Family papers, 1735-1869 (bulk 1760-1800).

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Family papers, 1735-1869 (bulk 1760-1800).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58662750

Papers of De Lancey, his family, and descendents (bulk 1760-1800). Collection includes bills and receipts for goods and services, accounts of his land holdings, correspondence to De Lancey while in England relating to his estates in New York, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, correspondence about his attempt to get compensation for his confiscated lands, legal papers involving De Lancey while in the United States, and papers of his descendents relating to cases involving his will and his estates in America. Frequent correspondents of his include Miers Fischer and James Rivington.

1.5 linear ft. (ca. 615 items)

Churchill County Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7768334

Churchill County Museum

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De Lancey, James, 1732-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg2v70 (person)

Loyalist, colonial politician, and turfman of New York City, later removing to England at the outbreak of the American Revolution. After the war he became active in working to help get compensation from the British government for loyalists whose property was confiscated by the Americans. From the description of Family papers, 1735-1869 (bulk 1760-1800). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58662750 James De Lancey served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province (Colony) ...

Delancey family.

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Rivington, James, 1724-1802

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English-American printer and bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Peter Van Scheeck of Kundahook, 1791 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Samuel Galloway, 1768 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655295 James Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist in London and New York. Publisher of a prominent Loyalist newspaper, he was later disco...

Fischer, Miers.

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