Benjamin Stevens and Stevens family papers

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{"value"=>"4632", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4632", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1778-1846", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778/1846"}

date_inclusive_start

1778

date_inclusive_end

1846

keydate

1778

unittitle

{"value"=>"Benjamin Stevens and Stevens family papers"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Papers relating to the service of Benjamin Stevens, Assistant Commissary of Issues, during the Revolutionary War, mainly at Fishkill, New York. Includes correspondence, accounts of supplies, copies of orders from the Commissary-General, etc., dating from 1778 to 1785. Also present are letters by and relating to various members of the Stevens family, 1811 to 1846, discussing family matters and local news such as weddings, births, and funerals."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Stevens and Stevens family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Stevens, Benjamin, 1754-1838", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Papers relating to the service of Benjamin Stevens, Assistant Commissary of Issues, during the Revolutionary War, mainly at Fishkill, New York. Includes correspondence, accounts of supplies, copies of orders from the Commissary-General, etc., dating from 1778 to 1785. Also present are letters by and relating to various members of the Stevens family, 1811 to 1846, discussing family matters and local news such as weddings, births, and funerals.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Miss Elizabeth Stevens, 1936.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1778

date_end

1846

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