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Stewart, Charles, 1729-1800

Collection contains materials from Stewart's war career including letters, documents, reports, and returns with many references to the difficulties of obtaining, transporting, and paying for Army supplies. Also, materials from Stewart's pre- and post-war career including letters, memos, deeds, receipts, genealogical data, and accounts of land investments and surveys in NJ and PA, and the expulsion of Connecticut settlers from the Wyoming Valley, PA and their resettlement after the war. Correspondents include James Tilghman, Amos Ogden, John Penn, Alexander Patterson, family members, and many notable military figures.

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Papers of Judge William Cooper, the founder of Cooperstown, and of his children, Hannah, Isaac, James Fenimore, Samuel, and William. A large part of the collection concerns the land and financial transactions conducted by Judge Cooper and his direct descendants. Of particular interest are deeds, leases, bonds, and mortgages that document his involvement in the settling of Cooperstown and Otsego County, N.Y. His papers also include correspondence, land books, and bankbooks. Isaac Cooper's papers include the contract for building his home, Edgewater. James Fenimore Cooper's papers include correspondence and fragments of literary manuscripts. The collection also contains scattered letters from a few in-laws and grandchildren of Judge Cooper, such as Susan Fenimore Cooper, as well as three photograph albums.

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Fonda, Jellis, 1729-1791

Letters, invoices, accounts, and land, legal, and military papers of Jellis/Jelles Fonda of Montgomery County, N.Y. Also contains two ledgers of his general store in Caughnawaga (Fonda), Montogmery County, N.Y. Subjects of note include Fonda's trade with London markets and with Native Americans, many of whom were customers in the ledgers. Includes some photocopies.

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Zabriskie Family

Family correspondence, deeds, wills, genealogical data, travel mementos, patents, clippings,and scrapbooks of Charles F. Zabriskie (CFZ) and his son Charles Lemaire Zabriskie (CLZ) of Cooperstown. Also documents of Jean LeMaire, an immigrant from France.