Devereux family papers, 1800-1950.

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Devereux family papers, 1800-1950.

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Correspondence, reports, surveys, clippings, account books, maps, deeds, and other records relating to lands owned, developed, and exchanged by Nicholas Devereux in New York State. These papers include references to to the Erie Railroad, the Rossie Lead Mining Company, the Bank of Ellicottville, James Le Ray de Chaumont, Nicholas Devereux and Company, Devereux Land Office, Ellicottville Land Office, the Holland Land Company, and to the establishment of a shoe factory and other commercial enterprises in Utica, New York. Family correspondence (c. 1800-1880) refers to the development of business in Utica, New York and the surrounding area, and to such subjects as the suffering of Catholics in Ireland, De Witt Clinton, the trial of General William Hull, Aaron Burr, the building of the Appian Way, banking affairs in Albany, New York, reactions to the War of 1812, the policies of James Madison, landlord problems in Chenango County, charitable work, Catholicism, and Nicholas Devereux's founding of the American College in Rome. Major correspondents include Benjamin C. Butler, James Clapp, John Devereux, Mary D. Devereux, Francis Kernan, Cornelia Pierrepont, William C. Pierrepont, the Butler family, Clapp family, William M. Morris, and Edward A. Wetmore.

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Le Ray de Chaumont, James, 1760-1841

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Entrepreneur. From the description of James Le Ray de Chaumont papers, 1781-1835. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934311 ...

Hull, William F.

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Ellicottville Land Office (Ellicottville, N.Y.)

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Madison, James, 1870-1943

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Nicholas Devereux and Company.

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Devereux, John, 1947-

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Devereux, Mary, -1914

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Clinton, DeWitt, 1805-1833

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Holland Land Company

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The office of the successor to the Holland Land Company in Chautauqua County was moved to Westfield after the Mayville office was burned in 1836; at that time William H. Seward succeeded William Peacock as agent. From the description of Records, [ca. 1807]-1871. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155440758 Abijah Gray, born 29 Mar. 1769, at Tisbury, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Evans, N.Y. He died in Evans, 6 Oct. 1846. From the...

Bank of Ellicottville (Ellicottville, N.Y.)

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Erie Railroad

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American College in Rome.

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Clapp, James Colt, 1823-1866

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Clapp family.

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Morris, William Mckinley

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William Morris, an early resident of Death Valley, California. He served on the board for the Las Vegas Department of Education in 1934. From the description of [William Morris Collection]. 1909-1936. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 493623123 Musician in the Continental Army; served in Captain William Tucker's Company, First Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia, New Jersey. From the description of Tune-book, 1776-1777. (New York Uni...

Devereux Land Office.

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Butler, Benjamin C.

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Rossie Lead Mining Company.

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Pierrepont, Cornelia.

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Pierrepont, William C.

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Capitalist. From the description of Pierrepont, William C papers, 1850-1872. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155435943 ...

Burr, Aaron, 1716-1757

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Clergyman and college president. From the description of Deed for sale of land in Fairfield township, Conn., 1738. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452376 Aaron Burr was born on January 4, 1716, to Daniel and Elizabeth Burr in Upper Meadows, Connecticut. He excelled in languages and sciences at Yale College, from which he graduated in 1735. He stayed at Yale for an additional year to study theology, supported by the Berkeley Foundation, during which he became in...

Kernan, Francis, 1816-1892

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Devereux family.

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Nicholas Devereux (1808-1848) was a businessman and real estate developer. From the description of Devereux family papers, 1800-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934101 ...

Butler family.

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Wetmore, Edward A.

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Devereux, Nicholas, 1808-1848

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