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The Dick Family Papers. 1 folder.
ArMs 1985.1
Archibald L. Dick (c.1793- 1856) of Brooklyn worked as an engraver, while his son, James L. Dick (c.J.833-l868), was an artist. James was also one of the founding members of the Brooklyn Art School and Academy of Design.
The Dick Family Papers consist of 26 items concerning the business affairs and careers of both Archibald and James Dick. Included in the collection are business documents, deeds, mortgages, wills, correspondence, engravings by Archibald Dick, James Dick’s obituary notice, and a photograph of James Dick in Civil War-era uniform, among other items.
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The William Patton Griffith Papers, 1861-1937. 1 document box, 0.5 cubic feet.
ArMs 2006.030
William Patton Griffith was born in Washington, PA., on July 22, 1843. He worked at The Washington Reporter as a reporter, editor, and poet, and during the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army. After the war Griffith served as New York State Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) and was involved in a wealth of other veteran and civic organizations, such as the Society of Old Brooklynites. He also continued his career in journalism, serving as editor at The Pittsburgh Dispatch, The New York Herald, The World, The Brooklyn Eagle, and The Brooklyn Press. Later in life Griffith enjoyed a successful career in public service in Brooklyn and, at the age of 76, became a practicing chiropractor. He died on February 17, 1936.
The William Patton Griffith Papers consist primarily of correspondence, writings, speeches, and clippings relating to all aspects of Griffith’s participation as Grand Marshall in the Grand Army of the Republic and the Society of Old Brooklynites, among other civic activities in Brooklyn, with most of the collection focusing between the 1890s - 1930s. There are also some black and white photographs of Griffith attending a variety of public ceremonies and a few items representative of Griffith’s personal life, such as poems, programs, certificates and a swatch of flag bunting from the flag that flew over General Ulysses Grant’s tomb in 1897.
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Subject Topics
Freemasons –Brooklyn
War Memorials –United States
Subject Places
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) –Politics and government
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 102nd (1861-1865)
United States –History –Civil War –Veterans
Corporate Names
Big Brothers of America
General Slocum (Steamboat)
Grand Army of the Republic
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Union Veteran Legion of the United States
Personal Names
Griffith, William Patton, 1843-1936
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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Bedell and Conklin Family Collection, 1839-1917. 1 record carton (1 cubic foot).
ArMs 2005.021
Ebenezer Conklin was an employee or associate of the Peter Cooper glue factory and millworks, as well as a landlord and property owner. He and his wife Sarah Aletta Clowes had five children, two of whom are represented in this collection. Nathaniel Augustus, their third child, served in the Civil War. Sarah, the eldest, married George Bedell, the son of William Bedell, chief proprietor of a straw and feed company. William Bedell may also have been Ebenezer Conklin’s business partner for a time.
The Bedell and Conklin Family Collection contains financial records, family correspondence, and a small collection of ephemera. The financial records of Ebenezer Conklin make up the greatest part of the collection and pertain to all aspects of Conklin’s financial life. The financial records of his descendants and relatives generally concern only building repairs and tax records pertaining to various properties. The collection also includes two account books of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bushwick spanning the years 1876-1884, correspondence reflecting Nathaniel Augustus’ experience in the Civil War, letters from Nathaniel Augustus to his father, and ephemera such as business cards and promotional materials. See the full finding aid for descriptions of additional items.
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Personal Names
Bedell Family
Conklin Family
Conklin, Ebenezer
Conklin, Nathaniel Augustus
Bedell, Elbert
Bedell, George
Bedell, Sarah
Topics
Church records and registers-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Land titles-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Real property-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Retail trade-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865
Geographic Terms
Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-Social life and customs
Camp Russell A. Alger (Va.)
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
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Morgan-Parry Family Papers, 1861-1909. 2 document boxes (0.8 cubic feet).
ArMs 1990.006
Henry C. Morgan was the son of N.D. Morgan, President of the North America Life Insurance Company in New York, and the nephew of Edwin Denison Morgan, who served as Governor of New York and later was a United States Senator. Henry worked as clerk for the Manhattan Life Insurance Company before being enlisted to serve in the Civil War as a Recruiting Officer on October of 1861.
While recruiting service in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Henry met his future wife, Augusta “Gussie” Parry. After being wounded in Virginia in 1864, requiring amputation of his left leg above the knee, Henry left service, and he and Augusta were married in April of 1865. The couple had three daughters and settled in Brooklyn on Clinton Street, later moving to Connecticut.
The Morgan-Parry Family Papers include the Official and Personal papers of Henry C. Morgan and Augusta Parry. Materials of an official nature include documents and correspondence of Henry C. Morgan relating to his work as a 1st Lt. in the 12th infantry of the U.S. Army, and later as Captain in the 30th Regiment of the Infantry. Personal materials include correspondence and letters relating to Henry and Augusta, as well as their daughter Mary and Augusta’s father, Edward O. Parry. The collection also contains a contract for Henry and Augusta’s residence on Clinton Street dating from December 1870.
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Personal Names
Morgan, Henry C. (Churchill)
Morgan, N.D. (Nathan Denison), 1818-1895
Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883
Morgan, Augusta Parry, Mrs.
Parry, Edward O. (Owen)
Topics
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Desertions
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Equipment and supplies
United States. Army. Subsistence Dept.
United States. Army. Infantry, 12th.
United States. Army. Infantry, 30th.
Geographic Terms
Brooklyn (N.Y.)–Streets-Clinton Street
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Frank J. Bramhall, Compiler: Brooklyn, N.Y. Civil War History Collection. 1 manuscript box (0 .5 linear feet).
AccNo 1977.006
Following the end of the United States Civil War, the War Fund Committee of the City of Brooklyn and County of Kings began to document the numerous aspects of local participation during the U.S. Civil War. To this end, it undertook to publish a comprehensive account of these efforts, to be entitled Kings County in the War. The Committee selected Frank J. Bramhall, Superintendent of the Naval Division of the Bureau of Military Record, and an author and historian of the Civil War, to compile the work.
The bulk of this collection consists of information on various Kings County Civil War military units and servicemen. The military unit records include completed questionnaires, numerous official military reports, muster rolls, as well as many hand-written histories of specific units. Information on individual servicemen is contained in completed questionnaires, many handwritten accounts of their war-time experiences, and family correspondence. Numerous clippings contain information on individuals or units from Kings County and provide supplementary accounts of local participation in the war. Records of Kings County’s non-military involvement in the war consist of materials of various local commissions, aid societies and events. The collection also includes various Civil War clippings collected by Bramhall and copies of printed questionnaires and forms created to execute this project.
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- Bramhall, Frank James, 1846-1907
- Thompson, Richard
- Smith, Ada W.
- Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (1864)
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Brooklyn, N.Y, U.S. Civil War Relief Associations Collection including “Women’s Sanitary Fair,” 1846-1964 (bulk 1858-1871). 10 boxes(5 manuscript boxes, 2 artifact boxes, and 3 oversized boxes), 2.5 linear feet plus oversized and artifact boxes (appx. 4.5 feet total).
AccNo. 1973.191, 1974.123, 1977.099, 1977.329, 1981.005.
This collection contains materials from Brooklyn organizations that functioned during the United States Civil War (1861-1865) in providing resources and relief to Union Army soldiers and their families, thereby rendering assistance to the federal government in the successful prosecution of the war. Materials primarily consist of ledgers, financial vouchers, minute books, printed material, subscription books, reports, clippings, pamphlets, poetry, speeches, and some correspondence.
Organizations represented include the War Fund Committee (WFC) of Brooklyn and two of its specific committees, the “Home Trust of the Volunteers” and the “Lincoln Monument Fund,” as well as the Women’s Relief Association (WRA) of Brooklyn, a local auxiliary of the United States Sanitary Commission. The greater part of the collection consists of records from the Brooklyn & Long Island Sanitary Fair (a fund-raising event sponsored by the WFC and WRA), but items also pertain to other relief organizations and events, such as sanitary fairs held in other cities, the Brooklyn & Long Island Christian Commission and the American Freedmen’s Friend Society.
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John B. Woodward Papers, 1820-1924. 1 record carton, 1 manuscript box, 1 scrapbook in custom enclosure (1.6 cubic feet).
ArMs 1977.039; ArMs 1977.146
A lifelong Brooklynite, John Blackburne Woodward was a notable businessman, military officer, and philanthropist: he ran a successful trading business; completed his military career as Adjutant General; and served on the boards of many prominent organizations, including the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Parks Department. Elijah R. Kennedy attributes the revitalization of both the Brooklyn Institute and Prospect Park to Woodward’s dedicated work. In 1885, Woodward made an unsuccessful bid for Mayor of Brooklyn.
The John Blackburne Woodward Papers consist of materials reflecting both his professional and personal life, collected both by him and his family. The collection is divided into two series. The first series consists of materials relating to Woodward’s role as Secretary of the Citizens Relief Committee during the time of the Johnstown Flood; materials relating to the accounts of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, of which Woodward was Treasurer; and records of Woodward’s role in helping to erect a statue of the Honorable James S.T. Stranahan in Prospect Park. The second series contains materials pertaining to Woodward’s personal life (i.e. school report cards, correspondence); clippings and correspondence regarding Woodward’s death; ephemera such as restaurant menus collected from various dinners; items from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences; and scrapbooks.
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Fowler, E.B. (Edward Brush), 1826-1896
MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Stranahan, J. S. T. (James Samuel Thomas), 1808-1898
Woodward, John B., 1832-1896
Woodward, John N.
Brooklyn City Guard (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Club (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-Board of City Works
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
New England Society in the City of New York
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks
New York (State)-National Guard-Regiment, 13th
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-19th century-Social life and customs
Businessmen-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-19th century
Generals-New York (State)-19th century
Philanthropists-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-19th century
Political candidates-Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-19th century
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Cranston Family Papers, 1846-1923. 4 boxes (3 legal manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box), 1.75 cubic feet.
ArMs 1994.013
The Cranston Family collection comprises 1.75 cubic feet of letters, clippings, books, certificates, and ephemera from three generations of the Cranston and Morehouse families of Brooklyn, N.Y. The majority of the collection relates to the lives of Alfred Cranston and his wife Elizabeth H. Petford Cranston. The collection also contains letters, books, and ephemera relating to the Cranstons’ daughter Ella Cranston, to the Morehouse family (from which a daughter, Emma Louise, married the Cranston’s son, Alfred Petford Cranston), and to their relatives, the Oliver and Bellows families.
Alfred Cranston was a volunteer firefighter and fought in the Civil War with the 14th Regiment on the New York State Militia, known popularly as “the Fighting Fourteenth”, and later superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Building in Manhattan, home of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company. Elizabeth H. Petford Cranston was active in the Society of the Wives and Daughters of the 14th Regiment War Veterans, serving as the Society’s president from 1893 to 1915. She also took part in numerous church and charity activities.
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- Fire fighters - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Regimental histories
- St. Cloud (Fla.)-History
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Veterans
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 84th (1861-1864)
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Horatio C. King Collection, Circa 1850-1925. 3 document boxes (0.7 cubic feet).
ArMs 1977.195 & 1991.035
Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) was a prominent lawyer and politician, running for Secretary of State for New York as a Democrat in 1895, Congress as a member of the Sound Money Party in 1896, and Comptroller for the Progressive Party in 1912. He served as a Civil War officer in the Armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah from 1862-1865. He lived in Brooklyn Heights with his wife, Esther Augusta Howard, and their nine children. He was also a published writer of poetry and songs as well as a lecturer.
This collection is a loose assortment of items pertaining to Horatio C. King, Esther King (his wife), and Mary E. Hewitt, an American writer and poet who was the mother of King’s first wife, Emma. Content also relates to the Fort Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (of which Esther was a member), as well as King’s involvement with the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Association of the United States and the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
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- King, Horatio C. (Horatio Collins), 1837-1918
- Hewitt, Mary E.
- King, Esther
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Association of the United States
- Army of the Potomac
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Civil War Collection, 1804-1865 (bulk dates 1860-1865). 2 boxes (1 cubic foot).
ArMs 1977.200
Edwin P. Hopkins was born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH in 1841 or 1842. He enlisted in the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery Regiment, Battery H on October 27, 1861. He was captured on November 27, 1863 during the Mine Run Campaign and imprisoned in Richmond, VA. In March 1864 he was transferred to Andersonville and appointed Steward in charge of the 1st division of the camp hospital, which was divided into four divisions. He was released in November 1864 and as of May 1865 was living in Toledo, Ohio. Andersonville Prison, officially named Camp Sumpter and located in Andersonville, GA, was active from February 1864 until the end of the Civil War in April 1865 and was one of the largest Confederate prisoner of war camps.
Edwin Hopkins collected the Andersonville materials while a prisoner at Andersonville. The records are original documents that were consolidated into reports by the surgeon in charge of each division and then submitted to the Chief Surgeon. Afterwards the originals were sent back to the Steward to be discarded. Hopkins, however, did not discard them and instead secreted them away and took them with him when he left Andersonville in November 1864.
The Civil War Collection comprises one cubic foot of materials that contain primary records from the hospital of the Confederate prisoner camp in Andersonville, GA, including roll books, letter books and statistics on admissions and deaths within the hospital. There is also a series of printed material, broadsides, circulars and forms, covering a wide variety of Civil War related topics including politics, suffrage, war forms, National Guard orders, religious organizations, relief organizations, Freedman’s groups, and temperance.
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- Dodge, Stephen A.
- Hopkins, Edwin P.
- Confederate States of America-Army-Regiment, North Carolina Troops, 36th-Company C
- United States-Army-Regiment Infantry, New York Volunteers, 87th (1861-1862)
- New York (State)-National Guard-Regiment, 13th
- Suffolk Sabbath School Association
- National Freedmen’s Relief Association (U.S.)
- American Freedmen’s Friend Society
- The Brooklyn Daily Union
- Confederate States of America-Army-Prisons
- Hospitals-Military
- Prisons-Military-Georgia
- Hospital patients
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Prisoners and prisons
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Campaigns
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Hospitals
- Fair Oaks, Va. Battle of, 1862
- Patriotism-United States
- Elections-New York (State)
- United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Collectibles
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-History-Military
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)-Charities
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