Guide to the Legal Documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
1777-1851.

Collection Number: 4779

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
December 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, December 2010

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 1777-1851.
Collection Number:
4779
Creator:
Quantity:
7 items.
Forms of Material:
Financial Records, Legal Documents, Manuscripts
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Mass., 1877; ALS Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Mass., 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, N.Y. financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa., includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778; will of Jacob Rubsamen (?) of Philadelphia, Pa., includes manumission of three slaves, 1792; and will of Brigadier General Christian Febiger, Philadelphia, Pa., 1796. Also clipping with poem about slavery, "The Auction-Block Again - Who Bids?" from the New York Tribune, n.d.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Mass., 1877; ALS Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Mass., 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, N.Y. financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa., includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778; will of Jacob Rubsamen (?) of Philadelphia, Pa., includes manumission of three slaves, 1792; and will of Brigadier General Christian Febiger, Philadelphia, Pa., 1796. Also clipping with poem about slavery, "The Auction-Block Again - Who Bids?" from the New York Tribune, n.d.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Curtiss, Lyman.
Faneuil, Pierre Benjamin.
Febiger, Christian.
Gingery, Christian.
Porter, Tyler.
Rubsamen, Jacob.
Beebee & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) Militia.
New York (State).Militia.

Subjects:
Military pensions--United States--History.
Foreign exchange.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
Slavery--United States.
Poems--United States--19th century.

Places:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans.

Form and Genre Terms:
Legal documents.
Wills.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, #4779. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1777
Faneuil, Pierre Benjamin. Will
 Box 1 Folder 1
1818
Revolutionary War Pension Request. Boxford, Massachusetts.
 Box 1 Folder 2
1834
New York State Militia Document
 Box 1 Folder 3
1851
Beebee and Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, New York. Financial Statement
 Box 1 Folder 4
1778
Lancaster County PA. Will. Includes Mention of a "Mulato Girl" Slave
 Box 1 Folder 5
1792
Will. Philadelphia, PA. "Purchase and Set Free" Slaves
 Box 1 Folder 6
1796
Christina Febiger. Will.
Box 1 Folder 7
Poem About Slavery From New York Tribune
 Box 1 Folder 8