Foote Family Bibliography
Bibliography:
Contents
- 1 Published Sources:
- 2 Online Sources:
- 3 Manuscripts, Archives and other Unpublished Sources
- 3.1 Delaware County Historical Association, Delhi, New York.
- 3.2 Detroit Public library
- 3.3 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge:
- 3.4 National Archives, Washington, D.C.:
- 3.5 New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections, Albany, New York
- 3.6 New York Historical Society Library:
- 3.7 New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division:
- 3.8 Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections:
- 3.9 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York:
- 3.10 State University of New York at Oneonta:
- 3.11 United States Military Academy Library (West Point)
- 3.12 U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
- 3.13 University of Florida, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, Gainesville, Florida:
- 3.14 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 3.15 University Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library:
- 3.16 Yale University Library, Sterling Memorial Library
- 3.17 Misc:
Published Sources:
- DeAlva Stanwood Alexander, A Political History of New York, New York, 1906. 3 vols.
- John L. Brooke, Columbia Rising; Civil Life on the Upper Hudson from the Revolution to the Age of Jackson, UNC Press, Chapel Hill.
- Abram William Foote. Foote Family comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City, 2 vols. Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., 1907.
- Katerine Adelia Foote, Ebenezer Foote, the founder; being an epistolary light on his time as shed by letters from his files, selected by his great-granddaughter Katherine Adelia Foote. Delhi, N.Y., Delaware Express Co., 1927. Physical Description: 224 p. port. 24 cm.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b61044;view=1up;seq=210
We abbreviate her initials as KAF for these transcriptions.
- Joanne B. Freeman, ‘’Affairs of Honor,’’ National Politics in the New Republic. Yale, 2001. Ebenezer, “a powerful Federalist,” mentioned p. 222.
- Charles R. Geisst, Wall Street; a History, Oxford, 1997
- Washington Irving, 1783-1859. A History of New York. Author's rev. ed. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & co., 1873.
- Hammond, Jabez D. (Jabez Delano), 1778-1855; Root, Erastus, 1773-1846. The history of political parties in the state of New York, from the ratification of the federal constitution to December, 1840. Syracuse, 1852.
- Office of the State Controller (James A. Roberts), New York in the Revolution, vol. 2. SUPPLEMENT 1780, Albany, 1904. Ebenezer Foote and Asa Worthington were Inspectors of Cattle.
- Stephen C. Hutchins, Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York, Weed, Parsons & Company, 1883 - Administrative and political divisions
- M.J. (Martha Joanna) Lamb, and Harrison, B., History of the City of New York: its Origin, Rise, and Progress. 4 vols. New York: A.S. Barnes Co..
- Floyd H. Lincoln, Arbor Hill, Fraser, Delaware Co., N.Y., Residence of John D. Clarke, Congressman Thirty-Fourth District, 1921–1925, “reprinted from an article by Floyd H. Lincoln and published in The Walton Reporter, June 6, 1925.
- Thomas C. Parramore, "The Merchants Foote," ‘’The North Carolina Historical Review’’
Vol. 46, No. 4 (October, 1969), pp. 365-376
- John A. Ruddiman, Becoming Men of Some Consequence: Youth and Military Service in the Revolutionary War, University of Virginia Press, 2014
- Shane White, Somewhat more Independent; the End of Slavery in New York City, 1770–1810, Athens 1991.
Online Sources:
- Schenetadyhistory.org
- Andrew James Colvin married, at Newark, New Jersey, September 2, 1845, Margaret Crane Alling, daughter of Prudden Alling and Maria Halsey, of Newark, New Jersey. She was a niece of Colonel John Ford, and related to General Prudden of the revolutionary army, and by marriage of her aunt, Matilda (Rosekrans) Halsey, to General Ebenezer Foote of the Continental army, an old Delaware county family. She was a descendant of Roger Alling (1st) progenitor of the family in America, who came to this country in 1639, settling in New Haven, Connecticut.
Manuscripts, Archives and other Unpublished Sources
Delaware County Historical Association, Delhi, New York.
- Ebenezer Foote papers, 1785-1829
Local system #: (NIC)NYDE240-160-0039 Add Author: Ebenezer Foote. Title: Ebenezer Foote papers, 1785-1829. Quantity: 1000 items (ca.) Historical/biog note: Politician, lawyer, land agent. Abstract: Correspondence, tax papers, deeds, leases, account sheets with absentee landlords, 1785-1829. Also powers of attorney from absentee landlords to Foote, empowering him to act as agent in land sales, purchases and lease transactions, 1799-1826. Form/genre terms: Correspondence. Local subject: Land records, deeds and surveys. Local subject: Land speculation.
- LOCATION: Delaware County Historical Association, H. Fletcher Davidson Historical Library and Archives, R.D. 2, Delhi, New York 13753.
Detroit Public library
- Revolutionary reminiscences (autobiographical) of the life of Ebenezer Foote. Detroit Public library.
Ebenezer Foote papers, 1756-1784 Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829. Pages: 8 [incomplete —dff] 1 copy available at Main Library, Archive/Manuscript Burton Historical Collection Manuscripts Collection Note: Level A, Stack 19N
This appears to be a handwritten ms by Foote as part of his/ or his widows, application for pension. - https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge:
- Letter from Colonel John Swartwout of New York, a political supporter of Aaron Burr, written to Ebenezer Foote referring to the business of his mercantile firm. The last line of the letter makes an oblique reference to the Burr Conspiracy. John Swartwout Letter, Mss. 1580, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special ) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.:
- Wolcott’s Regiment, Connecticut. Sargents: Abner Brenoughs, Nathan Abbott, John Wood. ["Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War”]
New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections, Albany, New York
- Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829. Papers, 1779-1829 New York State Library Ms and Sp collections, Albany, NY. Local system #: (N)SC11365 Author: Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829. Title: Papers, 1779-1829.
- Quantity: 9 boxes. Quantity: 2 microfilm. Arrangement: Organized into five separate accessions. *Box 1, Folders 1-2, 4, 11, 16, 24-26, 30, 33, 40, 45;
- Box 2, Folders 52, 55, 60-63;
- Box 3, Folders 67, 76, 82, 92, 94; *Box 4, Folders 96-98, 100-101, 106-111, 114, 120-121, 123, 126-129, 139-140, 142-144,; *Box 5, Folders 148, 152-153, 156-157, 170-171, 175, 180; *Box 6, Folders 189-191.
- Historical/biog note: Soldier in the American Revolution, Ulster County, N.Y. politician and Delaware County, N.Y. official. Member of the N.Y. State legislature.
- Abstract: These papers consist mainly of correspondence between Foote and his associates. The letters discuss a variety of business matters and political issues as well as personal topics. The collection also includes items such as deeds and leases for lands in Delaware County, N.Y. and records from various Delaware County courts. Indexes: Index of correspondents available in repository. Finding aids: Unpublished guide available in repository.
New York State Historical Documents Albany, NY 12230
- NYSL: Title: To the inhabitants of Ulster County. Imprint: Kingston, N.Y. : Power & Copp, [1793?] Physical description: 1 photostat ; 46 x 26 cm. Note: "The public prints in this and in a neighbouring county have of late been thronged with publications, bearing the signature of Ebenezer Foote, which were evidently intended to depreciate my reputation in the esteem of my fellow citizens ..." Note: The letter is signed Christopher Tappen and dated Kingston, April 16, 1793. Appended to it is a letter stating, "We do verify that Christopher Tappen, late treasurer of Ulster county ..." The appended item is signed by seven individuals. Note: Originally part of the 79-item "DeWitt Clinton Broadside Collection." Note: Original number: 1775-45. Local note: Broadside accession — August 22, 2003
New York Historical Society Library:
- "No Footlicker. Odd! Odd! Odd!! : To the Republican electors of the county of Delaware." Delaware County, N.Y. : s.n., 1822 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 22 cm. Signed. Opposes the nomination of Charles A. Foote as Republican candidate for congress and endorses the candidacy of John T. More for the office.
- NYHS copy inscribed at foot in pencil: he was elected notwithstanding his aristocracy; inscribed on verso: no footlicker—an amazing effort of genius by Sherwood & Fitch. NHi
Foote, Charles A. More, John T., United States. Congress — Elections. Republican Party (N.Y. : 1 792-1828) Library Holdings: New-York Historical Society / Broadsides SY1822 no.39 / Non-circulating
- “Republican meeting. : At a meeting of the following named Republicans, from different parts of the county oDelaware [sic], hastily convened at Edgerton Hotel, in Delhi, on the 30th day of Oct. 1822 … Delaware County, N.Y. : s.n., 1822, 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 23 cm.
Endorses and confirms the nomination of Republican candidates Charles A. Foote, for congress, and Martin Keeler, for sheriff, and rejects the nomination of John T. More for congress made at a Republican meeting at Roxbury, New York.
- Foote, Charles A., Keeler, Martin., More, John T.
- Subject (LCSH) Republican Party (N.Y. : 1792-1828) Library Holdings: New-York Historical Society / Broadsides SY1822 no.39 / Non-circulating
- Peter Livingston Manor to Walter Livingston, New York City, 1785, Charles A Foote Kinderhook to Ebenezer Foote, Delhi, 1805, box 2 folder 60 EFP
- New York, NY 10024 United States William Butler; Robert Leake; Helena Myers; Litchfield family.; Ross family.
Document Type: All Authors / Contributors: Robert Ross; Ebenezer Foote; Frederick William Hecht; Edward Litchfield; John Morin Scott OCLC Number: 58779453 Description: 1 box (ca. 190 items) Abstract: Correspondence, deeds, receipts, bonds, accounts, releases, articles of agreement, estates papers, leases, mortgages, land transfers, powers of attorney, land grants and petitions, and assorted land and legal papers, 1764-1830 (bulk 1770-1816) of Robert Ross, deputy commissary of New York, and his son, Robert Ross, Jr., of Eastchester, Westchester County, New York; as well as letters and papers of other members of the Ross and related Litchfield family.
- Papers and correspondence, 1764-1795, of Robert Ross, Sr., principally relate to lands in new York State, including land given as bounties to British soldier who fought in the French and Indian War. Additional materials relate to the settlement of Ross's estate and distribution of his property, the will and settlement of the estate of Helena Myers, widow of John Morin Scott; administration of family property, finances, etc. Individual item include petitions of Robert Leake, Robert Ross, William Butler, and others, to Governor Tryon for land in Albany and Dutchess County; a list of petitioners for military bounty lands recording acreage to which each is entitled; two manuscript maps and remarks on lands surveyed in Dutchess County by Robert Leake; and a notebook, 1775-1776, kept by Ross, containing receipts and daily financial and legal memoranda and recording his activities as deputy commissary. Correspondents include Edward Litchfield, John Morin Scott, and New York Loyalist and fellow deputy commissary, Frederick William Hecht. Papers of Robert Ross, Jr., include correspondence, 1796-1815, related to the land titles, transfers, sales, and administration of family properties; along with ca. 110 receipts, bill, and accounts, 1814-1816, recording his payments for purchases of dry goods, paint, provisions, lumber, etc., for making and repairing shoes, tools, harness, clothing, utensils, etc., and for tuition, taxes, coach hire, lodging, stabling, blacksmithing, etc. Included are letters to Ross's wife, Ann S. Ross, and from Ebenezer Foote regarding management of Ross's business affairs.
- See also: Donald Clark collection, NYHSL. over 65 letters, some photocopies.
New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division:
- “Captain Foote” from: Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886 Misc Names Collection. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788 Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Call number — MssCol 7162 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) Preferred Citation James Chaplin Beecher letter to Captain Foote, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division Advance notice required. Request access to this collection. Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886, clergyman, abolitionist, son of Lyman Beecher, 1775-1863, brother of Catharine and Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe; resident of Elmira, N.Y.
- Liebmann, Alfred J., 1885-1957, Liebmann collection of American historical documents relating to spiritous liquors, 1665-1910 [bulk 1665-1865]
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1756 .68 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversized folder)
Alfred J. Liebermann (b. 1885) was a research chemist. Born in Switzerland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1910 and became technical director of Schenley Industries and president of the Schenley Research Institute.
- Justin Foote, at New York, to Ebenezer Foote, Official document containing lists of persons licensed as inn-holders and retailers of liquor in the town of Newburyport, Mass. dated September 1, 1813 at Salem and October 2, 1813 at Newburyport
- Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1797 Letters. Call number — MssCol 4658 .1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation: Letters to Peter Van Gaasbeek and Peter Marius Groen, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Eight letters, 1775-1797, to merchant Peter Van Gaasbeek at Kingston, New York and New York City, from Jacob Marius Groen, Jr. at Kingston; Abraham G. Lansing at Albany; Ebenezer Foote and Solomon Sleight at Newburgh; Nicholas Low at New York; Noah Welles at East Windsor (Connecticut) ; and Edward Jones at Philadelphia. Letters concern personal and business affairs, Federal loan office certificates, and political matters. A letter dated December 15, 1800 from Samuel Sherwood at Delhi, to Peter Marius Groen in Kingston, pertains to legal expenses. Purchased from Stan. V. Henkels, 1923. Compiled by Susan P. Waide, 2014
Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections:
- Foote, Ebenezer (1756-1829) Papers, 1766-1925, bulk 1785-1829
- Abstract
Ebenezer Foote (1756-1829) was a cattle agent for the Continental Army's Commissary Department during the American Revolutionary War, a merchant, a land agent, a politician, and a judge in New York State. Foote's papers date from 1766 to 1925, with the majority dating from 1785 to his death in 1829, and primarily document his land agency business in Delhi, Delaware County, New York. In addition to the land and financial records related to his business, the collection also contains some legal records, records documenting Foote's work as inspector of cattle for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and limited family records. 5.1 linear feet. 12 archival boxes, 1 oversized box. Call number: C0430
- Biography/History: Born April 12, 1756 in Connecticut, Ebenezer Foote was the son of Daniel (1717-1801) and Margaret Parsons (1721-1764) Foote. At the start of the American Revolutionary War, Foote volunteered as a soldier, without permission from his father, and saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, wintered in Valley Forge, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Washington. Following his capture, Foote was held in Bridewell Prison in New York City, from which he escaped in December, 1777 by swimming across the Hudson River to New Jersey. Although free from captivity, Foote's health was compromised due to his winter-time escape, and he was unable to participate in further military engagements. Instead, he served in the Commissary Department as inspector of cattle for the Continental Army, stationed in Crompond, New York. In this capacity, he gathered cattle from the countryside and forwarded them across the Hudson River to West Point to supply the troops. He eventually left the army in 1783 with the rank of major.
Returning to civilian life, Foote served as a member of the New York legislature in 1792, 1794, 1796, and 1797, and worked in the mercantile business in Newburgh, New York and Ulster County, New York until 1797, when he actively participated in the formation of Delaware County, and moved to Delhi, New York. He quickly became active in Delaware County's community and politics. He was appointed the first county clerk of Delaware County, serving from 1798 to 1801, served as a member of the state senate from the Middle District from 1798 to 1802, sat in the Council of Appointment with Governor John Jay (1745-1829) in 1799, and conducted an extensive land agency. In 1810, Foote was appointed the judge of the New York Court of Common Pleas, serving until 1816, and then again, from 1828 until his death in 1829.
In 1779, Foote married Jerusha Purdy (1754-1818) and, in 1797, he began building his estate, Arbor Hill, on land granted to him in return for his military service. The Footes were the parents of four children: Frederick Parsons Foote (1782-1827), Charles Augustus Foote (1785-1824), Harriet Foote (born 1787), and Margaret Parsons Foote (1790-1840). Frederick Parsons Foote served as a general in the War of 1812. He married Charlotte Welles, had three children, and died in Leghorn Italy at the age of 45. Charles Augustus Foote, a lawyer and member of Congress from New York in 1824, married Maria Baldwin and was the father of five children who lived to adulthood: Frances, Catherine B., Rensselaer (West point graduate and career soldier who served in the Seminole War and was killed at the Battle of Gaines Mill during the Civil War), Charles A., and James. Harriet Foote first married Ambrose Bryan, and later married her cousin John Foote (son of Ebenezer's brother Isaac [1746-1842]). She became guardian to her brother Charles' children following his death. Margaret Parsons Foote married Reverend Ebenezer K. Maxwell (1743-1840), the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Delhi for twenty-eight years.
Ebenezer Foote died on December 28, 1829 at the age of 75.
- Description: The Ebenezer Foote Papers date from 1766 to 1925 and primarily document Foote's land agency business. The bulk of the records date from 1785 to Foote's death in 1829, and in addition to the land and financial records related to his business, the collection also contains some legal records, records documenting Foote's work as inspector of cattle for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and limited family records. The collection is arranged in four series: "Business Records, Largely Relating to Land, 1766-1829," "Legal Records, 1788-1829," "Revolutionary War Correspondence and Financial Records regarding Supplies of Cattle for the Continental Army, 1778-1782," and "Family Records, 1790-1925."
As a collection, this material provides an interesting glimpse into the formation of a new county, particularly in assessing its property, negotiating its land transactions, and governing/judging its community. The papers also provide a unique opportunity to see the American dream in action, from fighting for the nation's independence, building a business, earning success and respect, and participating in the governance of the county and state. Arrangement
Box 13 is oversized.
Series 1. Business Records, Largely Relating to Land, 1766-1829 Subseries a. Correspondence to Ebenezer Foote, 1785-1829 Subseries b. Financial and Land Records, 1766-1829 Series 2. Legal Records, 1788-1829 Series 3. Revolutionary War Correspondence and Financial Records regarding Supplies of Cattle for the Continental Army, 1778-1782 Series 4. Family Records, 1790-1925
Acquisition and Appraisal
- Provenance and Acquisition
This collection was acquired in two parts. The bulk of the collection was donated by Stewart Robinson, March 18, 1964. The correspondence found in "Series III. Revolutionary War Correspondence and Financial Records Regarding Supplies of Cattle for the Continental Army, 1778-1782" was purchased at auction in 2012. [the finding aid can be seen on the Princeton online catalog. Note: Stewart “Stu” Robinson was ordained a Presbyterian Minister, see Princeton Alumni Weekly, vol. 18, 1917. —dff]
1 Feb, 2017; seen boxes: 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 12. (12 has family material)
Box 12, folder 7: “The politician outwitted” old book.
- 23 April, 1830: County of Delaware, Surrogate Court
“In the Matter of James B. Foote, a minor child under the age of 14.” She is also made guardian of Catherine B, under 14, Charles, under 14, Renseller W over 14, Frances over the age of 14, one dup, Rensselaer Robert North, Surrogate. duplicate copies.
Box 12 folder 1: William Frost. Writes from West Point thanking him for delivery of cattle.
Box 12. folder 2. : West Point, 2d Dec 1780, Sir The Thirty Head of Cattle I las sent for were driven as far as Danforth’s the Night before last I tester morning obtained a party of men and now I under the … but now he cannot find them (the cattle)
Box 12, folder 11: Will, inventory, and 7 May, 1830, To Matilda Foote, widow of Eben deceased, Harriet F. Byran, Ebenezer K Maxwell, and Margaret P. Maxwell, Harriet F. Bryan Guardian of Frances Foote, Catherine B. Foote Renseller W. Foote, Charles Foote, and James B Foote, the minor children of Charles A Foote, and Ebenezer K Maxwell, guardian of Margaret B. Foote, the minor child of Frederick P. Foote. “we shall on Saturday, the twenty second day of May instant apply to the surrogate of the County of Delaware, wheresoever his Court shall then be held at 10 o’clock on the forenoon. to take the proof of and record he last will and testament of Ebenezer Foote.
box 12 folder 16: Jesse Baldwin writes letter to Margaret P Foote long letter about the ministers in NYC and the Devil, Jesus and God in general.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York:
- Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1798. Correspondence, 1773-1802 LOCATION: Local system #: (NIC)NYDU427-240-0274
- Author: Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1798. Title: Correspondence, 1773-1802. Quantity: ca. .3 cubic ft. Abstract: Papers of Peter Van Gaasbeek include family correspondence, 1786-1794; political and business correspondence with John Addison, 1792-1796, Abraham B. Bancker, 1788-1789, Coenraedt E. Elmendorf, 1787-1797, Container 30 Ebenezer Foote, 1792-1797, Rufus King, 1794-1795, Johannes Miller, 1792-1795, Jacob Radclift, 1795-1796, James S. Roosevelt, 1793-1794, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, 1783-1789, Cornelius Wynkoop, 1787-1788, and others, 1773-1802; and correspondence with Peter R. and John R. Livingston regarding military affairs, 1776-1778.
General note: Part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Hudson River Valley and Dutchess County Manuscripts. Personal subject: Addison, John. Personal subject: Bancker, Abraham B. Personal subject: Elmendorf, Coenraedt E. Personal subject: Foote, Ebenezer. Personal subject: King, Rufus, 1755-1827. Personal subject: Miller, Johannes. Personal subject: Radclift, Jacob. Personal subject: Roosevelt, James S. Personal subject: Schoonmaker, Cornelius C. Personal subject: Wynkoop, Cornelius. Personal subject: Livingston, Peter R. Personal subject: Livingston, John R., 1754-1851. Subject: Family—New York (State)—Dutchess County. Geographic terms: Dutchess County (N.Y.)—Commerce. Geographic terms: Dutchess County (N.Y.)—Politics and government. Geographic terms: United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783.
===Society of the Cincinnati:=== Library, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
State University of New York at Oneonta:
1823 letter to Ebenezer Foote: Daily Life in Antebellum Rural New York, State University of New York at Oneonta. Background: Ebenezer Foote served in the Revolutionary War and later made his home in Delhi, NY. May be hard to read, as is the original. [www.oneonta.edu/.../1823footegoods.html Read the letter here]
United States Military Academy Library (West Point)
Rensselaer Foote Papers.
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(U.S. Army Military History Institute Library, Ridgeway Hall), 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle, PA 17013-5021 ===The John W. Ames papers, 1860-1863.=== Ames papers. Ames, John W. ((John Worthington)) Publication Year: 1860 Subject Terms: Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862 — Personal narratives. Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 — Personal narratives. Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 — Personal narratives. Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 — Personal narratives. Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 — Personal narratives. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 — Personal narratives. Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
- Corespondents
- Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872, Sykes, George, 1822-1880. Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879. Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901. Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873. Lovell, Charles Swain, 1811-1871. Floyd-Jones, Delancey. Bates, Edward, 1793-1869.
Description: Personal letters pertaining to the following war: Civil War — Secession Crisis, 1 Box, Original material, Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 11th United States (U.S.) Infantry Regiment; 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, V (5th) Corps; 6th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment; 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
- General description of the collection: The John W. Ames papers include officer's letters (400 typed pages): 3 as a civilian in Texas, November-December 1861; and the rest while serving in the Army, August 1861-September 1863: Yorktown, seven days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and draft riots in New York. George Meade, George Sykes, Joseph Hooker, Fitz-John Porter, Edward Canby, Charles Lovell, Charles Russell, Delancey Floyd-Jones, and Edward Bates are included.
- Notes:
Available on site only. Accession Number: edsagd. 49777131 - Ridgway Hall, Bay 4, Row 134, Face D, Shelf 5 box 1 Available Manuscript(s)
University of Florida, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, Gainesville, Florida:
“It is astonishing what a great variety of queer things there are in this Country,” Letter from Rensselaer Foote, Fort Simmons on Caloosahatchee River Florida, Nov. 25th 1841, to his sister Catherine B. Foote.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- The Rambler by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Published: Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Carr, for Samuel F. Bradford and John Conrad, and Co., 1803. 4 v. : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo in 6’s) Journal or Magazine; Serial, Rare Book Collection
Call number: J.-B. 29 1803. Library has: v. 1-4, no. 1-208 (Mar. 20, 1750-Mar. 14, 1752) Note: Bookplates of Ebenezer Foote. Book label of John J. Foote. Wanting all plates.
- Edenton (N.C.) papers, 1717-1937 [manuscript]. About 300 items (0.5 linear ft.). Archival Materials
Summary:
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly bills, receipts, deeds, court proceedings, wills, estate settlements (including the division of slaves), and other legal and business papers of Edenton and Chowan County,... (see more)
Summary. Miscellaneous papers, chiefly bills, receipts, deeds, court proceedings, wills, estate settlements (including the division of slaves), and other legal and business papers of Edenton and Chowan County, N.C., citizens, mainly before 1820. There are few letters. Several items concern the awarding of prizes by the Admiralty Court during the Revolution. Persons represented in the collection include: Nathaniel Allen, William Badham, John Barefield, Thomas Barker, Nehemiah Bateman, John Beasley, Thomas Benbury, William Blair, Charles Blount, Joseph Blount, William Branch, Stephen Cabarrus, William Cathcart, Josiah Collins, James Craven, Samuel Dickinson, Charles Eden, Henry Eelbeck, Montfort Eelbeck, William Eelbeck, William Hill, John Hodgson, Samuel Hodgson, Thomas Holland, Arthur Johnston, Samuel Johnston, Peter Malbone, Jeremiah Michener, Elisha Norfleet, Samuel Pagett, John Palin, Thomas Parris, and Thomas Pollock.
University Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library:
Letters to Ebenezer Foote [manuscript] 1794-1820. Format: Mixed Materials; ArchiveDescription 29 items. Variant title: Federalist letters
- Summary
Letters concern national politics and the villainy of the Jeffersonians. Particularly topics include Elbridge Gerry and the XYZ affair; Jefferson and the election of 1800; bitterness between the "Clintonians" and the "Lewisites"; contemporary political factions; George Clinton, the Embargo and Thomas Jefferson; James Madison and the Embargo; John Adams suspect as a true Federalist; controversies surrounding the election of 1808; the character of Jefferson; Citizen Genet's opinions; Bonaparte; a the National Bank; and slavery and the Missouri Compromise.Correspondents include Loving Andrews, John Avery, Samuel A. Barker, A. deZeng, C. E. Edmunds, Charles A. Foote, John P. Foote, Justin Foote, Barent Gardenier, Daniel Hale, Jacob Morris, John Radcliff, Stephen van Rensselaer, William Root, Henry van Schaack, William Thompson, and Abraham van Vechten.
- Notes: Forms part of the Tracy W. McGregor Autograph Collection
Cite as Federalist Letters to Ebenezer Foote, 1794-1820, in the Tracy W. McGregor Library, Accession #4887, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.:
Justin Foote, business letter, Vessel from Carolina Sunday and yesterday his Cargo was sold The Vessel arrived Safe and very good market with a few hold Tobacoe & About 600lbs Naval Stores the ^Tar/b^ sld a 21/ by the Cargo which is a grateful/gratitude? …I advise you to Sell our Salt if You can without a loss. shall likely write by {yester] ___ Patr. writes me in better Spirits by [Saills?] Isaac left this yesterday. it is Said the Scpimdra;;s om Congress are bu tje Ears about the Jefferiated Societies in the presidents ___. shall we not Cut throats yet in this Country — the french have given the Austrians a Shaving [in Corsica?,] if it does not [prevent?] our Citizens to exceed all bounds of Moderation God preserve our happy Country from Anarchy & Confusion — is the prayer of your Justin Foote — Wednesday Morning NYorke
Yale University Library, Sterling Memorial Library
Burr Family Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Sterling Memorial Library Call Number: MS 303 Burr family papers Dates: 1750-1890 Physical Description: 1 linear foot (3 boxes, 1 folio) Summary: Correspondence and other papers relating to members of the Burr family of Fairfield, Conn. Principal figures represented in the papers include Aaron Burr (1756-1836), soldier, politician and third vice-president of the United States; and his father, the Reverend Aaron Burr (1716-1757), scholar, clergyman, and second president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton)
- …There is also a small group of correspondence of others which refers to Burr, e.g., the letters received by Ebenezer Foote, which discuss New York state politics and suggests Burr as a candidate for governor in 1795. Other letters relate to the trial; Henry Dearborn to Edward Triffin reporting Burr's surrender; A letter from Alfred Edwards to Henry Waggaman Edwards mentions the duel with Hamilton.
- Correspondence of others re: Aaron Burr, Yale University Library:
- Edwards, Charles (1797-1868) from Henry Clay Cameron(1) 1866 1 25
- Edwards, Henry Waggaman from Alfred Edwards (1) 1804 1 25
- Foote, Ebenezer from: 1 25
- Samuel A. Barker (4) 1795 1 25
- William P. Beers (1) 1806 1 25
- Solomon Sleight (1) 1795
- Peter Van Gaasbeek (5) 1795
- Stephen Van Rensellaer (1) 1795
- Abraham Van Vechten (1762-1823) (1) 1800
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Christopher Tappan: To the inhabitants of Ulster County : the public prints in this and in a neighbouring county, have of late been thronged with publications, bearing the signature of Ebenezer Foote, which were evidently intended to depreciate my reputation... Ebenezer Foote: Fellow citizens of Ulster County. Once more I address you on the subject matter of dispute between Mr. Tappen and myself, and this once possibly may be the last. Published 1793 by Printed by Power & Copp. in Kingston [N.Y.] . Signed: Ebenezer Foote. Marlborough, March 26, 1793. Shipton & Mooney 46751. Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46751) Series Early American imprints — no. 46751. [microform] : 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; ID Numbers Open Library OL14598732M catergory:History