Manuscripts and rare books, 1700-1926.

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Manuscripts and rare books, 1700-1926.

Deeds for land in Westbury froorm Henry Willis to Nathaniel Symmons, 1700; survey by Elias Hicks for James Townsend of woodland at Broad Hollow between Jericho and Wheatley, 1795; account book with arithmetic exercises of Daniel Youngs of Oyster Bay, 1783-1818; minutes of the Westbury Board of Trade kept by T. J. McCord, secretary, 1912-1915; and an unidentified school register with many Polish and Italian names, 1925-1926. Also various 18th and 19th century printed volumes.

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Historical Society of the Westburys (Westbury, Nassau County, N.Y.)

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Symmons, Nathaniel.

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Youngs, Daniel.

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Townsend, James J.

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Westbury Board of Trade (Westbury, N.Y.)

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McCord, T. J.

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Willism Henry.

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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, th...