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Washington County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Abner Robertson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223699]
Identifier: 4346
Scope and content

Correspondence, notes, diaries, and other papers chiefly pertaining to Robertson's law practice in Washington County.

Dates: 1873-1877.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Abner Robertson papers

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Brockett collection

Fairley and Stevens family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4341
Scope and content Correspondence, diaries, accounts, guardianship documents, and estate settlement papers of William D. Fairley (d. 1871) and his wife Catherine (later Mrs. Melvin James Stevens). Included are letters from James Stalker, describing hospital conditions during the Civil War; Mrs. Fairley's sister, Mrs. Hugh Moore, Nashua, Iowa; her son Charles Fairley, Nebraska; the Copeland family, other relatives, and friends; and letters to Charles from his mother and stepfather. Also, documents relating...
Dates: 1839-1907.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Fairley and Stevens family papers

James Gibson Jr. papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065448734]
Identifier: 4342
Scope and content

Correspondence and other papers concerning his editorship of the SALEM REVIEW-PRESS and his interest in local history and genealogy; microfilm copy of a scrapbook (1887-1951) which includes clippings of articles written by Judge Gibson on local history and genealogy; deeds and articles of agreement, drafts of speeches, accounts, diary (1883), and other items. Also, publications and some correspondence relating to St. Paul's Church (Episcopal), Salem, N.Y.

Dates: 1849-1941.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James Gibson Jr. papers

John Williams family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223657]
Identifier: 4353
Scope and content

Deeds, leases, and other legal papers (to 1847); some correspondence of Harriet Martin Williams concerning Presbyterian Church affairs; Williams family history (1895); album of interior views of the Williams (Parker) Mansion, description of the mansion, and a postcard view. Also, two books by Harriet Martin Williams: "The Grey Man" (about John Williams), and "The Woody Hill Meadow," both illustrated with photographs.

Dates: 1785-[ca. 1935]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Williams family papers

McDougall family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 65 - folder 1
Identifier: 4344
Scope and content

Deeds and estate settlement papers of William, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, and Jane McDougall of Greenwich, Town of Argyle, Washington County, N.Y.

Dates: 1773-1899,-1773-1835 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / McDougall family papers

Salem village papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065448742]
Identifier: 4347
Scope and content Manuscript materials include a Village map (ca. 1780), instructions for the celebration of the Fourth of July on the heights of Saratoga (1808), anti-British and anti-Federalist doggerel (1818), political speeches, fair copies of surveyors' notes taken from Commissioners of Highways records (1782-1819), notations concerning common school instruction and attendance (ca. 1850); also scattered letters, accounts, legal documents, and other papers of Laura B. Crane, Isaac Getty, C.W. Larmon, and...
Dates: [ca. 1780-1959]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Salem village papers

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