Minute book, 1863-1866.

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Minute book, 1863-1866.

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Minutes of the Board of Trustees and copies of a few other documents concerning the beginnings of the Home for Disabled Soldiers in New York City (1863-1866). Trustees included Theodore Roosevelt, James Lenox, Benjamin H. Field, Frederic De Peyster, Andrew Warner, Frank Moore, Gen. Daniel Butterfield, and others. The final minutes in this volume report that a committee was being formed to look further into the feasability of the home after trustees heard discouraging news about similar projects. Inserted are several loose sheets with address and attendance information for the trustees.

1 v. (40 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901

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Butterfield was born on October 31, 1831 in Utica, New York. He attended Union Academy and then graduated in 1849, from Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he became a member of the Sigma Phi Society. That same year, his father, John Warren Butterfield, founded the express company of Butterfield, Wasson, and Co., which later became the American Express Company. After graduating, Daniel studied law but as he was too young to sit the New York bar exam, he toured the country instead. Upon...

Field, Benjamin H.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

de Peyster, Frederic, 1796-1882

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Lawyer and Master in Chancery, New York; President of The New-York Historical Society. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1829-1839]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663705 Lawyer, Master in Chancery, president of The New-York Historical Society. From the description of Master's register, 1830-1834, 1837-1844. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663476 ...

Warner, Andrew, 1806-1899

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Home for Disabled Soldiers (New York, N.Y.)

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Incorporated 1865. From the description of Minute book, 1863-1866. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58757716 ...

Lenox, James, 1800-1880

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American bibliophile and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newport, to George H. Moore, 1878 July 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596824 James Lenox (1800-1880) was an American philanthropist and book collector. In collaboration with Henry Stevens (1819-1886), an American book purchasing agent based in London, Lenox developed a fine collection of rare books, particularly Americana and early Bibles. His collection...