Lighthouses
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Briggs-Greene Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2021.0014
Scope and Contents
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...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
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Briggs-Greene Collection
Description of Stations on the Hudson River [Light Stations/Navigation], 1877
File — Carton MSS Box 319
Identifier: Folder 32
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises primarily family letters and ephemera relating to the Becker and Allen families of Catskill, a considerable share of these materials relate directly to the life and career of Mary Becker, a nurse employed for many years at the Catskill Hospital. other notable materials within include: a selection of letters by and concerning the life Samuel Allen, a former resident of Catskill who moved west to California in the 1870s to become a miner; papers and biographical materials...
Unidentified Cash Book, 1899
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1734
Scope and Contents
This cash book seems to contain a daily cash account of a hardware store in the vicinity of the Village of Coxsackie. Several Coxsackie family names are referenced in daily tabulations, and the paying down of an outstanding account of the Four Mile Point Lighthouse is mentioned.