Asa Grant family papers, 1737-1920 (bulk 1788-1920).

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Asa Grant family papers, 1737-1920 (bulk 1788-1920).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406473360

This collection contains the papers of Asa Grant and family of Middletown, Delaware County, N.Y. It includes correspondence, legal / court documents, military papers, receipts, and deeds documenting Asa Grant's roles in the 174th Regiment of the 25th Brigade of Militia in New York State (and other brigades), and as Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and member of the New York State Assembly. It also includes personal papers of the Grant family, particularly correspondence, along with papers of the related Fisher and Waterbury families. One prominent subject was the property dispute between the Grants and Waterburys over Asa Grant's estate. Additionally, this collection contains wills and genealogy.

2 cu. ft. + 2 oversize folders.

Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N. Y.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428433

Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, N. Y.)

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Grant, Anna

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Fisher family.

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Fisher, Josiah.

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Waterbury family.

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New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

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The legislature had final authority over all land transactions and agreements with Indians. Petitions concerning such transactions and agreements were addressed to the legislature and referred to the assembly, which in turn referred the petition to various three-member committees or to the surveyor general or the comptroller. From the description of Petitions, correspondence and reports relating to Indians, 1783-1831. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 84144073 I...

Fisher, Elizabeth, 1970-

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Resident of Evanston, Ill. From the description of Papers, 1932-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965128 ...

Grant, Asa.

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Grant, Polly.

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Waterbury, Daniel.

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Fisher, Samuel.

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Grant family.

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