Wyeth, Nathaniel J, 1830-1916 papers, 1862-1889.

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Wyeth, Nathaniel J, 1830-1916 papers, 1862-1889.

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Papers of a Staten Island attorney and member of the New York State Assembly from 1867-72, including campaign posters and handbills from his bids for county judge, 1875 and 1887; papers from legal cases he handled, 1862-79; manuscript and printed legislation pertaining to Richmond County, 1867-72; letters received concerning legal, professional, and legislative matters, 1873-89; letters, minutes, proxies, and clippings of the Staten Island Bridge Company, 1870-76; and ephemera from local organizations, including the Richmond County Agricultural Society, 1864-69.

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Wyeth, Nathaniel J. (Nathaniel Jarvis), 1830-1916

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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth was born near Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 29, 1802, the son of Jacob Wyeth and Elizabeth Jarvis. He had at least three siblings, including Jacob and Leonard. The elder Jacob Wyeth operated the Fresh Pond Hotel. Nathaniel joined him in managing the hotel in the mid-1820s and married Elizabeth Jarvis Stone, a cousin, in 1824. During the winters, he collected ice from a nearby pond, which led to his invention of a horse-drawn ice cutter; he sold the patent in 1832. I...