Spalding, Lyman A.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lyman A. Spalding notes
Collection — Manuscript box 5 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240339]
Identifier: 747m
Scope and content
Manuscript notes from Priestcraft Exposed ..., and manuscript copies of advertisements and articles relating to Spalding's business dealings, including real estate, mill work, and retail sales, mainly in Lockport, Niagara County, New York. Most of the advertisements cited appeared in the Niagara Courier. Also, a manuscript copy of Spalding's petition to the New York State Legislature for compensation for the interruption to his mill and other business holdings from 1838-1859, while the State...
Dates:
circa 1829-1905.
Lyman A. Spalding papers
Collection
Identifier: 522
Abstract
Contains correspondence, manuscripts, records, and publications related to the career of Lyman A. Spalding, a nineteenth-century Quaker merchant and abolitionist who lived in upstate New York. He was co-editor of the newspaper Plain Truth and established the newspaper Priestcraft Exposed and Primitive Christianity Defended.
Dates:
1811-1864 (bulk)
Lyman A. Spalding reminiscences
Collection — Manuscript box 25 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245098]
Identifier: 665m
Scope and content
Typewritten reminiscences of Spalding's childhood and youth in upstate New York, including experiences in the War of 1812, personalities and religious affiliations of family members, working in the general store owned by Samuel Allen, the growth of Lockport, land purchases and building a mill there, and family illnesses and deaths. Written for the information of his grandson, Lyman A. Spalding III. Also included is an issue of the Lockport Daily Advertiser, volume 1, number 274 (January 9,...
Dates:
1875.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Erie Canal (N.Y.) 2
- Lockport (N.Y.) 2
- Abolitionists. 1
- Agricultural machinery industry. 1
- Antislavery movements. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Canals -- New York (State) 1
- Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- Commerce. 1
- Elections -- New York (State) 1
- General stores -- New York (State) 1
- General stores -- New York (State) -- Lockport. 1
- Journalism -- New York (State) 1
- Journalism -- New York (State) -- Cananadaigua. 1
- Journalism, Religious. 1
- Journalists. 1
- Labor -- Michigan. 1
- Lockport (N.Y.) -- Commerce. 1
- Merchandising. 1
- Merchants. 1
- Mexico -- Politics and government. 1
- Michigan -- Commerce. 1
- Mills and mill-work -- New York (State) -- Lockport. 1
- Missionaries. 1
- Missions -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands. 1
- New York (State) -- Politics and government. 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ontario freeman. 1
- Plain truth. 1
- Politics, Practical 1
- Priestcraft exposed. 1
- Quakers. 1
- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Commerce. 1
- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. 1
- Rochester (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Society Islands (French Polynesia) -- Religious life and customs. 1
- Transportation -- New York (State) 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Personal narratives. 1
- Working class -- Michigan. 1 + ∧ less
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