Memorabilia, [ca. 1862-1962]

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Memorabilia, [ca. 1862-1962]

Collection consists of typescripts of journals kept by Gray while an aide-de-camp to General Abner Doubleday of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1862. Also included is correspondence from William Gray Harmon, owner of his great-grandfather's "Journal," concerning use of an excerpt by City College for a centennial celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1962.

ca. .5 cubic ft.

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Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

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Doubleday, the son of Ulysses F. Doubleday and Hester Donnelly, was born in Ballston Spa, New York, in a small house on the corner of Washington and Fenwick streets. As a child, Abner was very short. The family all slept in the attic loft of the one-room house. His paternal grandfather, also named Abner, had fought in the American Revolutionary War. His maternal grandfather Thomas Donnelly joined the army at 14 and was a mounted messenger for George Washington. His great grandfather Peter Donnel...

City University of New York. City College

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Gray, William Cullen Bryant.

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Gray was a United States Army officer and alumnus of City College, Class of 1860. From the description of Memorabilia, [ca. 1862-1962] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502823 ...

United States. Army. Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery, 4th.

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Harmon, William Elmer, 1862-1928

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Real estate developer and philanthropist, of New York, N.Y.; originally of Lebanon, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1924-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954211 ...