What might have been expected : album, 1837-1870.

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What might have been expected : album, 1837-1870.

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Album of verse, reminiscences, photographs, and miscellaneous writings about "Willowbrook," the home of Enos Thompson Throop Martin, on Owasco Lake, near Auburn, New York, and various events and persons connected with it, kept by Martin's daughter, Cornelia Eliza Martin. Numerous photographs include images of the house and grounds and portraits of acquaintances and members of the Martin family. Text includes transcribed copies of Martin family correspondence and lengthy descriptions of marriages and Christmas celebrations held at the Martin home, including an account of the marriage of Emily Martin and Emory Upton written by Grenville Tremaine, as well as a description of his own marriage to Lily Martin. Guests at "Willowbrook include Warren Hatch, John Van Buren, and members of the Ten Eyck, Throop, and Quackenbush families, among many others. Several pages ornamented with hand painted illuminations and decorations rendered in watercolor. Title taken from manuscript title page.

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Martin, Cornelia Williams, 1818-1899

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Cornelia Williams Martin, a native of Utica, NY, and heiress to a mercantile fortune. On June 1, 1837 she wed the prominent attorney and journalist Enos Thompson Throop Martin. The couple settled at "Willowbrook" on Lake Owasco near Auburn, NY. In 1877 Martin founded "The Army and Navy Auxiliary" in Washington, DC, which later became the Woman's Army and Navy League....

Ten Eyck family.

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Throop family.

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Quackenbush family.

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Martin, Enos Thompson Throop.

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Hatch, Warren L.

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Van Buren, John, 1810-1866

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Lawyer. He denounced fugitive slave law, delegate to nearly all Democratic state conventions between 1836-1848. From the description of Letter, 1851 January 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582906 John Van Buren (1810-1866) was son of the United States President, Martin Van Buren and served as New York State Attorney General from 1845 to 1847. Susan Foster Vanderpoel (1832-1907) was his brother-in-law's wife. From the description of John Van Buren and Vander...

Willowbrook (House)

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Martin family.

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Tremaine, Grenville.

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Upton, Emory, 1839-1881

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American soldier, author and tactician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Point, to [William W. Belknap], 1875 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573880 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Point, to William W. Belknap, 1870 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573884 Army officer. From the description of Emory Upton correspondence, 1867 November 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981244 ...