Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1637-[ca. 1970]

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Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site (Newburgh, N.Y.). Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1637-[ca. 1970]

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1637-[ca. 1970]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155524990

Account book, possibly of Abraham Hardenbergh, 1760-1771; account book of the Stratton family of Long Island concerning shoemaking and renting of house and lands, 1758-1818; account book regarding fish caught and sold in Jamaica, 1764; survey fieldbook of Abel Gale for the vacated Evans Patent in Ulster County, 1786; daybook of a Kingston shopkeeper, 1761-1763, partially covered by the 1855 newspaper publication of E.M. Ruttenber's "Obstruction of the Navigation of Hudson's River 1776-1778;" military commissions, discharges, orders, letters, and other papers, 1728-1882, including a letter from Jeffrey Amherst in regard to supplies for the garrison at Fort Stanwix, 1761; legal and financial papers such as warrants, power of attorney, wills and estate papers, deeds, mortgages, receipts, and agreements, 1637-1813, including the charter of the Glebe lands in Newburgh, 1752, and inquisition from legal proceedings concerning slaves killed in New York City riot, 1713; miscellaneous correspondence, 1780-1900, including many autograph letters; programs, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items relating to Washington's Headquarters Historic Site, 1834-1950, including two deeds relating to the property, 1724-1726; maps, 1777-ca. 1970; and memorabilia, 1796-1917.

5 v., ca. 200 items.

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eng,

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library