Americana miscellany, 1770-1978, 1770-1865 (bulk)

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Americana miscellany, 1770-1978, 1770-1865 (bulk)

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Letters, bills, photographs, and other miscellaneous documents not directly relevant to Long Island or New York. Of note are a letter from Henry Knox to General Washington, 1787, concerning Knox's opposition to State governments and other political matters; letter by Joseph Rotch, 1812, concerning the effect of the international political situation on the market in Baltimore; letter by David Stewart, 1772, concerning the difficult economic situation; Civil War letter of William N. Hoyt, 1864; nine photographs of prisoners and buildings at the prison in Joliet, Illinois, ca. 1900; letter from Neal Dow, 1897, concerning the prohibition law in Maine; and several items pertaining to slaves and slavery including bills of sale, 1793-1833, letters by Louisa James, 1863, and David Jones, 1843, concerning slavery, an abolition broadside, 1797, petitions from legal case against the Negro George, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pa., 1793, and an affidavit on the free-born status of Joseph Watson, 1827.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Adelphi University. Library. Special Collections.

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Collecting area: William Cobbett, Americana, and Long Island history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155547777 ...

Watson, Joseph Daniel

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Resident of Moorestown, N.J. From the description of School records, 1909-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972721 ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

Hoyt, William, 1759-1812

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Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

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Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...

Stewart, David

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Rotch, Joseph, 1790-1839

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Jones, David, of Trevrew, county Carn

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Epithet: of Trevrew, county Carn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000250 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x000288 ...

James, Louisa.

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