Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills family papers, 1713-1938.

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Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills family papers, 1713-1938.

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Miscellaneous family papers of Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills primarily concern their Livingston relatives and the family property in Staatsburg. Papers of Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence include his marriage certificate, 1745, and a letter and receipts relating to Revolutionary War activities, 1776-1779. Papers of Livingston family members include agreements of Mrs. Margaret Livingston, 1783-1789, and her undated notebook from a trip to Europe; memorial booklet on Angelica Livingston Hamilton and Geraldine Livingston Hoyt, 1897; map of Livingston property in New York City, 1832; and typescript copies of lengthy letters from Mrs. Maturin Livingston (Staatsburg and New York) to her daughter Mrs. Rawlins Lowndes in South Carolina, 1826-1842, concerning social events, fashions, familial advice, domestic troubles, hired help, scandals, courtships, and other news. Items relating to Ogden Mills include drawing of a French car commissioned by Mills, a speech against New Deal policies, 1934, and a program from his memorial services, 1937. Other family papers include maps and drawings of the Mills Mansion and its grounds, 1920-1921 and undated; other maps owned by the family, 1811-1819; music used by the family, 1878-1906; minute book of the Staatsburg Golf Club, 1897-1900; indentures of Henry Beekman, 1713-1757; autograph letters by Benjamin Franklin, 1779, and George Washington. 1776; and an inventory of the contents of the house, 1938.

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Lewis, Francis, 1713-1802

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Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713 – December 31, 1802) was an American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of New York to the Continental Congress. Born in Llandaff, Wales, he was educated at Westminster School in London before entering a mercantile house in London. Working there until he turned 21 and inherited some properties left by his father, Lewis sold the p...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Livingston, Margaret Beekman, 1724-1800.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Hoyt, Geraldine Livingston.

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Mills, Ogden Livingston, 1884-1937.

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Ogden Mills (1884-1937), Secretary of the Treasury under Hoover, commissioned Stanford White to remodel the family home at Staatsburg, originally built by his mother's, Ruth Livingston Mills, great-grandfather Morgan Lewis. From the description of Ogden Livingston Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills family papers, 1713-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155516353 ...

Lowndes, Gertrude Laura Livingston, b. 1805.

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Mills, Ruth Livingston, d. 1920.

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Hamilton, Angelica Livingston.

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Beekman, Henry, 1688-1776

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Livingston, Margaret Lewis, 1780-1860.

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Staatsburg Golf Club (Staatsburg, N.Y.)

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