Robert Watts papers, 1692-1839 (bulk 1778-1839).

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Robert Watts papers, 1692-1839 (bulk 1778-1839).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781746

Robert Watts papers, 1692-1839 (bulk 1778-1839), consisting of deeds and legal documents, as well as family correspondence and other miscellaneous papers. There are wills, deeds, field notes, bills of exchange and miscellaneous legal documents related to the family's landholdings in New York City, New York State, and New Jersey. There is also a paper containing the Lord's Prayer in Chinese, written in 1839 by Yong Mon-Chun Akum, a Chinese Christian who was the first foreign student to attend Williams College. Most of the correspondence relates to the Hon. John Watts; his sons, Robert and John Jr.; and Robert's sons Robert Jr. and Dr. John Watts. Included in the collection are 73 letters from the senior John Watts to his sons, written from London during 1778-1789; 23 letters from Dr. John Watts to his father, Robert, written from London and Edinburgh, 1808-1810; 15 letters from Ann (Watts) Kennedy, daughter of the senior John Watts, and 56 letters from her husband, Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassillis, during 1784-1792, to Robert Watts; 44 letters to Robert Watts from Jonathan Mallet, written from London and other English towns; and other family and business correspndence.

1.6 linear feet (4 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771356

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Williams College

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Watts, John, 1749-1836

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Watts family.

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Watts family of New York City and England. Hon. John Watts was a merchant and member of the Governor's Council in New York Province, who returned to England in 1775. His son John Watts, Jr. was a New York attorney and land speculator; his other son, Robert, had two sons also named Robert and John. From the description of Robert Watts papers, 1692-1839 (bulk 1778-1839). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58781746 ...

Watts, Robert, 1743-1814.

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Watts, John, 1786-1831

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Physician, President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1826-1831, Trustee of Columbia College, 1824-1831, alumnus of Columbia College, 1804. Watts was graduated from Edinburgh College in 1809 and served as an army surgeon during the War of 1812. He was John Jay's family physician. From the description of Papers, 1806-1888. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122529197 ...

Cassillis, Ann Watts Kennedy, Countess of, d. 1793.

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Watts, Robert, 1784-1850.

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Cassillis, Archibald Kennedy, Earl of, d. 1794.

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Mallet, Jonathan.

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Watts, John, 1715-1789

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Merchant and member of the Governor's Council of New York. Watts had business connections in the West Indies and England and with contractors for supplying money and provisions to British forces in the Colonies. From the description of Letter book, 1762, Jan. 1-1765, Dec. 22. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58661293 ...