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Alpheus Sherman papers.
- Title
- Alpheus Sherman papers.
- Author
- Sherman, Alpheus, 1779 or 1780-1866
- Publication
- 1804-circa 1844.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 23359 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- Alpheus Sherman (1779 or 1780-1866) was a New York City lawyer, judge, and politician. During the War of 1812 he served as a captain in the 41st U.S. Infantry Regiment under the command of Colonel Robert Bogardus, stationed at Sandy Hook, New Jersey and in Brooklyn, New York. The Alpheus Sherman papers, 1804-circa 1844, consist of a numbered series of correspondence and documents, including letters dating from his service in the War of 1812 during the years 1813-1815, and unnumbered documents pertaining to veterans' claims for military bounty lands, 1815-1817, with a printed speech given by Sherman in 1832. The bulk of the correspondence is personal, chiefly Sherman's letters to his wife Hester in New York City during his military service and his time in Albany as a State assemblyman and senator, mentioning his various activities. Correspondents include Cornelius S. Van Winkle, Congressman Silas Wright, Jr., Colonel Robert Bogardus, and other Sherman family members.
- Subjects
- Conveyances
- Soldiers
- Certificates
- Lawyers
- New York (State) > Politics and government > 19th century
- New York (State) > History > War of 1812
- Correspondence
- Sherman, Alpheus, 1779 or 1780-1866 > Correspondence
- Muster rolls
- Jurists
- Politicians
- Poems
- Speeches (documents)
- Military records
- Bounties, Military > United States
- Sherman family
- United States > Army > Infantry Regiment, 41st (1813-1815)
- Public lands > United States
- Sandy Hook (N.J.) > History, Military
- Genre/Form
- Certificates.
- Conveyances.
- Correspondence.
- Military records.
- Muster rolls.
- Poems.
- Speeches (documents)
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Donated by James A. Sherman and Celeste S. Sherman, 2015.
- Call Number
- MssCol 23359
- OCLC
- 1226087082
- Author
- Sherman, Alpheus, 1779 or 1780-1866, creator.
- Title
- Alpheus Sherman papers.
- Production
- 1804-circa 1844.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source
- Donated by James A. Sherman and Celeste S. Sherman, 2015.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Jurists.Lawyers.Politicians.Soldiers.
- Added Author
- Bogardus, Robert, 1771-1841, correspondent.Sherman, Hester Utt, 1789-1875, correspondent.Van Winkle, Cornelius S., 1785-1843, correspondent.Wright, Silas, 1795-1847, correspondent.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 23359