North family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1226

Scope and content

Correspondence, deeds, indentures, miscellaneous pamphlets, commemorative booklets, and other papers. Includes papers (1752-1800) of Joshua Pine, Platt Townsend, Gerard Walton, and William Walton concerning land divisions at Hempstead, New York; material relating to the organization of Walton, New York, and to the first settlers there; Civil War letters written by Joshua Pine and Daniel Patrick, 38th Regiment, New York Volunteers (1861-1862); papers concerning Arthur North, lawyer, politician, explorer, lecturer, and writer (1901-1943); and genealogical notes on the North, Carter, Remson, and Pine families. Included is correspondence and documents of or about Benjamin North, Hart North, Margaret Furman North, Cyrus North, Samuel North, Robert North, William B. Ogden, John Pine, and Mary Pine. Also, biographical sketch of Arthur Walbridge North.

Scope and content

Typescript of journal of Jennie Hyatt North, entitled "Journal During a Voyage from New York, America (June 28th, 1858) to Amoy, China," 1858-1861. Jennie Hyatt was born in Lockport, NY in 1838, the daughter of Thomas Hart Hyatt, a diplomat who served with Townsend Harris in Japan. When Thomas Hart was sent to China in 1858, Jennie started the journal. It also includes her impressions and recollections of Japan in 1861. Jennie Hyatt married George North and was the mother of Arthur W. North.

Dates

1752-1943.

Creator

North family. (Family)

Extent

2.4 cubic feet. (2.4 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Archival Materials

Additional North family papers are located in the archives of the California Supreme Court; the Capitol Museum, Sacramento, California, the Walton Historical Society (Delaware County, N.Y.); the San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch, California Archives; the Hoover Institution; and the New-York Historical Society.