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1. Anthon, John, 1784-1863.

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Gabriel P. Disosway was a merchant and politician in New York City. These letters from Disosway to John Anthon at New York discuss his efforts as a member of the New York State Assembly to secure the removal of quarantine and emigration facilities on Long Island to Sandy Hook, and to establish a marine hospital there. The letters which are written from Albany, New York, Trenton, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. describe his negotiations with members of the New York and New Jersey legislatures, the Governor of New York, the state land commissioners, members of Congress and of the federal government including President Fillmore. Disosway mentions bitter debate on the floor of the House of Representatives between William Duer of New York and Richard K. Meade of Virginia. The letters date from 1832 and 1849-1851.

Subject

1. New Jersey > Politics and government > 19th century
2. Politicians > Correspondence
3. Meade, R. K (Richard Kidder), 1803-1862
4. Trenton (N.J.)
5. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
6. Duer, William, 1805-1879
7. Sandy Hook (N.J.) > History > 19th century
8. Emigration and immigration
9. New York (State) > Emigration and immigration
10. New York (State) > Politics and government > 19th century
11. United States > Politics and government > 19th century
12. Quarantine > New York (State)
13. Albany (N.Y.)
14. New York (State) > Governor
15. New York (State) > Commissioners of the Land Office
16. New Jersey > Legislature
17. Washington (D.C.)
18. New York (State) > Legislature
19. Hospitals, Naval and marine

Call number

1. MssCol 3778

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1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Author

1. Disosway, Gabriel P. (Gabriel Poillon), 1799-1868.

Title

1. Letters from Gabriel P. Disosway to John Anthon, 1832, 1849-1851.

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1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Added author

1. Anthon, John, 1784-1863.

Research call number

1. MssCol 3778