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- Creator
- Brown, Harvey, 1795-1874
- Call number
- MssCol 414
- Physical description
- .31 linear feet (3 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
- Harvey Brown letterbooks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Letterbooks kept by Harvey Brown, a Colonel in the U.S. Artillery, while stationed at St. Augustine, Florida; Fort Delaware, Delaware; Fort Hamilton, New York; Governors Island, New York; and Fort Myers, Florida. Letters relate to the Office of Assistant Quartermaster with reports on highways, bridges, etc., near St. Augustine; the Commissary Office at Governors Island, and activities against Indians at Fort Meyers. Includes a detailed report of the burning of Fort Delaware in 1831
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Subjects
Places
- Fort Delaware (Del.) -- History -- 19th century
- Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
- Fort Myers (Fla.) -- History -- 19th century
- Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
- Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History -- 19th century
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328