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Dudley Field Underhill letters on Field family genealogy

 Collection — manuscript box: 13 - folder 1
Identifier: 2344m

Scope and content

Letters to and from Dudley Field Underhill concerning the Field family, especially Benjamin B. Field and his descendants. Includes a circular letter sent out by Underhill to all the city, town, and village clerks in the state of Massachusetts, offering a small reward for verifiable data concerning Benjamin B. Field; a response to the circular, with information on Benjamin B. Field and a few others; and a letter from Underhill to the recipients of the circular, letting them know that the reward has been paid and thanking them for their interest.

Dates

  • 1959-1963.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Dudley Field Underhill lived in Mill Neck, Long Island.

Biographical / Historical

Benjamin Field, born in Leyden, Massachusetts in 1806, moved to Truxton in Cortland County, New York with his wife Amelia and son Norman between 1830 and 1833. Dudley Field Underhill was a great-grandson of his.

Extent

3 items. (3 items.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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