COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Letters received by Horace L. Edgar Pratt, a Protestant Episcopal rector on Staten Island, New York; also, a Civil War draft exemption certificate issued to John A Kernochan, Sept. 10, 1863; Queens County documents including a four year indenture apprenticing Joseph Lawrence to Effingham Lawrence; a bill of sale selling Joseph, a Negro boy; a receipt for a twelve pound bounty for William Aitken for New York militia service during the Revolutionary War; and a proclamation of Governor George Clinton.
Dates
- 1758-1903
Creator
- Pratt family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3 folders. (3 folders.)
Abstract
Letters received by Horace L. Edgar Pratt, a Protestant Episcopal rector on Staten Island, New York; also, a Civil War draft exemption certificate issued to John A Kernochan, Sept. 10, 1863; Queens County documents including a four year indenture apprenticing Joseph Lawrence to Effingham Lawrence; a bill of sale selling Joseph, a Negro boy; a receipt for a twelve pound bounty for William Aitken for New York militia service during the Revolutionary War; and a proclamation of Governor George Clinton.
Physical Description
Letters, legal documents, financial records.
- Aitken, William.
- Clinton, George.
- Kernochan, John A.
- Lawrence, Effingham.
- Lawrence, Joseph.
- New York (State). Militia
- Slavery -- New York (State) -- Queens County.
- Staten Island (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States. Army -- : Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- : Civil War, 1861-1865
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by K.J. Ginage
- Date
- January, 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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