Papers, 1800-1983, 1800-1847 (bulk)

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Papers, 1800-1983, 1800-1847 (bulk)

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Correspondence, business and legal papers, family papers, and biographical materials. Business correspondence with William L. Marcy, Martin Van Buren, Erastus Corning, John Leslie Russell, Orville Hungerford, and others concerns militia affairs, appointments, financial matters, political situation in Schenectady County, national issues such as tariffs and nullification, campaigns and elections, and other political issues, 1816-1847; personal correspondence with his parents, siblings, and friends, 1820-1847, concerns politics, his brother Pliny's mental illness and treatment at the Hartford Asylum, business affairs, local news of Weybridge, Vt., and other personal affairs. Business and legal papers include deeds, receipts, agreements, certificates, vouchers, and petitions, some relating to Silas Wright, Sr., 1808-1858, and account book of Silas Wright, Sr., 1800-1831.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Russell, John Leslie, 1805-1861.

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Lawyer, postmaster. Russell, a resident of Canton, was connected with the Ogdensburg and Champlain Railroad, married Mary Wead of Malone in 1832, and was the father of Judge Leslie W. Russell. From the description of Papers, 1830-[ca. 1940] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155495781 ...

Wright, Pliny, 1805-1890

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Wright, Clarissa Moody, 1804-1870.

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Wright, Daniel.

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Hungerford, Orville, 1790-1851

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Silas Wright House (Canton, N.Y.)

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New York (State). Militia

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Levies were special regiments recruited under provisions of the legislature which entitled recruits to plots of unappropriated land. From the description of Levy certificates issued record book. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617529 ...

Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

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Hartford Asylum.

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Wright, Creecy.

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Moody family.

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United States. Congress. Senate

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Wright, Silas, 1795-1847

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Son of Silas and Eleanor Goodale Wright. Silas practiced law in Canton, N.Y.; married Clarissa Moody, 1833; was a politician, holding offices of County Surrogate, state senator, U.S. Congressman and Senator, 1833-1844, and Governor of New York 1844-1846. From the description of Papers, 1800-1983, 1800-1847 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155472289 Statesman, governor of New York State. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to the publish...

Moody, Medad, d. 1827.

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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Bigelow, Paul (Paul Robert)

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Hubbard, Caleb.

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Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Wright, Eleanor Goodale.

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Wright, Silas, 1760-1843

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Silas Wright, Sr., moved from Amherst, Mass., to Weybridge, Vt., in 1797 and farmed there for the rest of his life. He took an interest in politics and public affairs and served in the Vermont Legislature (1801-1804). He commanded a company of Vermont Militia in the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. He and his wife Eleanor (Goodale) Wright had four sons and three daughters. The increasingly small handwriting in his letters suggests that he suffered from a degenerative disease, possibly...