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Williams family

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Works: 2,109 works in 2,515 publications in 5 languages and 12,544 library holdings
Genres: Wills  Deeds  Photographs  Letters  Diaries  Bonds  Visiting cards  Land titles  Legal documents  Newspapers 
Subject Headings: Immigrants--Ohio--Ross County  African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore 
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1 edition published in in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Papers relating to Williams's son, Josiah C. Williams (d. 1900), including letters (1851-1858) to his father written while attending school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Civil War letters, diaries, and other papers, relating to his service as an officer with 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia; Civil War letters of another son, Edwin Williams, serving with 115th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Kentucky and Tennessee, and of George W. Reed, serving with 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment in Virginia and Maryland; diaries and other papers of Williams's father-in-law, Isaac Reed (1788-1858), an itinerant Presbyterian minister; other family correspondence, including letters (1839-1864) from Williams's father in Poughkeepsie, and letters (1886-1887) from his daughter and son-in-law, Gertrude and Edwin Williamson, written during a trip to Europe and Palestine; sermons; and family business papers. Correspondents include Baynard R. Hall, Caleb Mills, and Albert S. White.
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Correspondence, letterpress books, case files, abstracts of title, land patents, deeds, maps and plats, bills and receipts, notebooks, photographs, and bills, periodicals, and other printed materials, relating primarily to James's career as a partner in Simpson and James, a San Antonio law firm involved in the acquisition and management of property, debt collection, and estate management, whose clients included many prominent San Antonians and businesses, and to his activities as a judge on the Texas Court of Civil Appeals. Also includes papers relating to the San Antonio law firm of Devine and Simpson and to James's father, John James (1819-1877), surveyor and land speculator, and business and financial papers relating to members of the James and Williams families.
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Account books, ledgers, and other business papers, chiefly of Elijah and Jason Williams, reflecting their ownership of general stores in Pomfret and later Providence and their involvement with coastwise shipping and West Indian trade; materials concerning Elijah Williams's activities as constable of the town of Pomfret; deeds and leases relating to properties owned by family members in Pomfret and Woodstock, Conn., and Northfield, Vt.; and papers of Jason Williams, including legal materials documenting bankruptcy, debt, his administration of several estates, and assignment to a Providence store, Barker and Weeden which failed in 1837, papers concerning his service with the militia and as gauger of casks in Providence, and notebooks (4 v., 1839-1863) recording local weather conditions. Also includes papers of other family members including Elijah's son, William Hilton Williams (ca. 1780-ca. 1800) concerning his student days at Rhode Island College; correspondence between Elijah Hilton Williams and his brother, Winthrop B., in South Carolina; and notebooks copied by Franklin Richmond Cushman containing copies of correspondence and biographical notes.
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, invoices, receipts, ships' papers, genealogical materials, photos, and other papers, chiefly relating to Williams's activities in the East Indian and Caribbean area trade and later coastwise shipping in Maine; and papers of his son, Robert P. Williams (1788-1851), and grandson, Alexander Williams (1818-1900), Boston booksellers, and other family members, pertaining to domestic and business matters. Includes information concerning Williams's shipwreck off Arabia in 1792 and the capture of his schooner Neuter by a British privateer off Montserrat in the West Indies in 1794.
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Correspondence, deeds to properties in Norfolk and Suffolk counties, Mass., estate records, and other papers, of Col. Joseph Williams (1708-1798), Capt. Joseph Williams (b. 1738), Nehemiah Davis Williams (b. 1786), and other family members; together with miscellaneous documents of other Roxbury residents. Persons represented include Anthony Dego, William and Elizabeth (Alderchurch) Fuller, Samuel Heath, Benjamin Payson, Samuel Payson, William Pierpont, Edmund Weld, and a woman slave named Philly.
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Correspondence, deeds, diaries, legal and medical papers, and other materials, of five generations of Williams family members, including Rev. John's sons, Warham (1699-1751) and Stephen (1693-1782), his grandson, Samuel (1743-1817), and Elijah (1712-1771) Williams, Abigail (Williams) Hinsdale (1708-1787), and John (1751-1816), and John Williams, Jr. (1778-1806). Includes accounts and daybooks of Elijah (1712-1771), Ephraim (1715-1755), and Solomon (1764-1836); journals of Stephen (1693-1782) and Franklin Hubbard (1834-1891); and medical records of Drs. Thomas (1718-1775), William Stoddard (1762-1829), and Stephen West (1790-1855) Williams.
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Deeds, quitclaims, mortgages, leases, marriage certificates (1815; 1871), tax receipts (1838-1916), legal papers (1855-1858) relating to the estates of Jacques (James) Navarre (1788-1855) and his wife, Catherine Couture Navarre, miscellaneous legal papers, financial papers, newspaper clippings, and other items, relating to the Navarre and Williams families. Other persons represented include Jacques's brother, Alexis (Alexander) Navarre (1800-1864), and Alexis's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Williams (1845-1932), his son-in-law, Cadwalader M. Williams (1841-1923), and grandson, Thaddeus C. Williams (1878-1947).
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Correspondence, orders, bid requests for building construction and repairs, and other papers, relating to Lieutenant Charles A. Williams (ca. 1852-1926) as Fort Sidney's post quartermaster and his family. Includes correspondence, diary (1912), and reminiscences written by his son, Charles Laurance Williams (1881-1966), describing life at Fort Sidney, Neb., and his later correspondence documenting the attempt to contact other inhabitants during that period in order to gather more information about the fort.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
A collection of letters addressed to members of the Williams and Wynn-Williams family from the Tennyson family, including Arthur Tennyson, Matilda Tennyson, Emily Tennyson Jesse, Harriet West Tennyson, and Frederick Tennyson. (No letters by Alfred Tennyson are in this collection.) These are all affixed in an album labeled "Tennysoniana" which also contains eight cartes de visite of members of the Tennyson family and a number of pencil and ink sketches, some of which may be caricatures of Tennyson family members. Included with the album are a citation to Derwas Wynn-Williams from the Home Guard and a number of loose items: a letter by Arthur Tennyson; several letters by Matilda Tennyson; one letter by Margaret Wynn-Williams; one letter by E. Hawkins; clippings; two loose sketches; and a number of photographs, likely of the Williams family.
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4 editions published in in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Grant of Northampton town allotment no. 19 to John Jermyn (1865); indenture between John Hosken and John Williams re the purchase of the allotment (1876); deed between Angelina Williams and Munbinia station owners re sale of "Willow Gully" (1931); will of Angelina Williams (1936).
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This collection centers on Alice Marshall (Taylor) Williams (1865-1939) of Richmond, Va., and her sister, Eliza Adams (Taylor) Robinson (1853-1926). Letters, 1883-1886, to Williams include information on courtship and family news. Robinson's correspondence, 1876-1903, contains letters from their mother, Isobel De Leon (Jacobs) Taylor, offering advice and discussing family news, and a letter from Alice discussing the Centennial Expedition at Philadelphia in 1876. A few papers pertain to other Taylor and Jacobs family members.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Family corrrespondence.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Personal and business correspondence of A.L. Williams, Owosso, Michigan pioneer, railroad entrepreneur, and spiritualist; and personal letters of other members of the family, including May Williams Dewey, wife of E.O. Dewey (Thomas E. Dewey family); and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, business ledgers, and personal and business diaries concerning business affairs and daily activities; "spirit messages" received from departed family and others; also photographs.
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This is a collection of photocopies of the personal history from a pioneer family of the Wenatchee area. It describes the journey of the family and where they settled. It describes Mary's family history. It also includes a copy of Mary's description of the 4th of July celebration in about 1861 in Portland, OR. There is a typewritten transcription about the 4th of July celebration as well as a copy of Mary's hand-written story.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Financial and other records relating to farms of the William R. Williams family located in southeastern Green Lake and northeastern Columbia counties, Wisconsin.
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Papers relating to Windham County history.
 
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