Order from Quartermaster's Office, Fort Monroe, to Thomas A. Briggs regarding conveying passengers on the Silas O. Pierce, 1865
File — Box: MSS Box 249
Identifier: 249.7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection comprises a selection of documents related to the life and work of Thomas Alcott Briggs as a captain of the Steamboat Silas O. Pierce and as a representative from Greene County in the New York State Assembly for a term following the Civil War. Materials included are papers related to the sale and registration of the Silas O. Pierce, as well as correspondence of constituents to Mr. Briggs during his time in the Assembly. Other materials relate to the Greene Family, long time owners of the Keeper's Cottage at Four Mile Point in Coxsackie. Materials included are papers of the Greene and Soich families related to their ownership of the property, as well as a selection of family photographs housed separately. Of note are several bound volumes of Keeper's Logs/Reports from the 1870s through the 1920s covering the activities of the keepers stationed at Four Mile Point Lighthouse when it was a manned navigation beacon.
Dates
- Other: 1865
Extent
From the Collection: .3 Cubic Feet (One legal size document case and separated protective photo sleeves in photo binder box.) : Handwritten documents, photographs, and bound publications.
Repository Details
Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository
Contact:
90 County Highway 42
Coxsackie New York 12051 United States
518-731-1033
library@gchistory.org
90 County Highway 42
Coxsackie New York 12051 United States
518-731-1033
library@gchistory.org