Papers, 1776-1915, 1887-1915 (bulk)

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Papers, 1776-1915, 1887-1915 (bulk)

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Correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution, New York State Library, William S. Pelletreau, E.A. Horsford, Richard M. Bayles, Nathaniel Foster, O.B. Ackerly, J. Lyon Gardiner, Nathaniel Dominy, Rhode Island Historical Society, William Brewster Humphrey, and various North American Indian scholars about the Algonkin language and Indian ethnology questions, 1888-1915; correspondence with George R. Howell about Howell's History of Southampton (N.Y.) and letter to the editor of the New York Times, 1887-1890; correspondence with local historians and antiquarians about local history, genealogy, fish studies, and local historical repositories, 1888-1894; manuscript copies of papers delivered at A.A.A.S. in Detroit, Michigan (1897) and an item from the Sag Harbor Historical Society on Sag Harbor (N.Y.) printers (1902); copies of Tooker articles, 1891-1915; and will of Amory Flint, 1776.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Rhode Island Historical Society

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Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) was born in Providence. His father was Elder James Brown (1666-1716), a pastor on the First Baptist Church; his mother was Mary (Harris) Brown. Upon reaching adulthood, Obadiah joined his older brother James Brown II (1698-1739) in the mercantile trade, which included traffic in cocoa, rum, molasses and slaves. His initial role was as master of his brother's vessels in the West Indies trade. In 1736, he shipped out to the African coast as the...

Pelletreau, William S. (William Smith), 1840-1918

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Gardiner, J. Lyon.

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Tooker, William Wallace.

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Author and pharmacist. The collection also contains about 80 cubic ft. of his publications and personal research library. From the description of Papers, 1776-1915, 1887-1915 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155552030 ...

Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Ackerly, O.B.

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Dominy, Nathaniel.

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New York State Library. Law Library

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In 1969 a survey was conducted by State Library staff of records held at the Elm Street Garage in Albany, also known as "the cage" for the Library for the Blind. Staff recommended the records (300 boxes comprising records of the Department of Public Instruction, ca. 1953, and some plates of Museum publications) be transferred as archival to the State Library and moved to the library warehouse, or elsewhere. A section in the cage would be retained for storage of magnetic/audio tapes. The aim was ...

Humphrey, William Brewster.

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Foster, Nathaniel, 1781-1843

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Chaplain. Foster was the Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, England. From the description of Note, 17?? (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50670898 ...

Flint, Amory.

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Bayles, Richard M. (Richard Mather)

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Local historian of Long Island topics, teacher, surveyor. From the description of Papers, 1872-1919, 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155478022 ...

Horsford, E. A.

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Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899

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George Rogers Howell, M.A. (1833-1899) was born in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y., and graduated from Yale College in 1854. He then taught at Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1864. He worked as a minister in western New York until 1872, when he became the first librarian of the State Library of New York. He later served as the archivist of the State Library. Howell was also a prolific historian of New York State and published local histories of the early co...

Sag Harbor Historical Society.

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