Guide to the Floyd Family Papers,

Collection Number: 777

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Floyd family papers, 1790-1910, 1855-1873 (bulk).
Collection Number:
777
Creator:
Quantity:
2.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers concerned with the interrelated Floyd, Ireland, and Sicard families. The Floyd items include the militia records (1824-1829) of Captain David Floyd, 157th Regiment, Rome, Oneida County, New York. The Ireland items include a plat book of the lands owned in New York City by the John Ireland Estate (1837). The bulk of the collection (1855-1873) relates to the activities of Montgomery Sicard, a U.S. Naval Officer, and includes notes, pamphlets, and other materials on navigation, naval discipline, and the care and use of naval guns; letters relating to the shipwreck of the U.S.S. Saginaw in the Pacific, November 1870; and letters relating to Sicard's duties at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1870s).
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers concerned with the interrelated Floyd, Ireland, and Sicard families. The Floyd items include the militia records (1824-1829) of Captain David Floyd, 157th Regiment, Rome, Oneida County, New York. The Ireland items include a plat book of the lands owned in New York City by the John Ireland Estate (1837). The bulk of the collection (1855-1873) relates to the activities of Montgomery Sicard, a U.S. Naval Officer, and includes notes, pamphlets, and other materials on navigation, naval discipline, and the care and use of naval guns; letters relating to the shipwreck of the U.S.S. Saginaw in the Pacific, November 1870; and letters relating to Sicard's duties at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1870s).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Floyd family.
Floyd, David,
Ireland family.
Sicard family.
Sicard, Montgomery.
New York (State).Militia.
Saginaw (Ship).
United States.Navy.

Subjects:
Navigation.
Navy-yards and naval stations.
Naval discipline.
Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean.

Places:
Oneida County (N.Y.)
Rome (N.Y.).

Form and Genre Terms:
Plats.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Floyd family papers, #777. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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