1897-1975

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Constable, John, d. 1785.

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Dewey, Royal Dwight, 1791-1839.

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Constable, Howard.

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Constable family.

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Lovejoy, Charles D.

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School District No. 7 (Constableville, N.Y.)

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Cox, Harry, 1885-1971

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Constable, Casimir, 1845-1905.

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Constable, Ann White.

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