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Matthew Watson Foster portrait
No full textThe early notable family of Matthew Watson and Eleanor Johnson Foster lived in a large 2-story double log house on land about 7 miles northeast of Petersburg. Their son John Watson Foster became Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.Pike County Journe
Genealogy Notes - Elizabeth Watson and Benjamin Andrews
No full textHandwritten genealogy notes pertaining to vital information for the following members of the Watson and Andrews families: Elizabeth Watson, Benjamin Andrews, William Watson, and Patrick Watson.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-watson-family/1002/thumbnail.jp
Benjamin Yang wins Watson
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/c6ff7a4f-40b0-44b4-8df5-366599e9be31/thumb/128.jpgNote about Benjamin Yang '89, a biology major, who has won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for the coming year to study the production of ceramic goods on the Pacific coast of South America
Captain Benjamin Watson fonds, 1812-1816, n.d.
No full textCaptain Benjamin Watson lived in Newport, Rhode Island, and served with the 25th Infantry during the War of 1812.The fonds consists mostly of correspondence written by Rhode Island Captain Benjamin Watson while he was serving in the military during the War of 1812. Most of the letters are written to his wife Frances. A few are addressed to his brother James. One letter describes in detail the Battle of Stoney Creek, while several others were written from Fort George during the time that the Americans occupied the Fort. Another letter mentions the Battle of Lundy’s Lane. There are also several documents of court proceedings
In memoriam: Benjamin Ogle Tayloe.
No full text"This memorial of the late Benjamin Ogle Teyloe, compiled from his papers, notebooks and contributions to the press, is privately printed for the gratification of his family and friends. [signed] Winslow M. Watson."Biography.--Anecdotes and reminiscences.--Our neighbors on La Fayette Square.--American gentlemen of the olden time.--Randolphiana.--Letters from Europe.--Ancestry.Mode of access: Internet
J.C. Painter letter to Benjamin Lundy
No full textLetter from J.E. Painter to (presumably) Benjamin Lundy, answering a request for information about the history and operations of the Underground Railroad. Letter includes details of a story of an ex-slave transported on the Underground Railroad through Ohio and stories of the plight of other fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River.
Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His "Genius of Universal Emancipation" was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
A petition from Jesse Watson to Benjamin R. Milam
No full textA petition from Jesse Watson to Benjamin R. Milam.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_mckinneymilamfamily/1920/thumbnail.jp
Mexican land grant contract to Benjamin Lundy, March 10, 1835 (English)
No full textLegal document from an unsigned officer to Benjamin Lundy, authorizing him rights as empresario to a tract of land in then-Mexico. The document extends a previous treaty made to Lundy by the government of Mexico from November 17, 1823 -- presumably, this land is to be the site of Lundy's freed slave colony. Original Spanish-language document is also a part of this collection. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
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