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Hawkins family letters

 Collection — manuscript box: 1 - folder 1
Identifier: 81

Scope and content

Letters by Henry Hawkins refer to senatorial duties in Albany, trips by stage, canal, and Hudson River packet to various parts of the state; other letters refer to the death of Henry Hawkins due to smallpox; also, the Articles of Association of the Exchange Bank of Alexander, with a list of first director and subscribers.

Dates

  • 1826-1840.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Henry Hawkins was a New York state senator, early 1840s; Van Rensselaer Hawkins was a post master and merchant in Alexander, Genesee County, New York.

Extent

1 folders. (1 folder.)

Language of Materials

English