Bruyn and Forsyth family papers, 1750-1921.

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Bruyn and Forsyth family papers, 1750-1921.

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Letters concerning state and national politics, financial matters, land transactions, military preparations and victories, traveling, college life at Rutgers, Congressional affairs in Washington, duel between Clay and Randolph, social life, legal issues, household and family matters, and courting letters; correspondents include Jacobus Severyn Bruyn, Blandina Elmendorf Bruyn, Edmund Bruyn, Severyn Bruyn, Catherine Hasbrouck Bruyn, Augustus H. Bruyn, Mary C. Bruyn Forsyth, Judge James C. Forsyth, Rev. Dr. John Forsyth, Katherine B. Forsyth, Mary Isabella Forsyth, Charles E. Dudley, A. Bruyn Hasbrouck, George H. Sharpe, Peter Elmendorf, Eliza Elmendorf Ray, Cornelius Ray, the Brinkerhoff family, and Francis S. Wynkoop. Diaries of Ralph K. Forsyth concerning daily activities and a trip to Europe and Great Britain, 1902-1908, and a diary kept by Katherine B. Forsyth recording family events, 1885-1921. Notes, essays, and poems of Augustus H. Bruyn; and a scrapbook of poems, stories, and essays by Mary Isabella Forsyth (1840-1914). Genealogical material and miscellaneous accounts, agreements, bills, deeds, inventories, and petitions.

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Forsyth, Mary C. Bruyn, 1815-1879.

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Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Hasbrouck, Abraham Bruyn, 1791-1879

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U.S. representative from New York and president of Rutgers College. From the description of Abraham Bruyn Hasbroucke, 1675-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981874 Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck was born in Kingston, N.Y. He attended Kingston Academy and Yale College and studied law in Hudson, N.Y. and Litchfield, Conn. Admitted to the bar in 1813, he subsequently practiced law in Kingston. He served as a Member of Congress 1825-1827, and as president of Rutgers College 1840-1...

Forsyth, James Christie, 1819-1855.

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Forsyth, Mary Isabella, 1840-1914.

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Bruyn, Edmund, 1783-1847.

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Bruyn, Augustus Hasbrouck, 1817-1904.

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Ray, Eliza Elmendorf.

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Rutgers College

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Rutgers was first chartered in 1766 as Queen's College, the eighth institution of higher learning to be founded in the colonies. The school opened its doors in New Brunswick in 1771 and during its early years, the college developed as a classic liberal arts institution. In 1825, the name of the college was changed to honor a former trustee and Revolutionary War veteran, Colonel Henry Rutgers. In 1864, Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New Jersey. Rutgers College attained universit...

Forsyth, Ralph K., 1878-1947,

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The Bruyn family includes Col. Jacobus Severyn Bruyn (1751-1825), Revolutionary War officer, and his wife Blandina Elmendorf Bruyn; their sons Edmund Bruyn (1783-1847) and Severyn Bruyn (1785-1856) and wife Catherine Hasbrouck Bruyn (1787-1867); their grandchildren Augustus H. Bruyn and Mary C. Bruyn (1815-1879) who married Judge James C. Forsyth (1819-1855); and others. From the description of Bruyn and Forsyth family papers, 1750-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155500001 ...

Ray, Cornelius, 1755-1893.

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Forsyth, Katherine

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United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Dudley, Charles Edward, 1780-1841

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Bruyn, Blandina Elmendorf, 1753-1832

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Sharpe, George Henry, 1828-1900

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Born February 26, 1828, in Kingston, New York, Sharpe attended Yale University and graduated from Rutgers University in 1847. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1848 to 1851, with the firm of Bidwell & Strong (now known as Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft). He was Secretary of the United States Legation in Vienna, Austrian Empire for the United States Department of State from 1851 to 1852. He resumed private practice in Kingston from 1854 to 1861. He served in the United St...

Wynkoop, Francis S.

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Bruyn, Severyn, 1785-1856.

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Forsyth, John E.

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Bruyn, Jacobus Severyn, 1751-1825.

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Bruyn, Catherine Hasbrouck, 1787-1867.

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Elmendorf, Peter.

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