Special manuscript collection, 1657-1885.

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Special manuscript collection, 1657-1885.

Collection includes proceedings of the Proprietors of New Windsor, 1749-1772, consisting of minutes, accounts, share records, memoranda, and maps; record books of the Town of Newburgh, 1799-1828, consisting of oaths of office and town laws; charter of St. George's Church, 1770; records of the Reformed Church of Newburgh consisting of minutes and miscellaneous accounts, 1803-1864; marriage and birth records kept by Rev. John Close, 1764-1796, for Bethlehem, New Windsor, and Newburgh churches; minute book of the Heart and Hand Society, 1885; minutes of the Dorcas Society, 1814; pocket diary of Nancy Keeler, 1864; miscellaneous English deeds, 1657-1801; and an unidentified account book, 1755.

2 cubic ft.

Related Entities

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Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Newburgh, N.Y. and vicinity. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524641 ...

Reformed Church (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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New Windsor (N.Y.). Proprietors.

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Keeler, Nancy Boghossian, 1940-

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Heart and Hand Society (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Saint George's Church (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Dorcas Society (Newburgh, N.Y.)

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Close, John

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John Close was a contractor's agent for the United States Army post at Opelousas and a cotton planter of Petit Bois Plantation, Port Barre, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. He had relatives in Washington County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Mississippi. From the description of John Close papers, 1802-1872 (bulk 1802-1859). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555961 ...