Tuesday, September 2, 2008

NEW MSS COLLECTION CATALOGED

The Richard Columbus Mears Collection, 1816-1872, including letters, personal accounts, journals, and store accounts is now available for research. In addition to documents relating to Mears' career as a merchant ship captain on numerous ships out of New York, the Collection also includes records from the Van Valkenburgh family, and Nellie Goodsell Mears' husband's family.

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