Colden, Alexander.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brockett collection
Collection
Identifier: 381
Abstract
Deeds, bonds, accounts, lists, scrapbooks, and letters pertaining to the Irvine family and Albany, Rensselaer and Washington Counties, New York. Deeds from Alexander and Cadwallader Colden. Also, papers pertaining to the Lourie family, of Washington County, including lists from "The Old Town" book (1773-1816) including slave owners, school districts, fire wardens, and town meetings of Albany County. Scrapbooks of John S. Crocker, Warden of the United States Jail in Washington, D. C.,...
Dates:
1773-1890.
Whiteside family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065174363]
Identifier: 643
Scope and content
This set of papers deals largely with the activities of Phineas and John Whiteside, pioneer farmers in Washington County, New York, who acted as agents (1785-90) in the handling of 3,756 acres of land for Henrietta Maria Colden and her son. The papers include deeds to Phineas Whiteside for 1,011 acres from Alexander Colden (1769) and Richard Nicholas Colden (1775) containing detailed information as to lots, names, rents, and terms, and with some rents fixed at 20 bushels of wheat per 100...
Dates:
1769-1938.
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- Account books 1
- Accounts. 1
- Albany County (N.Y.) -- History, Local. 1
- Albany County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. 1
- American loyalists -- New York (State) 1
- Battle of Fredericksburg. 1
- Education -- New York (State) 1
- Families -- New York (State) -- Albany County. 1
- Farm tenancy. 1
- Farmers. 1
- Herbs -- Therapeutic use. 1
- Inventories 1
- Landlord and tenant 1
- Pioneers. 1
- Prisons -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Rabies. 1
- Real property, Exchange of. 1
- Rensselaer County (N.Y.) -- History, Local. 1
- Slave records. 1
- Slavery -- New York (State) -- Albany County. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
- Washington County (N.Y.) -- History, Local. 1 + ∧ less
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