Elisha Camp papers, 1756-1879.1800-1875
Collection Number: 696
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Elisha Camp papers, 1756-1879. 1800-1875
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
696
Abstract:
Papers pertaining to the early history of Jefferson County, New York.
Creator:
Camp, Elisha.
Quanitities:
7.2 cubic feet.
9 volumes.
Language:
Collection material in English
Elisha Camp was postmaster, militia officer, lawyer, deputy New York State district
attorney, politician, newspaper owner and editor, banker, landowner, and land agent
in Sackets Harbor, New York. His sons became military officers and continued in the
family businesses in Sackets Harbor.
Collection contains correspondence, accounts, contracts, leases, surveys, bonds, deeds,
receipts, and other land, legal, and business papers, political broadsides and pamphlets
pertaining to the early history of Jefferson County, New York, particularly on the
township of Hounsfield, on the transfer of land from intermediate investors to actual
settlers, on the attempts to make Sackets Harbor a great commercial center, and on
the accompanying economic, political, and social developments. Collection is chiefly
concerned with Camp, who served as representative of his brother-in-law Augustus Sacket,
and for other absentee landowners such as David A. Ogden, Thomas L. Ogden, Peter Kemble,
Ezra Hounsfield, Lemuel Storrs, Henry Champion, Herman LeRoy, William Bayard, James
M. Ellis, Cornelius Ray, Michael Hogan, James Le Ray Chaumont, the executors of the
Nicholas Olive estate and the executors of Nicholas Gouvernor. Papers after 1845 are
chiefly family letters between Camp and his children and Elisha E. Camp who was in
Mexico (1847), Green Bay, Wisconsin, Washington Territory, and Oregon, and a series
of Civil War letters. Names of persons and firms represented include David Boyd, President
James Buchanan, DeWitt Clinton, James C. Duane, George Hale, L. Seymour, Gerrit Smith,
Jesse C. Smith, Charles Smyth, Joseph C. Yates, the Jefferson County Agricultural
Society, Jefferson County Bank, Lake Ontario Steamboat Co., Ogden Land Co., and the
Sackets Harbor and Ellisburgh Railroad.
Other topics include the Sackets Harbor and Saratoga Railroad, Sackets Harbor Steam
and Ferry Boat Co., Union Academy, and the Watertown and Rome Railroad. Also, handbills,
editorials, and speeches concerning National Republican Party politics on the New
York State and local levels, and containing uncomplimentary references to the Bucktail
faction. Other papers pertain to the militia system, the United States Navy, restrictive
fees on Lake Ontario commerce, and water rights at Brownville, New York.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Elisha Camp papers, #696. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
The collection, including additional materials donated in 2020, were completely re-processed
in 2024.
Names:
Le Ray de Chaumont, J. (James), 1760-1841.
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
Clinton DeWitt, 1769-1828.
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Sacket, Augustus.
Ogden, David A.
Ogden, Thomas L.
Kemble, Peter.
Hounsfield, Ezra.
Storrs, Lemuel.
Champion, Henry.
LeRoy, Herman.
Bayard, William.
Ellis, James M.
Ray, Cornelius.
Hogan, Michael.
Olive, Nicholas.
Gouverneur, Nicholas.
Camp, Elisha E.
Boyd, David.
Duane, James C.
Hale, George.
Seymour, L.
Smith, Jesse C.
Smyth, Charles.
Yates, Joseph C.
Camp family.
Jefferson County Agricultural Society (Jefferson County, N.Y.)
Jefferson County Bank
New York (State). Militia
United States. Navy
Lake Ontario Steam-Boat Company
Ogden Land Company
Sackets Harbor and Ellisburgh Railroad
Sackets Harbor and Saratoga Railroad
Sackets Harbor Bank
Sackets Harbor Steam and Ferry Boat Company
Union Academy
Watertown and Rome Railroad
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Places:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Hounsfield (N.Y.) -- History.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Sackets Harbor (N.Y.) -- Finance.
Sackets Harbor (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Sackets Harbor (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Sackets Harbor (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Finance.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Economic aspects.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Manufactures.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Subjects:
Manufactures -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
Shipping -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
Politics, Practical -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
Mills and mill-work -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
Land titles -- Exchange of.
Land titles -- Valuation.
Inland water transportation -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
Mormon Church -- History.
Form and Genre Terms:
Broadsides.
Deeds.
Bonds (negotiable instruments).
Surveys.
Leases.
Account books.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Elisha Camp documents
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Subseries Ia. Elisha Camp correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to William Waning describing Mill House Lot.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1805 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to William Waning describing Mill House Lot.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1809 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains letter from Ogden to Camp concerning sale of Sacket's estate which they purchased.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1810 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Nathan Camp regarding Pennsylvania lands; David Ogden setting
forth directions for renting land, laying out a street, and cutting fuel; W. Brown
directing how to dispose of money Brown won in a bet; Le Ray de Chaumont agreeing
to a commission for sale of 41 lots of land; Peter Kemble and Ezra Hounsfield giving
instructions for supervising lands; T.L. Ogden concerning lands in Hounsfield.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1811 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Thomas Ogden regarding sale of lots.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1812 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Lemuel Stores regarding cutting of lumber and selling of land
and hay; Thomas Ogden concerning sale and supervision of land; and others.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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1813 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Thomas Ogden.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
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1814 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
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1815 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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1816 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes notes buying shares of stock in the Lake Ontario Boat Company for General
Jacob Brown.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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1817 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes note buying shares of stock in the Lake Ontario Boat Company for General
Jacob Brown.
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
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1818 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Butterfield and Kendall concerning steamboat; Augustus Sacket
describing financial troubles; James Paul Allaire letters describing ship design drafts
and measurements, engines, list of machinery purchased.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
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1819 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1820 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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1821 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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1822 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
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1823 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter addressed to "gentleman of the association" from an anonymous writer
called "modesty," describing undesirable traits of the human species and, namely,
the men and women of the association. Also includes a letter requiring all officers,
non-commissioned officers, and musicians to train, as well as other military-related
letters.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
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1824 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding resignations and discharges from the 21st Regiment.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
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1825 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
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1826 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding Regiment activities.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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1827 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1828 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter regarding land purchased in Massachusetts from the Seneca in 1826;
letter from Colonel Henry Leavenworth regarding building a canal.
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1829 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1830 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Gerrit Smith declining to sell land for the Union Academy,
and a letter from Elisha's nephew, E.E. Camp, regarding his campaigns against the
Free Masons.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence
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1831 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence
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1832 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence
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1833 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
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1834 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence
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1835 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter Leonard Dennison regarding convention and campaigning for Harrison
for president.
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence
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1836 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter Leonard Dennison regarding convention and campaigning for Harrison
for president, written on a promotional pamphlet for the Albany Convention; letter
concerning the outcome of the 1836 election.
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence
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1837 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter of complaint regarding Camp's canal running throuhg the swamp land.
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| Box 1 | Folder 32-33 |
Correspondence
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1838 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters referencing Camp's paper and lumber mill burning down.
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence
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1839 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter (February 12) from John May regarding politics in Oswego, Pirates
at Fort Henry, and the British Empire.
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Correspondence
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1840 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Correspondence
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1841 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Hiram Barney about the Young Men's Total Abstinence Society
and temperance; Thomas Chittenden writing about appropriations necessary for expansion
and local government/conflicts.
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Correspondence
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1842 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from a "looker on" criticising Camp's speech in Watertown; a letter
from Gerrit Smith regarding the Temperance Movement.
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| Box 1 | Folder 38-47 |
Correspondence
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1843-1856 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Correspondence
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1857 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Elisha Ely to his parents describing the relationship with
the Indigenous Peoples of the Washington Territories, and writes of how they describe
their treatment by "white men."
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| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Correspondence
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1858 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Elisha Ely describing the collaboration between the Mormons
and the local tribes against the United States government (the Utah War), and another
describing the activities of the local (unnamed) tribe.
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| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Correspondence
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1859 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Correspondence
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1862-1865 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Erskine describing his regiment movements near Fredericksburg.
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| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Philo Ellinwood correspondence and documents to Elisha Camp
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1840-1870 |
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Scope and Contents
In original grouping.
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| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Thomas L. Ogden correspondence and documents
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1831-1846 |
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Scope and Contents
In original grouping.
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Subseries Ib. Elisha Camp documents
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| Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Certificate appointing Camp as Deputy District Attorney
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1808-08-15 |
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Scope and Contents
From Nathan Sanford, New York District Attorney. Includes letter from Sanford.
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| Box 8 | Folder 16 |
Elisha Camp funeral documents
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1866 |
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Series II. Camp Family
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Subseries IIa. General family documents and correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Will of Enos Camp
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1789-05-30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Boundaries of land left to Elisha Camp
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1793-10-29 |
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Scope and Contents
Land left to Camp in his father's will. Bounded by land belonging to Amos Northrop,
Anabel Stone, Israel Baldwin, Epemetus Gunn, David Northrop, Widow Power. Connecticut.
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Heziah Camp account with William Tracy
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1796-06-17 |
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Scope and Contents
Account for boarding her sons Elisha and Martin and for Elisha's schooling.
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Camp Estate documents
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1903 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Empty envelopes
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Camp family correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Camp family correspondence
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1840-1869 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Camp family correspondence
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1870-1899 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
School compositions
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Unidentified notes and lists
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Writings and notes
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Thomas Welles genealogy
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Charles Fisher papers
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1872-1876 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Passport from the Kingdom of Wurttemburg
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1857 |
| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Joseph Clarke correspondence
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1890-1899 |
| Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Walter B. Camp correspondence
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1868-1872 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Invitations
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1862-1997 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Songs
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Recipes
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Mrs. George Camp phrenological chart
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Allen C. Beach documents
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1849-1882 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Charles Schmidt enrollment certification
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1884 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Drawings of a mill or other equipment
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Undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Insurance documents
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1844-1853 |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Harriet Hale Camp American Missionary Society certificates
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1858-1862 | |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Emma E. Camp American Tract Society membership certificate
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1862 | |
| Box 12 |
School notes
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Undated | |
| Box 12 |
Red leather accordion file, empty
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Undated | |
| Box 12 |
Red leather notebook cover
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Undated | |
| Box 12 |
Hand-written recipe notebook
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Undated | |
| Box 12 |
Letters answered notebook
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Undated | |
| Volume 1 |
Scrapbook
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1820-1838 | |
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Subseries IIb. Elisha Ely Camp documents
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1841-1845 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letters discussing leaving on a whaling vessel, from E. Denison and James
P. Lee; letters from Elisha Camp.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1846 |
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Scope and Contents
Some letters include passing mentions of the Mexican-American war andmilitary orders.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1847 |
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Scope and Contents
Some letters include passing mentions of the Mexican-American war. Includes "A Mexican
Song," written in spanish by Elisha.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1848 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1849 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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1850 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
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1851 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
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1852 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a promissory note co-signed by Ulysses S. Grant; several letters from Erskine
Camp describing life in New Orleans, railroads, the levees, and the 1852 election.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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1853 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter describing the death of Lieutenant Ed Russell after he captured
several Indigenous peoples; a letter J.R. Bergan (September 24) describing two "Indian
Wars", one of which ended with a small pox outbreak and the second had yet to start
in Rogue River Valley. A few letters mention "Captain Grant" at Vancouver Barracks,
referring to Ulysses S. Grant.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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1854 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
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1855 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
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1856 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a letter regarding the American Guano Company.
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1857 |
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Scope and Contents
Several letters from Elisha Camp discuss the general political and military state
of affairs. Includes a letter from Lieutenant Joshua Spencer to William L. Marcy recommending
Elisha for a position in the Navy; a letter with an excerpt from a speech by Francis
Miles Finch on the occasion of the execution of Nathan Hale.
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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1858 |
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Scope and Contents
Several letters mention: the Utah War; the Indian Wars, including mention of Colonel
Steptoe and Coeur d'Alene (May 29th); dances and basket weaving of indigenous peoples
of Yukon (Jan 30th).
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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1859-1863 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Notes and quotes on various topics
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Sons of Temperance certificate
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1847 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Elisha Ely Camp's military history
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Undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Certificate
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1831 |
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Subseries IIc. Edgar B. Camp documents
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
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1848-1854 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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1855 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1856-1858 |
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Subseries IId. Erskine M. Camp documents
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1848-1850 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes military appointment letters and special orders.
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1856-1859 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1860-1872 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Certificate
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1857-1861 |
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Subseries IIe. George Hale Camp
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| Box 2 | Folder 25A |
Correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 25A |
Correspondence
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1827-1842 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes many letters with Mary Alice Smith.
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| Box 2 | Folder 25B |
Correspondence
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1850-1859 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence
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1864-1868 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for Camp's regiment in Texas, as
well as monthly inventory of supplies.
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| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Certificates
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1838-1863 |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions certificate
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1861 | |
| Box 12 |
Poetry and prose notebook
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1831 | |
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Series III. Hale, McCrea, Smith, and Clarke Family documents
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Subseries IIIa. George Hale
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Jabez Deck to George Hale
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1784-09-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Providence, Rhode Island. Directions for playing a card game.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Elisha Hale, Glastonbury, to George Hale
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1784-09-13 |
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Scope and Contents
Elisha Hale writes to his brother George concerning shoes and rum sent to George by
Captain Chase's vessel, also produce, building, livestock, and scarcity of money.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from John Hirwell, Boston, to George Hale
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1784-09-23 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns receipt of playing cards and possible purchase of a spinet.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Receipt to James Calder
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1784-10-12 |
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Scope and Contents
Receipt for cutting ninety packs of geographical cards.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Boswell Welles to George Hale
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1784-10-19 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns social life.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Receipt to Edward Thurber
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1784-10-28 |
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Scope and Contents
Receipt for rum, partially cancelling debt of Jabez Peck to Hale's brother Samuel.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Receipt to M. Wheeler for printing cards
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1784-11-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Elisha Hale, Glastonbury, to George Hale
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1784-11-22 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns sale of livestock, produce, West India goods, and family affairs.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Elisha Hale, Glastonbury, to George Hale
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1784-11-29 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns shipping pork via Captain Miller, and giving advice for being a successful
merchant.
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Letter from Elisha Hale, Glastonbury, to George Hale
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1784-12-09 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns shipping pork, purchasing sugar, tea, and a new partner in the trading hourse
of Brown and Benson.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from Asher Robbins to George Hale
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1785-01-11 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns the death of Joanna.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from Jack Taylor to George Hale
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1785-02-12 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns daily doings, Lucy's marriage, and William Mosley.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from Elisha Hale, Glastonbury, to George Hale
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1785-02-25 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns merchant ttrading of cloth, fish, and salt.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from George and Ashbel Welles to George Hale
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1785-02-28 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter of introduction recommending Sam Welles, about to enter the mercantile business.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Clothing account with Brown and Benson
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1785-05-03 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from Abner Moseley to George Hale
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1785-08-02 |
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Scope and Contents
Concerns friendship and love. Quote from Shenston.
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Account with Brown and Benson
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1786-01-20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Letter from Abner Moseley to George Hale
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1786-03-19 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Letters to Sophia
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1802 |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Certificate appointing Hale as Lieutenant Colonel
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1798-04-12 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Legal document with seal transferring the position of Sheriff from George Hale to
Peter Adams
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1802-02-25 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Certificate with seal appointing Hale as Commissioner of Taxes in the county of Ulster
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1799-04-05 | |
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Subseries IIIb. McCrea and Tschappat families
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| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Photographs of Tully McCrea and family
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1860-1900 |
| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Tully McCrea correspondence
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1850-1899 |
| Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Tully McCrea documents
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1868-1918 |
| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Alice McCrea (Tschappat) correspondence
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1898 |
| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Drawing by Alice McCrea (Tschappat)
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1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
William Smith correspondence
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1830-1872 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Mary Alice (Margaret) Camp Mason correspondence
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1890-1924 |
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Series IV. Military Documents
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| Box 8 | Folder 37 |
Regimental orders
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1788-10-01 |
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Scope and Contents
Annual review inspection concerning procedure, dress, etc. Signed by L. Bauman
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| Box 8 | Folder 38 |
Draft of committee report on Lieutenant Cross's "unwarranted behavior."
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1808-08-31 |
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Scope and Contents
Report describes Cross infringing "on our rights as Citizens by a Public Officer."
Cross backtracks and the committee recommends suspension of hitherto proposed measures.
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| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
First enlistment and constitution for Sackets Harbor Artillery Company
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1809 |
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Scope and Contents
Warrant for the appearance of 16 men equipped for militiary duty from Captain Elisha
Camp.
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| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Warrants for military duty
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1811-05-01 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Roll of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and band of the 21st Regiment Artillery
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1812 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
List of men in the 21st Regiment Artillery and amount paid for their services
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1812-09-20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Receipt roll of militia commanded by Christian Blystone
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1814 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Abstract inspection returns
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1819-1823 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Abstract inspection returns
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1830-1839 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Convention of Military Officers, Utica, New York
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1830 |
| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Navy Department accounts book
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1839-1846 |
| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Military related accounts and notes
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1810-1840 |
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Scope and Contents
In original grouping.
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| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Blank State of New York Militia certificate
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1800-1899 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Certificates
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1832-1865 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Alanson Fields 189th Regiment certificates
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1824-1826 |
| Mapcase Folder 4 |
18th Regiment NY Volunteer Cavalry list
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1964 | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Resolution of Thanks to the citizens of Sackets Harbor from the Ninth US Infantry
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1898 | |
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Series V. Business documents
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Subseries Va. Land Surveys and Maps
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Land Surveys
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Paul Hutchins sells to Elisha Camp
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1791-10-19 |
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Scope and Contents
Hutchins, heir of Ebenezer Hutchins of Pittsfield Massachusetts, sells to Camp the
title to gratuity or bounty lands in Hannibal, Brutus, and Romulus.
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Iron Works Mill Land Survey
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1756-06-28 |
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Scope and Contents
Survey of two lots of land: one next to land belonging to Garlick and Clark, the second
next to land belonging to T. Camp. Surveyor Hephia Foot [?].
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Land surveys
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1802-08 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes a copy of field notes by William Shephard on survey of Samuel Franklin tract
of land, and John Mitchels survey of Mill Seat.
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| Box 8 | Folder 37 |
Notebook of land surveys with maps
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1805-1809 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Land surveys
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1808-1809 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes surveys in Hounsfield belonging to Benjamin West, E. Tell's land, Sherwin's
lot (with map), letter to Augustus Sacket from Egbert Ten Eyck with survey.
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Land surveys
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1811 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes survey by Aaron Blodget of lots of JF Mevain and Powers; survey by Blodget
of Simon Reed's lot.
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Land surveys
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1813 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes survey of Samuel Wilder's land in Hounsfield.
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| Box 3 | Folder 8-12 |
Land surveys
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1814-1818 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13-14 |
Land surveys
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1822-1829 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Land surveys
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1830-1835 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Land surveys
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1836-1839 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Land surveys
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1840-1876 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2-3 |
Land surveys and maps
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1810-1853 |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Map of the south half of the town of Hounsfield
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Colored map of Sackets Harbor lots
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Plan of proposed division of Sackets Harbor
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1823 | |
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Subseries Vb. Sackets Harbor business documents
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Scope and Contents
Original groupings
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Railroad bonds and passes
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1868, Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Union Pacific Railroad Co. reports and account statements
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1860-1870 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
New York Erie Railroad papers
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Sackets Harbor bank notes
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
State Bank Sackets Harbor and Elisha Camp
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1852-1861 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Three dollar note from Mohawk Bank
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1808-08-06 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
List of passengers traveling by boat
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1822 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Documents pertaining to Steam Boat Sophia, schooner, and canals
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Sackets Harbor Fire Company certificates
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1832-1858 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Lists of local postmasters
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Sackets Harbor library shares
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Fourth of July celebration accounts
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1807-1809 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Account of privateers and note
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1813 |
| Box 8 | Folder 23 |
Assessment of Sackets Harbor
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1831-1832 |
| Box 8 | Folder 24 |
Water assessment of Sackets Harbor
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1829 |
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Subseries Vc. Bills, accounts, and receipts
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| Box 3 | Folder 31-33 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1802 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1806-1807 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounts and receipts with general post office, bill of costs, and receipt
for wheat.
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| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1808 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounts and receipts with general post office, expenditures for July Fourth
celebration, bill of costs.
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| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1809 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1810 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1811 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounting from the estate of George Hale signed by Elisha Camp and Thomas
Hale.
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| Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1812 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes list of names of laborers and number of days worked.
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| Box 3 | Folder 40 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1813 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Augustus Sacket accounts with Elisha Camp; other accounts settled.
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| Box 3 | Folder 41 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1814 |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1815 |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1816 |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1817 |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1818 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes list of machinery and one of items purchased for the Steamboat Sophia; list
of passengers and freight from Sackets Harbor to Kingston.
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| Box 3 | Folder 46 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1819 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounts with Allaire for ship; Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts.
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| Box 3 | Folder 47 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1820 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounts with Allaire for ship; Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts;
lumber mill inventory.
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| Box 3 | Folder 48 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1821 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes accounts with Allaire for ship; Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts;
lumber mill inventory.
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| Box 3 | Folder 49 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1822 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts.
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| Box 3 | Folder 50 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1823 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts.
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| Box 3 | Folder 51 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1824 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1825 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Steamboat Sophia accounts, bills, and receipts.
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1826 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes lumber mill accounts
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1827 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes E. Camp's work book, with names of workers and accounts; shares to Hounsfield
Library.
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1828 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1829 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5-6 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1830 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Grist Mill account book.
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1831 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes surplus water taxes.
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| Box 4 | Folder 8-10 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1832-1834 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11-12 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1835 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13-15 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1836 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16-17 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1837 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklets of stone quarry accounts and lumber/log statistics (1834-1837).
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| Box 5 | Folder 1-8 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1838-1845 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9-13 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1846-1850 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14-19 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1851-1855 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20-23 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1856-1859 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1-10 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1860-1869 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Bills, accounts, and receipts
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1870-1899 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Canal work account book
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1827 |
| Box 8 | Folder 25 |
Canal work account books
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1829-1830 |
| Box 8 | Folder 26 |
Stone quarry accounts
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1838-1839 |
| Box 8 | Folder 27 |
Lumber mill account books
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1839-1847 |
| Box 8 | Folder 28 |
Boat accounts
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1835 |
| Box 8 | Folder 29 |
Account books
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1820-1850 |
| Box 11 |
Furnace account book
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1848-1851 | |
| Box 11 |
Account book
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1830-1839 | |
| Box 11 |
Account book
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1844-1845 | |
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Scope and Contents
Account book with some pages covered in clippings, as well as pressed leaves.
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| Box 11 |
Account book
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Undated | |
| Box 11 |
Account book
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1852-1854 | |
| Box 12 |
Account book with clippings
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1807-1809 | |
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Scope and Contents
Account book from 1807, with newspaper images pasted in in 1873.
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| Box 12 |
Sackets Harbor account book
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1852-1856 | |
| Box 12 |
Sackets Harbor account book
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1848-1851 | |
| Volume 2 |
Day Book
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1838-1841 | |
| Volume 3 |
Day Book
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1840-1846 | |
| Volume 4 |
Account Book
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1817-1821 | |
| Volume 5 |
Account Book
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1835 | |
| Volume 6 |
Account Book
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1846-1847 | |
| Volume 7 |
Shipping Book
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1847-1860 | |
| Volume 8 |
Ledger
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1816-1845 | |
| Volume 9 |
Business Letter Book - signed by Camp as cashier; seems to be banking
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1855-1856 | |
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Subseries Vd. Legal
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Leases to Barney Eveleigh
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1854-1866 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
B. Hounsfield estate and reports
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1842 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Legal documents
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Undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Legal documents
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1801-03-21 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains Court of Common Pleas regarding division of Henry Leavenworth's estate because
he is an "absent debtor", by order of Egbert Ten Eyck.
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| Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Legal documents
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1803-12-03 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains agreement between Augustus Sacket, Peter Kembel, and Ezra Hounsfield.
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| Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Legal documents
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1804 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Legal documents
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1807 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes transfer of power of attorney from Peter Kemble and Ezra Hounsfield to Elisha
Camp; granting power of attorney to Camp from Gerardus Camp and Enos Camp.
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| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Legal documents
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1809 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes document granting Camp power of attorney Herman LeRoy, William Bayard, James
MCEvers, John Wilkes, Louis LeGuen, Mallett Prevost; document giving Camp power of
attorney for James De Le Ray de Chaumont.
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| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Legal documents
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1810 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes document granting Camp Power of Attorney from Cornelius Ray, William Bayard,
Michael Hogan; petition to the Commissioners of Highways of the town of Hounsfield
signed by twelve landholders who consider a road to Watertown necessary.
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| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Legal documents
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1811 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes document granting Camp Power of Attorney from Enos Camp, Martha Camp, Augustus
Sacket and wife Minerva, and Gerardus Camp.
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| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Legal documents
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1812 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes articles of agreement between Augustus Sacket and Alexandre Biggam selling
land; indenture leasing land to Nathan Miller and David Pierce by Samuel Hooker; land
sale between Thomas Ogden and Camp; lease between Cornelius Ray, William Bayard and
Michael Hogan and Samuel Hober; and others.
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| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Legal documents
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1813 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes list of subscribers betting on Stephen Van Renselaer's election as governor;
rental agreement; document granting Camp Power of Attorney from Thomas Knox and Hester
Gouverneur; document granting Camp Power of Attorney from Henry Champion and Lemuel
Stores; John Coffin vs. Enoch Ely and Keziah, and Elisha Camp; indentures;
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| Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Legal documents
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1814 |
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Scope and Contents
Indentures, leases, agreements. Includes handwritten census of 1814, town of Jefferson
County.
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| Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Legal documents
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1815 |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Legal documents
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1816 |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Legal documents
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1817 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes agreement between Harriet Fulton and Robert and Edward Livingston giving
the latter the right of steamboat navigation on Lake Ontario; bail plea from John
Kirby;
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| Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Legal documents
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1818 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes articles of association of the Sackets Harbor Steam and Ferry Boat Company,
Camp, Butterfiels, and William Kendall.
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| Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Legal documents
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1819 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes petition to divert a portion of the Black River into Pleasant Creek.
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| Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Legal documents
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1820 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes bill of complaint filed in case of James P. Allaire and others vs. Camp regarding
steamboat profits, and compromise.
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| Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Legal documents
|
1821 |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Legal documents
|
1822 |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Legal documents
|
1823 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes record of proceedings in Canton for the election to fill vacancies in the
21st Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the New York Artillery.
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| Box 6 | Folder 34-40 |
Legal documents
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1824-1830 |
| Box 6 | Folder 41 |
Legal documents
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1831 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes petition to New York State Legistlature for additional surplus water tax.
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| Box 6 | Folder 42-45 |
Legal documents
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1832-1835 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Legal documents
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1836 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes letter of patent for brick moulding machine by Ezra Fisk and Benjamin Hinkley.
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| Box 7 | Folder 2-4 |
Legal documents
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1837-1839 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Legal documents
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1840 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several court oaths of citizenship.
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| Box 7 | Folder 6-9 |
Legal documents
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1841-1844 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10-14 |
Legal documents
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1845-1849 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15-19 |
Legal documents
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1850-1854 |
| Box 7 | Folder 20-24 |
Legal documents
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1855-1859 |
| Box 7 | Folder 25-26 |
Legal documents
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1860-1865 |
| Box 7 | Folder 27 |
Legal documents
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1873-1890 |
| Box 7 | Folder 28 |
Blank legal forms and papers
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Undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 9-18 |
Indentures
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1808-1859 |
| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Indenture with attached map of French Creek and surrounding coastline
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1825 | |
| Box 12 |
Legal notebook of pleas
|
1816-1819 | |
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Series VI. Political documents, Speeches, Addresses, and Publications
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Petitions
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Lists of voters, votes, and election outcomes
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1832-1842 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Town of Hounsfield voters
|
1840 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Tally of votes for New York Assembly
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1815 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Elisha Camp addresses and speeches
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1829-1852 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6-7 |
Political speech drafts and writings, no. 1-38
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1820-1860 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Masonic addresses
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 17-18 |
Printed publications and addresses
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1820-1860 |
| Box 8 | Folder 30-31 |
Clippings and publications
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1820-1860 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Clippings and publications
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1840-1860 |
| Box 8 | Folder 32 |
Programs, posters, and advertisements
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1844-1926 |
| Box 8 | Folder 33 |
Printed images and art
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 34 |
Portable lamp oil instructions
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 35 |
Directions for metal plating
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 |
Journal articles
|
1891 |
| Box 12 |
"History of the Steam Engine" by Elijah Galloway
|
1828 | |
| Box 11 |
Blank account book filled with various newspaper clippings
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Undated | |
| Box 11 |
Blank account book filled with various newspaper clippings
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Undated | |
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Series VII. Photographs
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| Box 8 | Folder 20 |
Camp Manor photographs
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1865-1900 |
| Box 8 | Folder 21 |
Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 22 |
Photographs of family and friends
|
1878-1894 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Photographs of family and friends
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1860-1890 |
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Series VIII. Objects
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| MU 4701 | MU-4701 |
Wooden box with leather cover and "E.C" hammered on with decorative studs
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Scope and Contents
The box contains the contents it arrived with: an unidentified photograph of women,
and a copy of "Dr. Chase's Recipes, or, information for everybody", 1866.
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