Floyd family papers, 1790-19101855-1873
Collection Number: 777

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Floyd family papers, 1790-1910 1855-1873
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
777
Abstract:
Papers concerned with the interrelated Floyd, Ireland, and Sicard families.
Creator:
Floyd family.
Quanitities:
2.5 cubic feet.
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). Signatures on documents include those of Presidents Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

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

Names:
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.
Buchanan, James.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.
Floyd, David.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1744-1786.
Pierce, Franklin.
Sicard, Montgomery.
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929.
Ireland family.
Sicard family.
United States. Navy
New York (State). Militia
Saginaw (Ship)
Places:
Rome (N.Y.).
Oneida County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean.
Naval discipline.
Navy-yards and naval stations.
Navigation.
Form and Genre Terms:
Plats (maps).
CONTAINER LIST
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.