Duer family papers, ca. 1890-1955.

Duer, William, 1747-1799

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William Duer (March 18, 1743 – May 7, 1799) was a British-born American lawyer, developer, and speculator from New York City. A Federalist, Duer wrote in support of ratifying the United States Constitution as "Philo-Publius". He had earlier served in the Continental Congress and the convention that framed the New York Constitution. In 1778, he signed the United States Articles of Confederation and is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the county of Devon in England, Due...

Duer, Elizabeth Meads, 1844-1908.

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Elizabeth Meads Duer was the mother of Alice Duer Miller and Caroline King Duer. From the description of Elizabeth Meads Duer papers (1901-1906). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 275961421 ...

Barnard College

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Barnard College was given its first provisional charter by the Regents of the State of New York on Aug. 8, 1889. From the description of Barnard College charters and statutes, 1934-1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 275960020 Junior Month was a summer project in sociological theory and practice founded in 1917 and supervised by the Charity Organization Society of New York City. In a one month period juniors from twelve eastern colleges a...

Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)

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Duer, Hannah Maria Denning.

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Hoyt, Frances Maria Duer.

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Duer, James Gore King, 1841-

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Duer, William Alexander, 1780-1858

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American jurist and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Aaron O. Dayton, 1839 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870697 Originally commissioned in 1856, by 1862 Wabash was a permanent part of the Charleston blockade, operating out of Port Royal. That year, a landing party from it occupied St. Augustine, Florida; another manned a battery that bombarded Fort Pulaski, Georgia, forcing its surrender. Its howitzers supported land troops...

Duer family.

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William Duer (1747-1799) arrived in New York in 1767, settling on a tract of land north of Saratoga. Members of the Duer family include William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726-1783), Revolutionary General; William Duer, 1747-1799, Revolutionary patriot; and William Alexander Duer (1780-1858), jurist and president of Columbia College from 1829 until 1842. From the description of Papers, 1784-1937. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 265033256 ...

Duer, Caroline, 1865-1956

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Caroline King Duer was born in New York City and educated at Bishop Doane's School in Albany, N.Y. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Wilson (Meads) Duer and James Gore King. Alice Duer Miller was her sister. Caroline Duer Miller was an author of short stories, poems, plays and essays. With Alice Duer Miller, she co-authored a "Book of Verses" which ran through two editions. During World War I, she traveled to France in 1915, where she volunteered with the hospital at Ris Oragis, a village betwee...

Duerr family.

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Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942

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Alice (Maude) Duer Miller served as a Trustee of Barnard from 1922-1942, collaborating with Susan Myers-on " Barnard College; the First Fifty Years" published in 1939. She graduated from Barnard in 1899 and did graduate work in Mathematics at Columbia. Miller was an author, writing short stories, novels, screenplays and poetry. She acted in the film, "Soak the Rich." Miller was member of the Algonquin Roundtable a charter member of Alexander Woollcott's literary colony on Neshobe Island, Lake Bo...