Vertical file, 1643-1979.

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Vertical file, 1643-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155530706

Advertisements, almanacs, mortgages, letters, programs, pamphlets, minutes, leases, deeds, military papers, wills and estate papers, broadsides, genealogy sources, brochures, receipts, legal papers, speeches, local history notes and articles, appointments, clippings, recipes, petitions, tax lists, marriage certificates, and other items pertaining to Dutchess County. Subjects include banks, business, cemeteries, churches, Civil War, family life, the Hudson River, mills, Nine Partners Patent, organizations, politics, postal history, railroads, Revolutionary War, river transportation, slavery, and Vassar College. Family names and individuals include Arnold, Bostwick, Brett, Cornwell, Cox, DeGraff, De La Vergne, Egenes, Hicks, Abraham Lent, Levi McFarlin, Francis Nelson, Rice, Schouten, Van Vlack, and Wigg. Items of note include minutes of the Dutchess Baptist Association, 1840-1898; copies of British naval records pertaining to the British expedition up the Hudson River in 1777; letter by William Clark concerning orders to join Commodore Perry's squadron for a possible expedition to Japan, 1853; a record of vessels employed in public service at Fishkill Landing, 1781; and photocopies of minutes, 1722-1769, and road records, 1769-1795, of the Ulster County Highway Commissioners.

ca. 6 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6880862

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Nelson, Francis.

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Army officer. From the description of Commission of Francis Nelson, 1781. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453894 ...

Dutchess Baptist Association (Dutchess County, N.Y.)

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McFarlin, Levi.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Ulster County (N.Y.). Highway Commissioners.

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

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American naval officer, led U.S. Naval Expedition to Japan and negotiated treaty of peace and commerce, 1852-1854. From the description of ALS : Sharon Springs, N.Y., to Robert Ward Johnson 1836 Aug. 7. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122586021 Naval officer and commander-in-chief of negotiations with the Japanese for the treaty signed between the United States and Japan in l854. From the description of Matthew Calbraith Perry papers, 1839-1...

Clark, William.

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Nothing is known about William Clark. From the description of Land records, 1778-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122508054 ...

Lent, Abraham.

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Dutchess County Historical Society

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Collecting area: History of Dutchess County, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515275 ...

Vassar College.

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