Manuscript collection, 1690-1956.

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Manuscript collection, 1690-1956.

Letters, bills, receipts, agreements, memoranda, deeds, bonds, promissory notes, wills and estate papers, legal papers, maps, land surveys, minutes, account books, diaries, and other miscellaneous papers primarily generated by Ogden Hoffman, Ambrose S. Murray, Samuel S. Seward, William Henry Seward, the Smith family, William Wickham, George D. Wickham, James W. Wilkin, and Henry G. Wisner. Subjects of these personal papers include legal affairs, family and personal life, railroads, education, local government, business affairs, land transactions, western lands and settlement, and political matters such as campaigns, elections, the Albany Regency, slavery, legislative business, and appointments. Other notable segments include account books, receipts, maps, surveys, minutes, letters, and legal papers concerning the Drowned Lands, 1807-1850; transcript of the divorce trial of Martha Ellis vs. Levi Ellis, 1837; maps, deeds, agreements, accounts, letters, and legal papers concerning military bounty lands in Orange County, 1791-1838; and Civil War letters and military documents of Alfred Neafie, 1864-1865.

56 cubic ft.

Related Entities

There are 19 Entities related to this resource.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Wisner, Henry G., 1777-1842.

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Goshen Library and Historical Society

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Collecting area: History of Goshen, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524609 Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856) was a Goshen and New York City attorney who also held various public offices. Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885) was a Goshen banker, railroad investor and Congressional representative. Samuel S. Seward (1768-1849) was a physician, judge, and financier; his son William Henry Seward was Secretary of State under President Lincol...

Wood, John

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Photographer, professor; Alfred, N.Y. From the description of Robert Chapman Turner, [circa 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316690 From the description of Negatives of Robert Chapman Turner, [circa 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220228995 Sergeant Major in the Boer War. From the description of Note books. 1900-1901. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222238772 Jo Wood was a real estate and insurance agent in ...

Ellis, Levice

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Orange County Bible Society (Orange County, N.Y.)

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Also known as the Orange Bible and Tract Society, and the Orange Bible Society. From the description of Records, 1814-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532378 ...

Wickham, George Duncan, 1772-1845

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Goshen, Orange County, New York. Son of William Wickham. From the description of Daybook, 1799 Jan.-1802 May. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660380 ...

Farmers' Hall Academy (Goshen, N.Y.)

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Wickham, William, 1732-1814.

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Attorney of New York City and Goshen, New York. From the description of William Wickham papers, 1751-1850. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780199 Attorney, New York City and Goshen, Orange County, New York. Father of George Duncan Wickham. From the description of Journal and agenda, 1759, July-1767, Dec. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660378 From the description of Records of indentures and lan...

Antimasonic Party

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Democratic Party (N.Y.)

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Neafie, Alfred.

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Murray, Ambrose Spencer, 1807-1885

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Hoffman, Ogden, 1793-1856

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United States District Attorney, Southern District of New York. From the description of Ogden Hoffman legal papers, 1824-1854, (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58783365 ...

Ellis, Martha.

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Wilkin, James Whitney, 1762-1845

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Thompson, William Robert, 1924-....

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William R. Thompson apprenticed with his uncle John Thompson before setting up his own grocery business on the northeast corner of Front and High Streets in Philadelphia in 1812. Robert Thompson was a merchant; first appearing in the Philadelphia directory in 1819; his store was on High Street. From the description of Bills, 1803-1823. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233256 ...

Seward, Samuel S., 1768-1849.

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