Horatio Seymour papers, 1675-1915

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

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George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent Democratic-Republican, Clinton served as the fourth vice president of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812. He also served as governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804. Along with John C. Calhoun, he is one of two vice presidents to hold office under two presidents. Clinton served in the French and Ind...

Fauconnier, Peter.

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Surveyor, New York. From the description of Diary and survey record book, 1664-1734. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58663959 ...

Collins family

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Cosby, William

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Epithet: Captain; late of Colonel Gooch's Regiment British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000220 ...

Delancey, Stephen.

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Bleecker family

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Abeel family

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Macomb, Alexander, 1748-1831

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Son of John Gordon and Jane (Gordon) Macomb, born in, July 27, 1748, at Dunturky, Atrium County, Ireland. He spent his youth in Albany, New York., and came to Detroit about 1765 with his brother, William (1751-1796), where they became leading merchants and were fiscal agents fr the British government. In July, 1776, they obtained Grosse Ile from the Native Americans. On May 4, 1773, he married Mary Catherine, daughter of Robert Navarre and Marie Louise (Lootman dit Barrois); they had eleven chil...

Antill, Edward, 1742-1789

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Bleecker, Rutger

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Rutger Bleecker (1745-1831) a wealthy Albany, New York merchant and land speculator was the son of Johannes Rutgerse and Elizabeth (Staats) Bleecker. He married Catharine Elmendorf and had five surviving children, Johannes (John Rutger) (1771-1849), surveyor, Peter Edmund (1774-1793), Elizabeth (Mrs. Peter Brinkeroff) (1777-1868), Maria (Mrs. Morris Smith Miller) (1780-1850), and Blandina (Mrs. Charles E. Dudley) (1783-?). Bleecker held property in Albany; Springfield Patent [Groesbeck Patent, S...

Holland, Edward.

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Epithet: of Epsom British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000108 ...

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1661-1723

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Colonial governor of New York (1702-1708) and New Jersey (1703-1708). From the description of Lord Cornbury collection, 1697-1709. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58781791 ...

Godwin, John

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Willson, Ebenezer

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Forman, Jonathan, 1755-1809

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Beginning in 1791, there was unrest in western Pennsylvania over the excise tax on whiskey. Whiskey was a product made from locally grown grain, and the tax hurt the livelihood of farmers. Western Pennsylvanians were geographically and politically isolated from the federal government in Philadelphia that often failed to protect them from Indian attacks. In 1794, these sentiments built into violence and President Washington called militias from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to q...

Morse, N.B., Jr.

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Collins, Edward.

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Livingston, Philip A., 1901-

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Colden, Cadwallader, MD; Lieutenant -Governor of New York 1761

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Epithet: MD; Lieutenant -Governor of New York 1761 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x000101 ...

DeLancey, Oliver.

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Johnson, William, 1715-1774

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British official in America. From the description of Receipt signed to an autograph letter signed (signature obliterated) dated Schonectady [sic] 24 December, 1764 : [n.p.], 1764 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496465 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnson Hall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487684 Sir William Johnson was a wealthy land owner and trader, controlling most of the lands in...