Hudson River chain papers, 1778-1898.

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Hudson River chain papers, 1778-1898.

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Copies of contract for construction of the iron chain laid across the Hudson River at West Point, 2 Feb. 1778, and agreement between Abel Noble and Peter Townsend, 22 June 1797; ALS, Daniel Jackson, New York, to Elizabeth J. Townsend, re the Hudson River chain, undated; two histories of the chain; and a newspaper clipping about the purchase of the chain by New York's mayor in 1898.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Noble, Abel.

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Townsend, Peter, -1783

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Sterling Iron Works.

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