Family papers, O-P, 1834-1938.

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Family papers, O-P, 1834-1938.

Family papers, O-P, 1834-1938.

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Papers of or about individuals from the Port Jefferson area or connected with Port Jefferson history, including members of the Oakes, Orth, Overton and Pray families. Items of note include a contract with David B. Bayles to build a schooner for Decatur Oakes, 1853, and genealogical material on the Oakes family; school copybook of Esther Ann Overton, 1834; a diary of Elbert B. Overton as a seaman on the schooner Harriet Thomas on a voyage from New York to Mobile, Alabama, with a description of a storm in which the main mast was splintered by lightning, 1867, plus estate papers of Elbert B. Overton, 1908, and Esther A. Overton, 1930; and miscellaneous bills and receipts for the estates of Abby Pray, 1887-1888.

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