Brown Family Fonds - RG 698

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A collection of letters and official documents pertaining to the Brown family of Western New York. Daniel Brown (1749-1832) married Anna Phelps (1755-1837) in Connecticut and moved to New York. They had eight children who moved to Batavia, Springfield, Whitesboro, Albany and Cooperstown as doctors and lawyers. The correspondence is predominantly local, national and personal news shared between family members in different cities. This includes letters written by Ephraim Brown during the War of 1812 when he served as a hospital Surgeon.

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Current copyright applies. In some instances, researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Brock University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the Library’s usual procedures unless otherwise specified.