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Family letters to Nicholson from his father, James Nicholson, and from his sisters Hannah Nicholson Gallatin, second wife of the Secretary of the Treasury and diplomat Albert Gallatin, Catherine Nicholson Few, wife of Senator William Few from Georgia and signer of the Constitution, and Jehoiadden Nicholson Chrystie, wife of James Chrystie of New York.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Witter Nicholson letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Source of acquisition--Hamilton, John. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.
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Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
Owner of a glass works in New Geneva, Pa. Nicholson's father was James Nicholson (ca. 1736-1804), Commodore of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.
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