Floyd family papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 777

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.

Dates

1790 - 1910
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1873

Creator

Floyd family. (Family)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers concerned with the interrelated Floyd, Ireland, and Sicard families.

Physical Description

Maps, correspondence, printed materials, manuscripts.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
EAD encoding:: Marcie Farwell, November 2015
Date modified:: Jude Corina, July 2017