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Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Ledyard family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1912
Abstract

Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of the Ledyard family of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, especially of Jonathan D. Ledyard.

Dates: 1793-1916,-1793-1884 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ledyard family papers

Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia

 Collection
Identifier: 4780
Abstract

Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.

Dates: 1750-1879.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia

Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 Collection
Identifier: 4779
Abstract Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Massachusetts, 1877; signed manuscript Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Massachusetts, 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers ... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, New York financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778;...
Dates: 1773-1851.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

Lyon family legal documents

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065187043]
Identifier: 4012
Scope and content

Documents include wills, mortgages, and deeds pertaining to the Lyons family properties, mostly regarding Ambrose Lyon and his descendants of Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. Broome County documents refer to Milton W. Lyon, who moved to Binghamton, New York.

Dates: [ca.1864-1913].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lyon family legal documents

Medieval manuscript fragments

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6532
Abstract

Various Medieval manuscript fragments and objects.

Dates: 0800 - 1800
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Medieval manuscript fragments

Moore family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173738]
Identifier: 303
Scope and content Deeds, wills, and other papers of William, Ezekiel, and Thomas Moore, Londonderry County, Ireland (1751-1820); correspondence, legal papers, rent lists, and accounts for Brooklyn properties (1827-1871, 1897); inventories of real and personal property and other documents of Thomas C. Moore of Williamsburg, Kings County; and recollections of the wife of an aide to General Jacob Brown of Lafayette, President Monroe, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and other...
Dates: 1751-1939.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Moore family papers

North family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 16 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065242681]
Identifier: 3857
Scope and content

Poem, 1810, and last will, 1827, of Luther S. North; letter to Louisa North from her aunt, Mabel Whiton, 1841; letter to Stephen North, author unknown, 1848; letter to Stephen and Louisa North from cousins Malvina and Lucy Ann Kittel, 1847.

Dates: 1810-1848.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / North family papers

Patterson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 286
Abstract

Letters and papers, mainly those of Chester Patterson and D. Williams Patterson Tioga County, New York.

Dates: 1701-1900.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Patterson family papers

Robert L. Williams Collection of Beattie Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6862
Dates: undated
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Robert L. Williams Collection of Beattie Manufacturing Records

Swift family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 19
Scope and content Letters of George L. Swift, including pictures of self and home, deeds, appraisals, bonds, mortgages, patent exam report, diary, poems, appointment in regiment of cavalry, insurance policy, notes, wills, inventory of estate, and lecture on spirit rapping. Correspondents include Job Pierce, Sabina Underwood, Hiram Swift, Herman Swift, and E.B. Swift; lithographs of H. L. Swift and W. A. Swift; and broadsides used by the Swifts to advertise their lectures on the "magnetic telegraph" and other...
Dates: 1723-1863.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Swift family papers

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