Manuscripts
John Lamb account book
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Colonel Hugh Hughes letterbook
Manuscripts
The manuscript is an exceedingly interesting collection of historical letters addrsesed to and written by Colonel Hugh Hughes, Commanding General at West Point and Quarter Master General of the State of New York. They are all copies of the originals, the greater part being copied by Henry Peckwell, clerk. Most of the letters are requests for supplies for the Continental army, over which Colonel Hughes had supervision, written from Fishkill and Fishkill Landing, New York.
mssHM 1649
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Austin A. Carr diary
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Diary kept while serving in Company F, 2nd New York State Militia - 82nd New York Volunteers Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac.
mssHM 31063
The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779
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This journal kept by Cadwallader Colden II during the American Revolution. It includes the following periods: early 1776 to his arrest and confinement in Kingston jail; August 1776, paroled at his home; December 1776, appearance before the Continental Congress; March 1777, ordered to take the oath of allegiance to the State of New York, charged with committing overt acts of loyalism, sent to fleet prison; September 1777, paroled to Hurley, New York; July 1778, exiled to New York City. While he was living in New York City, he pleaded with state leaders, including Governor George Clinton, for his release, which did not come until 1784.
mssHM 607
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Account book of Brig John Freeman
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This account book contains the expenses of building and outfitting the ship, a list of the owners with their shares, recorded receipts and expenditures, and dividends paid to the owners. In the volume is a letter (1865, March 10) regarding payment of dividends to the ship's owners.
mssHM 74898
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Dixon Green Colliery account book
Manuscripts
Account book recording payments relating to colliery expenditures between January 1779 and January 1782. The book records payments for wages, access by land and water canals to the mines, repairing old channels and cutting new ones, etc. There are numerous names recorded of the various workmen.
mssHM 84076
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John James Streets book of lecture notes
Manuscripts
This volume contains lecture notes kept by John James Streets while attending classes at the American Veterinary College in New York during the winter term 1887-1888.
mssHM 82550