Family papers, 1794-1976.

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Title

Family papers, 1794-1976.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155530496

Abstract

The collection concerns the family of Duncan Campbell. Papers include letters, wills and estate papers, account books, bills, receipts, and other financial papers, diaries, deeds, bonds, photographs, and memorabilia. Correspondence includes A.J. Akin to Duncan Campbell on local politics and roads, 1878-1883; courtship letters of Chester Hatfield to Harriet Louise Campbell written from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, describing his life as a "middie," 1852; letters to Harriet Louise Campbell from friends at the Amenia Seminary, 1852-1855; letters of Duncan Campbell to his parents while attending school in Canada, 1871, and at Riverview Military Academy in Poughkeepsie, 1874. Other subjects include investments, travel experiences, and family affairs. Also, legal papers and correspondence from estates where Archibald Campbell was executor, 1794-1844, including the affairs of Hebron Sheldon who was declared mentally unfit and treated at the Retreat for the Insane in Hartford, Conn. Other individuals and family names involved include Emma Ackerman, Thomas C. Campbell, Ada Campbell Simpson and her husband A.C. Bogert, and the Borden, Simpson, Collins, and Ferris families.

Extent

6 cubic ft.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6880839

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Related Entities

There are 22 Entities related to this resource.

Simpson, Albert H.

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Hatfield, Chester.

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Campbell, Henry Borden, b. 1876.

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United States Naval Academy

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Taffinder was born on March 18, 1884, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, attained the rank of Vice Admiral, retired from the Navy in 1947, and died in 1965. From the description of Diploma, June 14, 1906. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 704931343 Founded in 1845, the United States Naval Academy trains students in a four-year Officer Development Program, preparing them for assignments as midshipmen after graduation. The courses focus on moral...

Sheldon, Hebron.

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Bogert, Ada Campbell Simpson,

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The family of Duncan Campbell (1806-1892) of Pawling, N.Y. includes his children Amanda Ferris Campbell (1830-1897) Henry Livingston Campbell (1829-1894), Priscilla Campbell (1832-1900), and Harriet Louise Campbell (1835-1856). Henry L. married Emeline Cordelia Collins; their children were Duncan Campbell (1854-1902), Ada Ferris Campbell (b. 1856), Elizabeth Borden Campbell (b. 1858) who married Albert H. Simpson, and Henry Borden Campbell (b. 1876). From the description of Family pa...

Campbell, Thomas (Colin Keith Thomas)

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Campbell, Henry Livingston, 1829-1894.

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Retreat for the Insane at Hartford

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Akin, A. J.

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Ackerman, Emma.

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Campbell, Duncan, 1806-1892.

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Campbell, Amanda Ferris, 1830-1897.

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Campbell, Priscilla, 1832-1900.

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Amenia Seminary (Amenia, N.Y.)

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School operated by Methodist Church in Amenia. Organized in 1834, sold in 1857 or 1858, and sold again in 1861. From the description of Records, 1837-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155529452 ...