Yates family papers, 1678-1923 (inclusive), 1714-1868 (bulk).

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Yates family papers, 1678-1923 (inclusive), 1714-1868 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167359

Principals in this collection are the Yates family of Schenectady, New York, the Delancy family and James Duane (1733-1797) and his descendants. The major part of the papers is made up of financial and legal papers relating to land transactions in New York state between the 1760s and the 1820s.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022699

Yale University Library

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Duane, James, 1733-1797

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James Duane (February 6, 1733 – February 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father, attorney, jurist, and American Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation, a New York state senator, the 44th Mayor of New York City, the 1st post-colonial Mayor of New York City and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York. Duane was a signato...

Yates, Joseph Christopher, 1768-1837

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Delancy family.

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Yates family.

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James Duane: jurist, mayor; admitted to N.Y. bar, 1754; member of Committee of Correspondence, 1774; delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1784; member, N.Y. Provincial Convention, 1775, 1776, 1777; helped draft Articles of Confederation; advocated ratification of U.S. Constitution; first mayor of N.Y.C., 1784; member, N.Y. Senate, 1782-1785, 1789-1790; first U.S. judge, district of N.Y., 1789-1794. From the description of Yates family papers, 1678-1923 (inclusive), 1714-1868 (bulk). ...

Fuller, Charles, fl. 1845-1869.

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Yates, Christopher E. (Christopher Edward)

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Yates, Ann Elizabeth Delancy.

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