Manuscript Group 25, Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1664-1956

Gould, Jay, 1836-1892

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Jay Gould (1826-1892) was an American financier and railroad entrepreneur. Jason Gould was born May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, New York to Mary (Moore) and John Burr Gould. As a young man, Gould helped prepare maps of several counties in New York, Ohio and Michigan. In 1856, he wrote History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, a work which explored the local history of the region. Around 1857, Gould opened a tannery in northern Pennsylvania. He soon began speculating in small railways....

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Hornblower, Josiah, 1729-1809

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Josiah Hornblower (February 23, 1729 – January 21, 1809) was an English-born American engineer and statesman. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786. Born in Staffordshire, England, he studied mechanics and mathematics as a young man. In 1745, he started working for his elder brother Jonathan as an engineering apprentice. They went to Cornwall, England and built Newcomen steam engines for use in tin mines. Josiah became an expert in both the engines and ...

Frelinghuysen, Frederick, 1753-1804

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Frederick Frelinghuysen (April 13, 1753 – April 13, 1804) was an American lawyer, soldier, and senator from New Jersey. A graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Frederick went on to become an officer during the American Revolutionary War. In addition, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1793 until 1796, and served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1801. Born near Somer...

Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794

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Abraham Clark (February 15, 1726 – September 15, 1794) was an American Founding Father, politician, slave owner, and Revolutionary War figure. He was a delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the United States House of Representatives in both the Second and Third United States Congress, from March 4, 1791, until his death in 1794. Clark was born in Elizabethtown in the Province of New Jersey. His father, Thomas Cl...

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Livingston, William, 1723-1790

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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician who served as the first non-Colonial governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Albany, New York, Livingston received his early education from local schools and tutors. At age...

Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

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Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer, and politician from Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence, and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution. Born on his family's farm, "Byfield", on St. Jones Neck in East Dover Hu...

Duer, William, 1747-1799

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William Duer (March 18, 1743 – May 7, 1799) was a British-born American lawyer, developer, and speculator from New York City. A Federalist, Duer wrote in support of ratifying the United States Constitution as "Philo-Publius". He had earlier served in the Continental Congress and the convention that framed the New York Constitution. In 1778, he signed the United States Articles of Confederation and is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the county of Devon in England, Due...

Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778

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Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts. He was also a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence, thus becoming one of the Founding Fathers of the Unit...

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

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Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 [O.S. September 21, 1737] – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, judge, author and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the Col...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...

Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825

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Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was an American politician. He was the fourth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Born in Scarsdale, New York, Tompkins practiced law in New York City after graduating from Columbia College. He was a delegate to the 1801 New York constitutional convention and served on the New York Supreme Court from 1804 to 1807. In 1807, he defeated incumbent Morgan Lewis to become the...

Cothreal, Henry

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Stokes, Edward C. (Edward Casper), 1860-1942

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Rankin, William, 1787-1869

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Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

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Delegate to U.S. Continental Congress, Connecticut public official, and Army officer. From the description of Joseph Trumbull papers, 1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980663 ...

Chandler, Joseph R. (Joseph Ripley), 1792-1880

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B. Kingston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1872, d. Philadelphia, July 10, 1880, journalist, congressman, editor, president of Girard College, U.S. Minister to the Two Sicilies, 1858-1860; interested in prison reform, was delegate to International Prison Congress held in London in 1872. From the description of Letter to R.S. Beardsley, 1847 October 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56830985 Joseph Ripley Chandler (1792-1880) served in the United States House of Representat...

Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888

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U.S. attorney general. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster correspondence, 1850-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451368 U.S. attorney general from 1881-1885. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster letters, 1882-1886. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936782 ...

Elmer, Lucius Q. C. (Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus), 1793-1883

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Lawyer, judge, delegate to Continental Congress, and U.S. senator, of Bridgeton, N.J. From the description of Diary, 1810-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28408644 ...

Drake, Zephaniah

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Carteret, Philip, 1639-1682

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Carteret was the first governor of New Jersey (1672-1682). From the description of Philip Carteret collection, 1672-1874. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83663601 ...

Voorhees, Ralph, 1838-1907

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Philanthropist, of New Jersey; became blind, 1864-1867; married Elizabeth Nevius Rodman, 1887. From the description of Diary, 1821-1866 (inclusive) 1860 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122477892 ...

Paterson, William, 1745-1806

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Patterson immigrated from Ireland as a child, and practiced law from 1769. He was attorney general of New Jersey (1776-1783), a member of the Constitutional Convention (1787), and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1793-1806). From the description of Letters to George Simpson, 1796, 1806. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339803 William Paterson (1745-1806), was a prominent New Jersey attorney, senator (1789), and governor (1791) who became an associa...

Pitney, Mahlon, 1858-1924

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Speed, James, 1812-1887

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James Speed was a friend and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him attorney general in 1864 and he supported Lincoln's moderate treatment of the southern states until Lincoln's death. He then became a radical republican who was a critic of Andrew Johnson. From the description of Speed, James 1812-1887 1863-1876 Papers. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49236177 Louisville lawyer, state legislator, politician, and U.S. attorney general. ...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Driscoll, Alfred E., 1902-

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Whitehead, William A. (William Adee), 1810-1884

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Burnet, William, 1688-1729

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Burnet was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (1720-1728) and Massachusetts (1728). From the description of [Document] 1721 Dec. 6, New York / W. Burnet. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 175301317 Colonial Governor of New York. From the description of Document signed : New York, 1724 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536635 From the description of Document signed : New York, 17...

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, was a British writer, historian and statesman. Born in Belfast, he was educated at Glasgow University and later Oxford, he practiced law briefly, but returned to Oxford as a professor of civil law. He served in Parliament for many years, and held several government positions, including Ambassador to the United States. A renowned historian, he was also a productive writer of travel books, law tracts, and political theory. Universally admired and liked, an obituary...

Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873

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New Jersey lawyer, politician, and diplomat. In 1838 he was elected to Congress, but because of irregularities in the returns, he and several other winning candidates were not confirmed. The dispute, which became known as the Broad Seal War, was finally settled in their favor by the courts. From the description of ALsS : Trenton, N.J., to Aaron Ogden Dayton, 1839-1845. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506970 Attorney in Trenton, N.J., Governor of New ...

Young, Isaac

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Isaac Young was a butcher in Irvington, New Jersey in 1807. From the description of Isaac Young daybook, 1807. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53922313 Epithet: Chief Sanitary Inspector Battersea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000322 ...

Dodd, Amzi, 1793-1838

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Lawyer, public prosecutor, and state legislator, of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1785-1840. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954608 Amzi Dodd was the son of United States Army General John Dodd. He attended the College of New Jersey in Princeton, graduating with honors in 1813, and read law in the office of Joseph C. Hornblower. Dodd moved to Newark and set up a legal practice there, and he experienced immediate success. As his r...

Wurts, George W. (George Washington), 1843-1928

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina Grimké, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...

Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832

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American poet and newspaper editor. From the description of Papers of Philip Morin Freneau [manuscript], 1778-1799. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812355 Philip Morin Freneau is usually referred to as the poet of the American Revolution. Born in New York, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1771. Although Freneau had produced several poems before college, it was the experience of pre-Revolutionary-War Princeton that tur...

Pennington, William, 1796-1862

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William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843, and served as Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1813 and then studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and served as a clerk of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (where his...

Morris, Robert, approximately 1745-1815

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Son of Robert Hunter Morris. Chief justice of New Jersey Supreme Court 1777-1779; U.S. district judge for New Jersey 1789-1814. From the description of ALS : to Richard Varick, 1781 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489368 Jurist. From the description of Letter of Robert Morris, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456063 ...

Price, Rodman M. (Rodman McCamley), 1816-1894

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Price was born on May 5, 1816 in Sussex County, NJ; attended College of NJ; served in US Navy with Commodore Sloat's squadron on the west coast of Mexico in 1846, read the proclamation of the annexation of CA from the custom house in Monterey, CA; became alcade of Monterey; was member of the first San Francisco Municipal Council, the CA Constitutional Convention (1849), and a member of the House of Representatives (1851-53); served as governor of NJ, 1854-57; he died on June 7, 1894 in Sussex Co...

Howell, Richard, 1754-1802

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Epithet: alias 'Curio'; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000222 ...

Remsen, Henry, 1736-1792

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Merchant of New York City. From the description of Ledger, 1791-1797. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774752 ...

Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Papers, 1836-1937. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 84019822 Bradley served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870-1892. From the description of Letters and autograph of Joseph P. Bradley, 1870-1891. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339480 Joseph P. Bradley, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born of English descent in Berne...

Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882

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Born in Freeport, Illinois, Charles J. Guiteau was connected with the Oneida Community but later sued them. He was admitted to the Bar of Illinois but mostly worked as a bill collector. He was interested in law, theology and politics. He assassinated President James Garfield for which crime he was hanged in 1882. From the description of Papers, 1877-1881. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 22761008 Guiteau, a lawyer and supporter of the "Stalwart" faction o...

Olden, Charles S. (Charles Smith), 1799-1876

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Governor of New Jersey. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trenton, to Lieut. W.A. Robeling, 1862 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611416 ...

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

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Sutter, California pioneer, had gold discovered on his estate in 1848, prompting the Gold Rush. From the description of ALS, 1856 September 7 : Hock Farm, to Colonel (James G.G.F. Warren?). (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16723069 From the description of ALS, 1851 June 25 : Hock Farm, to General John Wilson, San Francisco. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16722847 American pioneer. Owner of Sutter's mill where gold was ...

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1661-1723

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Colonial governor of New York (1702-1708) and New Jersey (1703-1708). From the description of Lord Cornbury collection, 1697-1709. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58781791 ...

Parker, Cortlandt, 1818-1907

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Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Cortlandt Parker, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454842 ...

Stratton, Charles C. (Charles Creighton), 1796-1859

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Aaron, Samuel, 1800-1865

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Canfield, Frederick A. (Frederick Alexander), 1849-1926

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Calvert, John, 1852-1928

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Epithet: of Add MS 36048 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0002c1 John Betts Calvert (1852-1928) was a Baptist minister and editor. From the description of John Calvert papers, 1876-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122532143 From the guide to the John Calvert papers, 1876-1879, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Epithet: of Add MS 32879 ...

Tucker, Samuel, 1747-1833

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Continental navy officer. From the description of Papers of Samuel Tucker, 1777-1781. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80033141 Tucker was a commodore in the American navy during the Revolutionary War. From the description of Papers, 1774-1847. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 84883442 From the description of Papers, 1774-1847. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373261 From the guide to the Papers, 1774-1847., (...

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...

Rutherfurd, John, 1760-1840

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Prominent landowner, New York and New Jersey. From the description of John Rutherfurd papers, 1726-1835 (bulk 1775-1835). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58776374 ...

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Wyehe, George, 1726-1806.

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Macwhorter, Alexander, 1734-1807

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Alexander MacWhorter graduated Princeton University in 1757; was D.D. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, N.J. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1803-1806. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 79063252 Alexander Macwhorter (1734-1807) was a Presbyterian minister of Scottish descent. His maternal ancestors were among the first emigrants from Scotland to the North of Ireland, and his direct maternal ancestors and their children were wi...

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...

Wood, John, 1775?-1822

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John Wood was a professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary. From the description of Vocabulary of the language of the Nottoway tribe of Indians, 1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466345 ...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Condict, Silas, 1766-1848

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Bergen, Frank, 1851-1934

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Van Arsdale, Elias, 1770-1846

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Newell, William A. (William Augustus), 1817-1901

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Low, Seth, 1850-1916

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Mayor of Brooklyn, Mayor of New York, and President of Columbia College (later Columbia University), 1890-1901. From the description of Papers, 1870-1930. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482691 President of Columbia University. From the description of Typed letter : New York, to Ida B. Forbes, 1898 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270593321 Mayor of N.Y.C. and President of Columbia University. From...

Colgate, William, 1783-1857

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Soap manufacturer who founded the Colgate Company, New York City. From the description of Housebooks, 1841-1853. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58662007 ...

Auten, A. J.

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Long, John Davis, 1838-1915

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U.S. secretary of the navy and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Letters and signature of John Davis Long, 1885-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014961 ...

Vail, George, 1809-1875

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Joralemon, J. N.

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Dickerson, Philemon, 1788-1862

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Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828

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Lawyer, politician, and landowner, of Princeton, N.J. From the description of Degree, 1783 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965716 ...

Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Parker, James, 1725-1797

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James Parker (1725-1797), the son of Janet Johnstone (d.1741) and John Parker (1693-1732), served on the northern frontier during the French and Indian War as a young man. Sometime after 1746, he left the army and partnered with Beverly Robinson and Andrew Johnston in a mercantile business. The company traded with the West Indies and in 1750-1751, Parker traveled to Jamaica for business reasons. Soon after this trip he settled in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to manage the family estate, which include...