Miscellaneous documents collection, 1670-1935.

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Miscellaneous documents collection, 1670-1935.

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Letters, deeds, bills, military papers, legal documents, wills and estate papers, slave documents, and other items largely pertaining to people and events in New Rochelle and vicinity. Of note are several Clinton family letters, 1761-1826; letter of Mary Willis to her daughter Betsey Brown concerning children, 1790; draft of a letter from Robert R. Livingston to George Washington concerning affairs of the Committee of Safety, ca. 1776; letters pertaining to Revolutionary War matters, 1779-1787; letter from Oliver DeLancey concerning militia affairs, 1755; and original deed to New Rochelle, 1689. Other names represented include Nathan Secord, Charles Carville, Katherine Carville, William Henderson, John Pugsley, the Livingston family, and the L'Estrange family. Papers pertaining to Thomas Paine include a petition signed by Thomas Paine, 1793; and letters from Paine to Madame Bonneville, Senator Garat, Benjamin Mosely, Elisha Babcock, and Mr. Breckenridge of Kentucky, 1792-1805, concerning political and personal matters.

ca. 1 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Breckenridge, John, 1760-1806.

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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...

Secord, Nathan.

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Mosely, Benjamin.

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Pugsley, John

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Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

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Political theorist, New York. From the description of Letter, 1779 Jan. 17. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476963318 Thomas Paine, English author and revolutionary. From the guide to the Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item, 1788, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Revolutionary pamphleteer, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. From the description of ALS, [1803] ...

Carville, Katherine.

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Henderson, W. J., 1937-

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, livery and garage owner. From the description of William Henderson papers, 1912-1953. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420386 ...

New York (State). Militia

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Levies were special regiments recruited under provisions of the legislature which entitled recruits to plots of unappropriated land. From the description of Levy certificates issued record book. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617529 ...

Willis, Mary H.

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This quilt was possibly sewn prior to 1848. Miss Elizabeth Irwin was the niece of Commandant Frederick Chidley Irwin. From the description of Notes. 1959. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843059 Friday Fasters was a female lunch club in Litchfield, Conn. From the description of Friday Fasters record book, 1902-1904. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 756838657 ...

Brown, Betsey

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Garat, Dominique-Joseph, comte, 1749-1833

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French lawyer, politican and historian. From the description of Document signed : Paris, 1793 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269595448 ...

New York (State). Committee of Safety

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DeLancey, Oliver.

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Huguenot-Thomas Paine Historical Association (New Rochelle, N.Y.)

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Carville, Charles.

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Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

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First chancellor of New York State; agriculturalist and ambassador to France. From the description of Robert R. Livingston papers, 1707-1862. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779437 Continental Congressman, diplomat, member of the New York Provincial Covention, the Continental Congress and served as U.S. Minister to France. From the description of Letter, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407295 Robert R. Livingston ser...

Babcock, Elisha, 1753-1821

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