Miscellaneous correspondence, 1818-1952.

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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1818-1952.

Miscellaneous personal letters of St. Lawrence County residents. Original items include letters to Nettie Boynton from Ruth Brown Thompson reminiscencing about their youth with one mention of the abolitionist John Brown, and letters to Nettie's daughter Kittie Boynton Phillips, 1873-1929; letters to John Finnegan, editor of COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, from Ledyard P. Hale on Senator Coats' political behavior in Albany, 1910, from G.E. Sims on his travels abroad, 1926, from James F. McCormick on his campaign for sheriff, 1933, and others regarding local issues, 1910-1952; and letters of M. Adela Waldo, Morristown, to Frank N. Cleaveland, Canton, 1882-1885, discussing boarding conditions, her teaching job, mutual friends, and other social news. Copied or transcribed items include letters of the Cahoon family of Vermont and Canton, 1818-1871; letters of the Rev. Constant Southworth family and Tracy and Safford relatives, 1832-1902; and letters to William H. Harison [sic] of New York City regarding his land interests in the Towns of Canton and Lisbon, mills, and financial matters, 1838-1845.

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Cahoon family.

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Waldo, M. Adela.

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Harrison, William, 1685-1713

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Attorney and land spculator, New York City. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1815-ca. 1872]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58670117 English poet and diplomat. From the description of Letters, 1711 June 15-1712 Sept. 8. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22687196 ...

Sims, G. E.

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McCormick, James, active 1689

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Phillips, Kittie Boynton.

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Hale, Ledyard Park, 1854-1926.

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Saint Lawrence County Historical Association

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Collecting area: History of St. Lawrence County. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473605 J. Henry Rushton (1845-1906) was a canoe manufacturer in Canton, N.Y. From the description of Rushton canoe collection, [ca. 1860]-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471970 ...

Thompson, Ruth Brown

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Tracy family.

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Cleaveland, Frank Nash, 1855-1922.

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Finnegan, John A.

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John Finnegan of Butte, Montana was actively involved in conservative politics. He was state chairman of the Constitutional Party, resigning this position in 1970. He also ran unsuccessfully for the Montana House of Representatives in 1970 as an independent. Political causes espoused by Finnegan included abolishment of the Federal Reserve System, resignation of the United States from the United Nations, an end to urban renewal programs, and halting efforts towards regional governmental consolida...

Safford family.

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Southworth family.

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Boynton, Nettie.

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Southworth, Constant

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