Memoranda on American superstitions, undated.

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Memoranda on American superstitions, undated.

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Manuscript notes on superstitions, prophecies, and traditions compiled by Judge Furman. Also, newspaper clippings on American superstitions. Includes some notes on witchcraft.

.2 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854

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Gabriel Furman (January 23, 1800-November 11, 1854) was a respected historian of early Brooklyn. Among his works were the Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, on Long-Island (1824), still available in a recent reprint. Little is known of Furman's youth; he attended Columbia Academy in Bergen (now part of Jersey City), New Jersey, from 1814-1816. Professionally, Furman became a lawyer, having studied law beginning in 1823 in the office of Elisha W. King of Beekman ...