Vertical file, 1689-1987.

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Vertical file, 1689-1987.

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Clippings, articles, advertisements, reports, lists, letters, genealogy materials, programs, bills, maps, deeds, military papers, mortgages, catalogs, certificates, ordinances, permits, contracts, petitions, and other items, some of which are photocopies, concerning the history of Beacon. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, art, banking, Bannerman's Island, black history, Brett family, bridges, cemeteries, Civil War, crime, De Windt family, education, elections, entertainment, ferries, fire companies, fires, government, health, houses, Indians, industries, local families, Matteawan State Hospital, newspapers, organizations, railroads, religion, Revolutionary War, Schenck family, trollies, Verplanck family, Wodenethe, and World Wars I and II. Items of note include photocopy of a letter by Catherine Brett, 1749; photocopies of early maps of the area, 1689-ca. 1820; original letter by Mrs. De Windt concerning General Lafayette and Colonel Willett, 1824; original letters to a Newburgh brewery with bills, and receipts concerning rent, competition from other breweries, a malt kiln, product quality, and orders, 1828-1829; and plans, sketches, deeds, title abstract, mortgages, articles, clippings, and research correspondence on H.W. Sargent's house and estate, Wodenethe, 1878-1981.

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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...

Beacon Historical Society (Beacon, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Beacon, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518410 ...

Matteawan State Hospital (N.Y.)

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Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830

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Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882

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Brett, Catherine

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