Letterbooks and catalog, 1790-1835.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

Hornblower, Josiah, 1729-1809

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Josiah Hornblower (February 23, 1729 – January 21, 1809) was an English-born American engineer and statesman. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786. Born in Staffordshire, England, he studied mechanics and mathematics as a young man. In 1745, he started working for his elder brother Jonathan as an engineering apprentice. They went to Cornwall, England and built Newcomen steam engines for use in tin mines. Josiah became an expert in both the engines and ...

Harrison, William, 1685-1713

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Attorney and land spculator, New York City. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1815-ca. 1872]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58670117 English poet and diplomat. From the description of Letters, 1711 June 15-1712 Sept. 8. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22687196 ...

Short, William, 1759-1849

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William Short was born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1759, the son of William Short and Elizabeth (Skipwith) Short. He graduated in 1779 from the College of William and Mary where he had been one of the founders of Phi Beta Kappa. He acted as Thomas Jefferson's private secretary in Paris and as secretary of legation and charge d'affairs. He was minister to The Hague. He participated in negotiations of the Pinchney Treaty with Spain. Short died in 1849. From the guide to the William S...

Ogden, Gouverneur, 1778-1851.

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Horton, Hiram.

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Wickham, William, 1732-1814.

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Attorney of New York City and Goshen, New York. From the description of William Wickham papers, 1751-1850. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780199 Attorney, New York City and Goshen, Orange County, New York. Father of George Duncan Wickham. From the description of Journal and agenda, 1759, July-1767, Dec. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660378 From the description of Records of indentures and lan...

Howland, Humphrey

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Bostwick, Isaac, 1759-1808

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Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837

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United States. Attorney (New York)

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Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, and jurist. From the description of Letter of Oliver Phelps, 1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450050 Oliver Phelps was from Suffield, Connecticut. In the late 1780s, he formed a partnership with Nathaniel Gorham to speculate in land in western New York. Phelps was also involved in land speculation in other parts of the United States. From the description of Bills and accounts [Photost...

Montrésor, John, 1736-1799

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Epithet: Chief Engineer to the Forces in N America British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x0001c9 Chief engineer of the British army. Served in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War. Built fort at Lake Erie, appointed chief engineer in America 1775, constructed lines of defense at Philadelphia. From the description of Correspondence of John Montrésor, 1758-1763. (Detroit Public Libr...

Cady, Daniel, 1773-1859

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Morris, Robert, approximately 1745-1815

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Son of Robert Hunter Morris. Chief justice of New Jersey Supreme Court 1777-1779; U.S. district judge for New Jersey 1789-1814. From the description of ALS : to Richard Varick, 1781 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489368 Jurist. From the description of Letter of Robert Morris, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456063 ...

Gilbert, Benjamin, 1755-1828

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Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Gilbert was born in 1755 to Lucy Barns and Daniel Gilbert in Brookfield, Massachusetts. In 1775, Gilbert enlisted as a fifer in the Brookfield company of minutemen, led by his uncle Joseph Gilbert. He joined Captain Daniel Shays' company of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment as a sergeant in 1777. He served in upper New Jersey in the fall of 1780 and spent the winter at West Point. Joining Lafayette's troops in February 1781, he saw action at Trenton, ...

Reade, John, active 1789-1803

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Lawyer, of Dutchess County, New York. From the description of Letters received, 1789-1803 (inclusive) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155036992 ...

Van Vechten, Abraham, 1762-1837

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Abraham Van Vechten, son of Teunis and Judijke (Ten Broeck); Van Vechten attended Kings College (now Columbia). He was admitted to New York Bar in 1785, and practiced law at Albany, N.Y. He was a member of the New York State Senate and Assembly, served as New York State Attorney General and attended the state constitutional convention in 1821. From the description of Opinion regarding the Greenbush Lutheran Church lands. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617560 ...

Fine, John, 1784-1867

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Harison, Richard.

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Attorney and land speculator, New York City. From the description of Letterbooks and catalog, 1790-1835. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58670039 ...

Rhinelander, Frederick

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De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839

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Revolutionary soldier, director of the U.S. Mint, South Carolina legislator, and judge of the Chancery Court in South Carolina, from Charleston. From the description of Papers, 1788-1916. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19491506 Jurist; Federalist; director, U.S. Mint, 1795; member, Pennsylvania bar; S.C. state representative and senator; of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837. (University of South Ca...

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...

Butterworth, Joseph, 1770-1826

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Epithet: of Rochdale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x0001dc ...

Palmer, Beriah, 1740-1812

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Miller, Morris S. (Morris Smith), 1779-1824

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Lawyer, public official. From the description of Morris S. Miller letter, 1819. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934607 ...

Cooper, William, 1754-1809

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Founder of Cooperstown, N.Y., member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York State, and first judge of the Otsego County, N.Y. Court of Common Pleas. Cooper was the father of author James Fenimore Cooper. From the description of Letter, 1792 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486944 From the description of Letter, 1792 October 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617685 From the description of Letter, 1792 April 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...