Collection, 1796-1808.

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Collection, 1796-1808.

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The Yale Collection is composed of letters, accounts and legal briefs relating to the estate of John Christopher Hartwick. Most of the documents seem to have belonged at one time to the Rev. John C. Kunze, the first director of the Hartwick Seminary. The papers document early problems the executors and curators encountered in establishing the institution and in defining the role of the trustees.

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Hartwick College, Stevens-German Library

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Hartwick College, Stevens-German Library

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