Frederick A. De Zeng papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"753", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 753", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781/1849", "value"=>"1781-1849"}

date_inclusive_start

1781

date_inclusive_end

1849

keydate

1781

date_start

1781

date_end

1849

unittitle

{"value"=>"Frederick A. De Zeng papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".25 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Baron Frederick A. De Zeng (1756-1838), a Hessian officer who became a naturalized American citizen, was the first manufacturer of window glass in the United States. Collection consists of letters and documents, 1781-1831, to, from, and about De Zeng, and letters, 1843-1849, to De Zeng's son, William Steuben De Zeng. Subjects include the Onondaga Nation, Shakers, Ontario Glass Company, and personal and family matters."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Frederick A. De Zeng papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"De Zeng, Frederick Augustus, 1756-1838", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>F. A. DeZeng was a Hessian officer who arrived in this country—proof of which is Item No. 1 below— in 1781. He was the first manufacturer of window glass in this country.</p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-753</p>"}

extent_statement

.25 linear feet (1 box)

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1. Cassel. F. de Junglen to Baron DeZeng
2. Albany. Folio of Governor George Clinton to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Onondaga Nation
3. Albany. Folio of Governor George Clinton to Major F. A. DeZeng
4. Folio of Postmaster General Gideon Granger. Appointment of F. A. DeZeng Deputy Postmaster at Jericho Toll Bridge
5. F. A. DeZeng. Power of Attorney given his son, William S. DeZeng
6. James Trimble, Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania to F. A. DeZeng
7. Rice (?) Lake. F. A. DeZeng to William S. DeZeng
8. Folio of F. A. DeZeng to William S. DeZeng. About joining the Shaker Colony
9. Nicholas-Point. Folio of F. A. DeZeng to William S. DeZeng. Again written from Shaker Colony
10. Canajoharie. Folio of F. A. DeZeng to William S. DeZeng
11. Canajoharie. F. A. DeZeng to William S. DeZeng
12. Auburn. E. T. Throop to W. S. DeZeng
13. Washington. William H. Seward to William S. DeZeng
14. General Philip Schuyler to Major F. A. DeZeng
15. List of stock-holders in the Ontario Glass Company
16. Biographical sketch of F. A. Dezeng
17. Sketch of territorial boundaries, Great Lakes