Local history file, 1790-1989, ca. 1900-1989 (bulk)

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Local history file, 1790-1989, ca. 1900-1989 (bulk)

Materials on the history of the town of Brookhaven, including letters, photographs, diaries, wills, Civil War papers, court cases, town records, plus clippings, pamphlets, booklets and other printed matter. Items of note include looseleaf records of Brookhaven Town Commissioners of Highways, 1881-1885, with minutes, surveys and resolutions; register of School District 17, Marianna Edwards, teacher, 1877-1878; a photstat of the "Beach Book," records of the proprietors of the Great South Beach, regarding rights of pasturage, 1790-1840; letters to John E. Ketcham, secretary of the Great South Beach Lot Owners Association, and minutes of the group, 1913-1914; copy of diary of Richard M. Bayles of Middle Island, 1888; and photocopies of the records of New Village Congregational Church, Lake Grove, L.I., with materials from the dedication of the church as a town historic site, 1976.

16 cubic ft.

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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 (New York State Historical Documents).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 ...

United States. Army. Regiment, New Jersey, 25th

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Leaming, Aaron, 1715-1780

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Bayles, Edward T.

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Thatcher, George, 1929-

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Swezey, Joshua, Mrs.

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Edwards, Marianna.

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Swezey, Moses.

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