Miscellaneous collections: personal names, 1729-1972.

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Miscellaneous collections: personal names, 1729-1972.

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Letters, certificates, deeds, patents, bonds, receipts, estate papers, legal documents, sermons, wills, historical notes, photographs, postcards, and other documents of Long Island and New York State residents. Names mentioned include Ackerly, Barkeloo, Beecher, Bennett, Brown, Conkline, Cromson, Darling, Davis, Disbrow, Dunn, Furman, Haff, Hallock, Havens, Hillman, Huff, Jayne, Mills, Miller, Mowbray, Nicoll, Phillips, Pope, Powell, Reeve, Roberts, Smith, Syms, Tallmadge, Vail, Van Dam, Wilson, Williams, and Woodhull. Items of note include an order of George Clinton, Governor of the Province of New York, to Richard Bradley, H.M. Attorney General, not to prosecute a case involving the ministers and elders of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Kings County, 1744; complaint against the Rev. Mr. James Davenport of the 5th parish in Southold, Long Island, 1742; notes on a voyage from Stony Brook to Bangor, Maine by Leonard W. Lawrence, 1848, with loose bills for dental work, 1830; letters concerning the Long Island Rail Road from members of the New York State Legislature, 1832, and a letter from Samuel R. Brooks, president of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company to George B. Fisk, Esq., president of the Long Island Rail Road, 1840.

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Smithtown Library. Richard H. Handley Long Island History Room.

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The Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad was operated by the Long Island Rail Road. From the description of Long Island railroad collection, 1857-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155535762 Collecting area: History of the Town of Smithtown, N.Y. from colonial times to the present. Will also accept materials on the history of Suffolk County, N.Y. or Long Island in general. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536539...

Long Island Railroad Company.

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Commuter railroad service in Brooklyn dates to 1834 and the founding of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during that year. Originally conceived as a means to connect Brooklyn to Boston, Massachusetts more directly, the LIRR played a significant role in the development and economic growth of Long Island's suburban communities, particularly after the railroad was directly linked to Manhattan in the 1880s. As of 2010, the LIRR is the largest and busiest commuter railroad in the United S...

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party, serving as the party's last presidential nominee in the 1816 presidential election. The son...

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

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George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent Democratic-Republican, Clinton served as the fourth vice president of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812. He also served as governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804. Along with John C. Calhoun, he is one of two vice presidents to hold office under two presidents. Clinton served in the French and Ind...

Quick, Hewlings H.

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Treadwell, Mary

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Platt, Zophar.

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Beal, Abraham.

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Brooks, Samuel Reeves

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Pan American World Airways, inc.

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Terrel, Benjamin L.

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Wickes, Elnathan.

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New York (State). Legislature

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The 332nd Infantry Regiment was part of the 83rd Division, which was deployed overseas in June 1918. After training in France the regiment was detached for service as army and corps troops, and on July 25 it moved, with the 331st Field Hospital, to Villafranca, Custoza, and Sommacompagna, Italy. In October the regiment participated in the Vittorio-Veneto Operation (Italy). The regiment assisted in establishing bridgeheads at the Piave River, and as part of the Italian 31st Division (Tenth Italia...

Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (U.S.)

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From 1816 to 1826, was part of the United Missionary Society which merged with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From c.1833, the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church operated under the ABCFM, but separated completely in 1857. Later known as Reformed Church in America. From the description of Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, 1828. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152631 ...

Bradley, Richard, 1961-

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Fisk, George B.

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Davenport, James, 1716-1757

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Clergyman. Born in 1716 in Stamford, Conn., and a 1732 graduate of Yale College, James Davenport was licensed to preach in 1735. Under the influence of George Whitfield, Davenport became an itinerant preacher who, during the second Great Awakening, conducted revivals in Connecticut and denounced the church establishment. In 1744, after a long illness and at the urging of friends, Davenport published a retraction of his separatist views. Davenport later served at various ...

Wickham, William, active 1847

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Lawrence, Leonard

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Priddy, John

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New York and Harlem Railroad Company.

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Treadwell, Thomas, 1779-1860

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Tuthill, Nathaniel.

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