Document collection, 1686-1990.

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Document collection, 1686-1990.

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Letters, deeds, wills and estate papers, genealogical records, account books, bills and receipts, court records, slave documents, maps, certificates, and other materials on the history of the Port Washington and Cow Neck Peninsula area and elsewhere. Items of note include a patent for land on Cow Neck signed by Gov. Thomas Dongan, 1686; assessment rolls, Town of North Hempstead, 1806, 1810, 1826; deed of Benjamin Willis to Leonard Mott for a farm on Cow Neck, 1833; letters of Timothy W. Smith of Poplar Ridge, N.Y., to Wessel Sell Smith and other family members in Cow Neck, 1833-1839; account books of E.A. Willis and Benjamin H. Willis of Cold Spring, L.I., for boat repairs, oyster sales and labor, 1859-1872; logbook of Sands Point Lighthouse, 1894-1897; membership applications and rosters of the Port Washington Home Guard, 1917; and a record book of Purdy Boat Co., Port Washington, with descriptions of boats built for customers including John Hay Whitney, W.P. Chrysler, and H.S. Vanderbilt, 1919-1950.

ca. 4 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society (Port Washington, N.Y.)

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Willis, E. A.

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Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Danzig, Evelyn, 1902-1996

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Sands Point Lighthouse.

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Fox, Fontaine, 1884-1964

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A native of Louisville, Ky., Fontaine Fox was a cartoonist best known for his "Toonerville Trolley" series of cartoons. He worked for newspapers in Louisville and Chicago and later moved to New York when his work was syndicated to about three hundred newspapers. From the description of Photograph collection, ca. 1889-ca. 1939. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49223779 Cartoonist. From the description of Papers, 1931-1969. (Indiana University)...

Mott, Leonard.

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Port Washington (N.Y.). Police Dept.

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Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715

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Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick, was appointed provincial governor of New York in 1682 by James, the Duke of York who had become the Lord Proprietor of the province. From the description of Order of Thomas Dongan to Benjamin Collier, 1684, Mar. 16. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 680379258 Colonial Governor of New York. From the description of Document signed, 1686 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Smith, Timothy William

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Whitney, John Hay

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John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney was born into one of the most prominent American families of the twentieth century; widely known for their interests in business, government, publishing, entertainment, philanthropy, horse racing and breeding, and fine art collecting. He was the second child of Payne and Helen Hay Whitney and born in Ellsworth, Maine, on August 17, 1904, while his parents were summering with Clara Stone Hay (mother to Helen Hay Whitney). Mr. Whitney was ...

Purdy Boat Co. (Port Washington, N.Y.)

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Vanderbilt, Harold S. (Harold Stirling), 1884-1970

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Bonaparte family.

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Smith, Wessel Sell.

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Willis, Benjamin H.

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Port Washington (N.Y.). Home Guard.

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Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932

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John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford who is also known as "The March King". Among his best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America), "Semper Fidelis" (official march of the United States...

Chrysler, Walter P. (Walter Percy), 1875-1940

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