Fish family papers, 1739-1860

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Cataloged manuscripts, 1739-1856



Box 13V Shared MS 1 Hamilton, Alexander. "Statement Concerning His Controversy with James Nicholson", New York, July 1795



Box 14 Cataloged manuscripts, 1739-1784

Real estate of the Fish family; estate of Jonathan Fish; U.S. government accounts of Nicholas Fish, supervisor of revenue; New York state milita (muster rolls, return lists, election of officers, etc.)



Box 15 Cataloged manuscripts, 1785-1786

Real estate; New York state militia (returns lists, election of officers, etc.)



Box 16 Cataloged manuscripts, 1787-1791

New York state militia (muster rolls, returns lists, election of officers, etc.); Fish family receipts; leases; etc.



Box 17 Cataloged manuscripts, 1792-1793

New York state militia (muster rolls, officer lists, inspection of returning regiments, nomination and election of officers, etc.); Nicholas Fish accounts



Box 18 Cataloged manuscripts, 1794-1800

U. S. government accounts of Nicholas Fish, supervisor of revenue



Box 19 Cataloged manuscripts, 1801-1805

U. S. government accounts of Nicholas Fish; accounts of other government officials; Nicholas Fish land surveys



Box 20 Cataloged manuscripts, 1806-1825

Chiefly Nicholas Fish personal accounts and real estate; New York City municipal matters: prisons, hospitals, other social welfare institutions and particularly roads (Nicholas Fish, chairman of the roads committee); several Washington D.C. municipal matters crica 1812



Box 21 Cataloged manuscripts, 1826-1833

Chiefly Nicholas Fish real estate documents (deeds, leases, mortgages, contracts)



Box 22 Cataloged manuscripts, 1834-1845

Real estate of Hamilton Fish; documents of Elizabeth Fish (Nicholas Fish's wife); estate of Nicholas Fish



Box 23 Cataloged manuscripts, 1846-1856

Emigration and health matters, especially numerous affadavits on behalf of Jose da Cunha and Alexander B. Whiting and the Marine Hospital in Staten Island; documents of Hamilton Fish; Elizabeth Fish and estate of Nicholas Fish