Papers 1765-1808.

Huntington, Joseph, 1735-1794

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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...

Sargeant, John

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Epithet: bankrupt, of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x00020d ...

Moseley, Ebenezer, 1695-1773.

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Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808

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Clergyman and missionary among the Oneida Indians. From the description of Diary, 1799-1801. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50722511 Born in Norwich, Connecticut and educated at the College of New Jersey, Kirkland was a student of Eleazar Wheelock. He traveled to New York where he became a missionary to the Six Nations and the Oneida peoples for more than 40 years. Kirkland is credited with preventing several conflicts between native peoples and colonists. He ...

Frisbie, Levi, 1748-1806

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Levi Frisbie, clergyman, was born in Branford, Conn. in 1748. Frisbie was one of four students in the first graduating class (1771) of Dartmouth College. After studying divinity under President Eleazar Wheelock, he was ordained in 1772 and began work as a missionary among the Indians. Frisbie was installed as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Ipswich in 1776, where he continued until his death in 1806. From the description of Letter : Ipswich [Mass...

Avery, David, 1746-1818

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Fonda, Jellis, 1729-1791

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Mohawk Valley, N.Y. merchant. From the description of Letter, 1773 February 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486930 Landowner, merchant, and judge, of Montgomery County, New York. From the description of Account book, 1768-1778. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758367 Landowner, owner of a general store, and officer in local militia, in the Mohawk Valley, mid 18th century. From the description of Jelles Fonda...

Johnson, Samuel Y.

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Epithet: LLD, lexicographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000069 Epithet: Reverend; DD, of Stratford, in Connecticut; afterwards President of King's College, New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000250 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pers...

Eliot, Andrew, 1718-1778

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Andrew Eliot was born in Boston on December 21, 1718. He received from Harvard an AB in 1737 and an AM in 1740. He was ordained the pastor of the New North Church of Boston on April 14, 1742, and began a lifelong career as a respected and well-known minister. In 1758 he was appointed the clerk of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, and was elected to the Corporation in 1765. Eliot weathered the Revolutionary War in Boston, and at the request of General Washington made the official thanksgiving sermon ...

Huntington, Jonathan, 1771-1838

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Backus, Ebenezer, 1740-1828.

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Johnson, Jacob, 1721-1797

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Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823

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Henry Van Schaak was a loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letter, 1792 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122459022 Henry Van Schaack was a loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letter, 1785 September 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314898 From the description of Letter, 1795 August 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519766 American loyalist. Colonial...

Willes, Joshua.

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Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782

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Governor of Rhode Island. From the description of Nicholas Cooke correspondence, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452297 Cooke (1717-1782) was lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island from May-Oct 1775, and governor from Oct 1775- May 1778. From the description of Papers, 1775-1782. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372631 Cooke (1775-1782) was lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island from May-Oct 1775, and governor from Oct 1775- May 1778. ...

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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Governor and public official from Massachusetts. From the description of James Bowdoin papers, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980726 American politician, governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87; father of James Bowdoin, 1752-1811 From the guide to the James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan, 1786, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Dodge, Phineas.

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Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894

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Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779

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Eleazar Wheelock was born in Windham, Conn. in 1711. A Congregational minster, he was the founder and first president of Dartmouth College. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1779. From the description of Records, 1882-1965. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296583 American congregational divine. First president of Dartmouth College. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dartmouth College, 1773 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705874...

Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840

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John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840) was President of Harvard University from 1810-1828. From the description of My dear sir, permit me to introduce to you the bearer, Mr. McEwen of Philadelphia, a gentleman & a scholar, yours truly, J. T. Kirkland, 6 October [ca. 1800-1840]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77067915 John T. Kirkland (1770-1840) was the fifteenth President of Harvard University from November 14, 1810 to April 2, 1828. He led Harvard University thr...

Thornton, John, 1720-1790

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