Ogden family papers, 1773-1891.

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Ogden family papers, 1773-1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760002470

The collection contains letters, legal documents, and other papers related to the Ogden family of Manchester, England, and New Bern, N.C. Included are six letters, 1773-1783, written by brothers Thomas, Titus, and Isaac Ogden to their parents James and Mary Ogden following the brothers' emigration from Manchester to New Bern. Topics include trade operations, the brothers' acclimation to North America and North Carolina, and the political unrest leading to and the impacts of the Revolutionary War. Also included are several 19th-century documents, among them wills, certificates, and other agreements concerning members of the Ogden family, as well as two folders of genealogical materials.

About 30 items (0.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 8148319

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ogden, Thomas, d. 1787.

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Ogden family.

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Henry Neely Ogden was a professor of sanitary engineering, Cornell University. From the description of Ogden family papers, 1841-1947. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938783 Members of the Ogden family, headed by James and Mary Odgen, lived in Manchester, England. Their children Thomas Ogden (d. 1787), Titus Ogden (d. 1793), and Isaac Ogden (d. 1785) emigrated from Manchester to North America circa 1770, where they settled in New Bern, N.C., and became su...

Ogden, Titus, d. 1793.

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Ogden, Isaac, d. 1785.

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