Purdy family papers, 1773-1864.

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Purdy family papers, 1773-1864.

Miscellaneous papers of Ebeneezer Purdy and other family members, including mortgages, deeds, letters, accounts, bonds, and receipts, 1773-1864, relating to land transactions, business matters, and family news. Letter writers include Ann Hatfield, 1845, and James Purdy, 1817; other family names include Van Cortlandt, Delavan, Wood, and Cable. Also of note is the sworn testimony of a witness from a legal suit between John Delavan and Ebeneezer Purdy, 1814.

.2 cubic ft.

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Purdy, James

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James Purdy (b. 1923) is an American author whose published works include 63: Dream Palace (published in the United States in 1957 as Color of Darkness), Eustace Chisholm and the Works (1967), I Am Elijah Thrush, (1972) and On Glory's Course (1984). From the description of James Purdy papers, 1944-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132850 James Purdy, American novelist, was born in Ohio and educated at the Universities of Chicago and Puebla, Mexico. He published his fir...

Hatfield, Anne

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Van Wagner, Allan,

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Delavan, John.

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Purdy, Ebeneezer.

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