Historical documents vertical file, 1665-1982.

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Historical documents vertical file, 1665-1982.

Deeds, 1665-1858; correspondence, 1738-1895; bonds, estate inventories and settlements, power of attorney, wills and probate, 1670-1826; bills, indentures, agreements, release of debts and receipts, 1665-1920; appointments, passports, licenses, and tax receipts, 1735-1923; manumission papers and sale of slaves, 1781-1825; blueprints, house plans, and advertisements, 1925-1982. Also included in the file are subscription lists, To Pay For Repair and Proper Setting of Buoys in Stony Brook Harbor, collected by T. Brush, and two account books of Thomas Brush, 1857-1875; an unidentified diary of travels in the Eastern States during 1844 and records of horse breeding from 1897 to 1904, 1844-1904; photostatic copies of the Nicolls Patent (1665) and Andros Patent (1667); and handwritten notes about Smith, Bunce, Tooker, Brewster, Wheeler, Ireland, Jaynes, and Platt families.

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Smithtown Historical Society (Smithtown, N.Y.)

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The Caleb Smith House, now the headquarters of the Smithtown Historical Society, was built in 1819 by Caleb Smith II in Commack, N.Y. and was moved to the Smithtown Village Green in 1955. Anna Blydenburgh, a descendant of Caleb Smith, provided funds for the move. From the description of Records, 1955-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155535694 Collecting area: History of the Town of Smithtown, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). Wor...

Brush, Thomas H., b. 1838.

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