Peter Van Schaack papers, 1776-1841.

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Peter Van Schaack papers, 1776-1841.

Chiefly letters received by Peter Van Schaack after his return to New York together with a few letters of Henry Van Schaack. Correspondents include Loring Andrews, Cadwallader Colden, Abraham Cuyler, James Duane, Edmund Fanning, Jacob Ford, Ezekiel Gilbert, Henry Glen, Richard Harrison, John Sloss Hobart, John Honeywood, Moses Kent, Peter Robert Livingston, George D. Ludlow, Hosea Moffitt, Roger Morris, Thomas Morris, William Powers, Caleb S. Riggs, Theodore Sedgwick, Philip Skene, Robert Troup, John E. Van Alen, John Van Rensselaer, John Watts, Oliver Wendell, and John C. Wynkoop.

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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...

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

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Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1802 and served there the rest of his life. Born in West Hartford in the Connecticut Colony, Sedg...

Kent, Moses

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Wendell, Oliver, 1733-1818

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Troup, Robert, 1757-1832

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Soldier, jurist, and land agent. From the description of Robert Troup letter, 1822 Sept. 28. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71130654 From the description of Robert Troup correspondence, 1780-1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981043 Epithet: Sergeant; 78th Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000393 Revolutionary officer, lawyer in Albany a...

Skene, Philip, approximately 1720-1810

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Born in Scotland, arrived in North America 1756 with British troops during French and Indian Wars; received land patent for 29,000 acres in 1765 near Lake Champlain; established Skenesboro (now Whitehall, N.Y.); loyalist during American Revolution. From the description of Papers, 1765-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155466738 ...

Cuyler, Abraham, 1742-1810

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Riggs, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith), 1756-1825

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Harrison, Richard, 1750-1841

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Auditor general of the U.S. Treasury, 1791-1836. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Manuel de Gayoso [i.e. Manuel Gayoso de Lemos], Natches, 1792 Feb. 16. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37900935 Public official and agent. From the description of Letterbook of Richard Harrison, 1782-1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82844683 ...

Gilbert, Ezekiel, 1756-1841

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Morris, Thomas, 1771-1849

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Lawyer, politician. Morris practiced law at Canandaigua, N.Y. He was a member of the New York State Assembly and the U. S. House of Representatives. From the description of Land settlement letters, 1792-1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122520029 Lawyer, politician. Member of the New York State Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (State). From the description of Letter, 1793 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486951 La...

Colden, Cadwallader, 1722-1797

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Cadwallader Colden II, son of Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden of New York from 1762-1776, lived in the precinct of Hanover, Ulster County, New York. In addition to farming, surveying and mercantile interests, he held a number of positions including: major during the French and Indian War; judge with the Ulster County Court of Common Pleas, 1769-1775; and justice of the peace, 1769-1775. His life changed dramatically with the coming of the American Revolution. In early 1776 he was arrested...

Hobart, John Sloss, 1738-1805

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Senator, jurist. From the description of Letter, 1793 September 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122578548 ...

Glen, Henry, 1739-1814

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Henry Glen (1739-1814) was Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. From the description of Henry Glen correspondence, 1770-1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122597401 From the guide to the Henry Glen correspondence, 1770-1801, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) U.S. representative from New York. From the description of Letter of Henry Glen, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450489 ...

Fanning, Edmund, 1739-1818

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Henry Eustace McCulloh (died circa 1810), resident of Edenton, N.C., was a royal official and large landholder in North Carolina. He served as his father's agent and as attorney for G. A. Selwyn, both owners of large tracts of land in North Carolina. Edmund Fanning (1739-1818) was a lawyer and colonial official in Hillsborough, N.C. Fanning was a member of the Assembly, a judge of the Superior Court, and a militia colonel. From the guide to the Fanning and Mc...

Andrews, Loring, 1768-1805

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Van Rensselaer, John

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Moffitt, Hosea, 1757-1825

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Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823

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Henry Van Schaak was a loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letter, 1792 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122459022 Henry Van Schaack was a loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letter, 1785 September 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314898 From the description of Letter, 1795 August 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519766 American loyalist. Colonial...

Ford, Jacob

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Ludlow, George D. (George Duncan), 1734-1808

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Morris, Roger, 1727-1794

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Wynkoop, John C.

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Livingston, Peter Robert, 1766-1847

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New York state senator, grand sachem of the Tammany Society, 1795-1796. From the description of Letter : [N.Y.], to James Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie, [N.Y.], 1812 Nov. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38273592 ...

Watts, John, 1715-1789

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Merchant and member of the Governor's Council of New York. Watts had business connections in the West Indies and England and with contractors for supplying money and provisions to British forces in the Colonies. From the description of Letter book, 1762, Jan. 1-1765, Dec. 22. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58661293 ...

Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832

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Lawyer, non-supporter of the American Revolution, banished from the colonies in 1778, returned to the United States in 1785. From the description of Letter, 1795 February 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487944 Peter van Schaack was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and moved to Britain during the war, returning to New York circa 1785. From the description of Peter van Schaack correspondence, 1786-1804. (Wisconsin Historical Society Archives). WorldCa...

Van Alen, John E. (John Evert), 1749-1807

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John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) was a civil engineer, surveyor, and Congressman. He resided in Rensselaer County, New York. From the description of Survey maps. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583068 John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) was a civil engineer, surveyor, and Congressman. He resided in Rensselaer County and in 1790 surveyed the town of Greenbush, New York. From the description of Survey map of land in Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, 1796. (Unkno...

Powers, William, active 1792

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Honeywood, John

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