Miscellaneous document collection, 1651-1894.

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Miscellaneous document collection, 1651-1894.

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Includes letters, deeds, petitions, bank drafts, military commissions, bills and receipts, agreements, bonds, orderly books, account books, almanacs, apprenticeship indentures, autographs, legal papers, depositions, broadsides, maps, and land surveys. Subjects include land transactions, personal estates, military affairs, the Revolutionary War, trading, bigamy trial, coroner's inquests, colonial affairs, politics, household expenditures, and family life. Of note are a letter from George Washington, 1797; a Dutch trader's account book relating to transactions with Indians in New York State, n.d.; account book of Robert C. Livingston, 1774-1794; diary with some accounts of B. Hawkins, a baker in Poughkeepsie, 1837-1857; account book of Abraham Newton, 1792-1836; and account book and diary of G.J. Gilbert, 1833-1842.

ca. 400 items, 11 v.

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dut,

eng,

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6881771

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Historic Hudson Valley (Organization)

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Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. The organization runs tours and events at five historic properties in Westchester County, in the lower Hudson River Valley. It was founded in 1951 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr....

Hawkins, B.

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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...

Gilbert, G. J.

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Newton, Abraham.

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Livingston, Robert C.

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