Freligh family papers, 1773-1959.

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Freligh family papers, 1773-1959.

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This collection consists primarily of the legal, financial and personal papers of Dr. Michael Freligh, his son George W. Freligh, and his grandson Abram Freligh. They date from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The family's ownership of property in Albany County is documented by an extensive file of real estate indentures and estate records and a selection of survey maps, while their everyday living expenses are documented by numerous bills and receipts. A collection of Dr. Michael Freligh's correspondence documents his personal life, family relationships and religious outlook; it contains a letter from his brother John describing the burning of Plattsburgh, N.Y. during the War of 1812.

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Freligh, Michael, 1770-1853.

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Schenectady Railway Company.

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Freligh, George J.

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Freligh, Abram W., d. 1912.

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Rand, Julia Fort Freligh, d. 1959.

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Freligh, George W., d. 1881.

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Freligh, John G.

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Freligh family

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Members of the Freligh family lived in the Niskayuna area during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Dr. Michael Freligh, the son of George J. Freligh of Dutchess County, N.Y., was born in 1770. He settled in Niskayuna in 1788. Freligh served as Albany County Coroner, and in 1815 he was elected to the Assembly of the City and County of Albany. He died in 1853. Michael's brother John Freligh settled in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where he witnessed the burning of Plattsburgh during the War...