Dutchess County letters, 1778-1939.

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Dutchess County letters, 1778-1939.

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Miscellaneous letters primarily sent to Dutchess County people with some written by local people; family names include Pearsall, Platt, and Oakley. Subjects include church appointments, village office positions, Poughkeepsie's water supply, family news, legal and financial matters, traveling, and farming. There are numerous letters from Orlando Neely of New York City to his cousin Lucinda M. Pine concerning his romance and the demands of business, 1834-1838, and many from J.F. Barnard to J.B. Moss on legal matters, 1850-1857. Other items of note include Revolutionary War letters, 1778-1783, including one from George Clinton, and a speech by James Tallmadge, Jr., on the death of George Washington, 1800.

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