Schieffelin family papers, 1779-1992.

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Schieffelin family papers, 1779-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702132813

The papers document the Jacob Schieffelin family of New York and Pennsylvania, and their involvment with land development and real estate in Tioga and Lycoming counties, Pennsylvania, mining in the West, and the founding of Tombstone, Arizona. The papers of Clinton Schieffelin contain information on mining in California and Oregon as well as in Indian affairs in the Rogue River Valley. Edward L. Schieffelin's papers describe silver mining in Arizona, and gold prospecting in Alaska. The collection contains two diaries of Denison A. Lockwood, a friend of the family from Tioga, Pennsylvania. His diaries describe an 1849 voyage on the ship Morrison which he, Jacob, and Jacob's sons, Edward and Alfred, took to California via Cape Horn.

4.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Tombstone Mill and Mining Company.

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H. H. Schieffelin & Co.

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Schieffelin, Richard Lawrence, 1801-1889.

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Pioneer (Ship : 1946-1966)

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Schieffelin, Clinton Emanuel Del Pela, 1823-1884.

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Lockwood, Denison A., 1811-

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Schieffelin, Jacob, 1757-1835

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British army officer; later a pharmacist in New York, N.Y. From the description of Jacob Schieffelin papers, 1780-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980965 Schieffelin was secretary to Henry Hamilton in Detroit; later removed to New York City, where he became a successful merchant. Jacob Schieffelin, son of Jacob (b. Walheim, Germany, Feb. 4, 1732) and Regina Yargaretha K. Ritschauerin (b. Milhaus Ender Ense, Germany, Sep. 9, 1731), was born in P...

Schieffelin, Elizabeth Wellborn

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Schieffelin family.

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Schieffelin, Edward, 1847-1897

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Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was born on October 8, 1847 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In 1849 his father Clinton Schieffelin and uncle-in-law Joe Walker headed west to try their luck in the gold fields of California. Eventually, the two purchased property along the Rogue River in Oregon, and in 1856 a young Edward and his family moved west to join his father in Jackson County, Oregon. As a young man Schieffelin prospected all over the North American West, but his biggest find came in 1877 when ...

Schieffelin, Edward Girard, 1836-1922.

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Morrison (Ship)

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Guernsey, John

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United States. Army. Infantry. Pennsylvania Regiment, 45th.

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Schieffelin, Hannah Lawrence, 1758-1838.

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Brady, Mary Schieffelin, 1895-

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Schieffelin, Jacob, 1793-1880.

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The Schieffelin Family represented in this collection spans four generations. Jacob Schieffelin, married to Hannah Lawrence, lived in New York City and ran a pharmecutical business. His son Jacob married Elizabeth Berard, and eventually moved to Tioga County, Pennsylvania, where he acted as a real estate agent and land developer. His son Clinton traveled and mined in the midwest and California, finally settling in Jackson County, Oregon. Clinton's brother Edward Girard stayed in Pennsylvania, se...