Local history collection, 1780-1988, 1919-1988 (bulk)

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Local history collection, 1780-1988, 1919-1988 (bulk)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155540314

Materials on the history of the Town of Greenburgh and Westchester County, including a vertical file of clippings, press releases, brochures, pamphlets, maps, newsletters, reports, typescript articles, programs, oral history transcripts, souvenir booklets, photographs, and postcards; approximately 800 slides of historic photographs depicting the Town of Greenburgh; and bound items such as reports, speeches, pamphlets, and articles. Subjects include local government, schools, the Greenburgh Public Library, churches, housing, fire department, the Revolutionary War in Westchester County, historic houses, mills, Jews in Westchester County, and the construction of Muscoot Dam. Collection also includes photocopies of documents concerning Major André, 1780, and clippings, articles, and letters about the history of André, 1952; and a video cassette on the community of Hartsdale.

6 cubic ft., 2 linear ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6881843

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Greenburgh Public Library (Elmsford, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of the Town of Greenburgh, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541460 ...

André, John, 1751-1780

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British army officer. From the description of The American times, a satire, in three parts : poem, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070981 John André, a British army officer during the American Revolutionary war. In January 1777, he became captain of the 26th Regiment of Foot ; in early summer he became the aide-de-camp to Charles Gret, 1st Earl of Grey (1729-1807). and in 1778 was promoted to major. In 1779 André became adjutant general of the British Army and wa...