Randall's Island legal papers, 1770-1771.

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Randall's Island legal papers, 1770-1771.

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Legal briefs, affidavits, copies of cross examinations of witnesses, depositions, attorney's notes, narratives, and similar papers, 1770-1771, arising from suits protesting the proving of the will of St. George Talbot, and disputing title to land on Little Barn Island (now Randall's Island), mostly directed against William Harrison, but involving John Livingston, Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, Rachel Gould, Nicholas William Stuyvesant, John Morin Scott, Philip J. Livingston, et al.

1 box (ca. 90 items)

New-York Historical Society

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Gould, Rachel

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Leaming, Jeremiah, 1717-1804

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Livingston, John A.

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A tract of land in Greene and Schoharie Counties, N.Y. originally granted to John Morin Scott. John Livingston was a member of the wealthy Livingston family of Columbia County, N.Y. From the description of Scott's patent papers, 1770-1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122458673 ...

Livingston, Philip J.

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Harrison, William, 1933-2013

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Tenor. From the description of Signature, dated : [London], 30 September 1840, 1840, Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270957407 ...

Talbot, St. George, b. 1662

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Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784

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John Morin Scott (1730 – September 14, 1784) was a lawyer, military officer, and statesman before, during and after the American Revolution. Born in Manhattan, Scott attended public school in New York before graduating from Yale College. After graduation from Yale and further study, he was admitted to the New York bar association in 1752, and practiced law in Manhattan. In 1752, along with William Livingston and William Smith, he founded a weekly journal, the Independent Reflector. From 1756 ...

Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, d. 1780.

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