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Series I: Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1784-1937
Series II: Photographs and Illustrations
Series III. Books, 1847-1867

Duer family papers, 1784-1937

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Series I: Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1784-1937


Box 1 B-D

Box 1 Bridgen, Anna

Box 1 Duer, Hannah Maria Denning (Mrs. William Alexander)

Box 1 Duer, William

Box 1 Duer, William Alexander


Box 2 Hoyt, Frances Maria Duer (Mrs. Henry Sheaff)


Box 3 K-V, and miscellany

Box 3 King, James Gore

Box 3 Miller, Alice Duer

Box 3 Poor, Henry William

Box 3 Swan, Jane P.

Box 3 Van Rensselaer, May King

Series II: Photographs and Illustrations


Box 4 Duer Family Daguerrotypes

These include images of Caroline King Duer, William Alexander Duer, Hibbard, John Meads, Orlando Meads, Elizabeth Wilson Meads (Mrs. Orlando), Orlando Meads, Jr., and the Meads Family.


Box 5 Unidentified Duer Family Dauguerrotypes


Box 6 Photographs, Engravings, and Coat of Arms Illustrations

Series III. Books, 1847-1867


Box 7 Folder 1 Duer, William A. The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847

Box 7 Folder 2 Duer, William A. A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States delivered annually in Columbia College of New York. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856

Box 7 Folder 3 Duer, William A. Reminiscences of an Old New Yorker. New York; W.L. Andrews, 1867