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Albemarle County Medical Society. Resolution [manuscript], 1968 October.
Typescript of the Albemarle County Medical Society Memorial resolution on Dr. Halstead Shipman Hedges.
LOCATION: University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.: Accession #3034-b.
Barnes, Erastus. Logbooks, 1830-1876.
Collection of various logbooks from Erastus Barnes. Includes logbook of the bark Monmouth kept by Erastus Barnes, H.B. Hedges, master, for voyage from Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. to the Pacific Ocean from 1843-1845, then used as a scrapbook for activities in Amagansett, Long Island, 1843-1876.
LOCATION: East Hampton Free Library., Long Island Collection,, East Hampton, N.Y.
Blathwayt, William, Papers, 1646-1796.
William Blathwayt (1649?-1717), English civil servant and politician, served
as Secretary to the Lords of Trade, Secretary at War, and member of Parliament,
among his several offices. The papers contain correspondence, newsletters, diplomatic papers, and reports documenting Blathwayt's career and English foreign policy and history in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Includes correspondence with Sir. Charles Hedges (1649/50 -1714).
LOCATION: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.
FINDING AIDS: Unpublished finding aid in repository.
Conger Family. Papers, 1772-1911.
The Conger Family Papers are primarily land transactions and family legal matters for Abraham B. Conger, his sister-in-law Catharine Ann Hedges, and his son, Clarence R. Conger. The biographical and genealogical series contains a marriage affidavit for Timothy and Catharine (McCrea) Hedges and record abstracts for the William and Catharine (Rutgera) Bedlow Family.
FINDING AID: Unpublished guide available in repository.: Unpublished guide available in repository.
LOCATION: Manuscripts and Special Collections,, New York State Library, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230.: Manuscripts and Special Collections,, New York State Library, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230.
Draper manuscripts : Draper's notes, 1841-1868.
Notes, primarily of interviews (1841-1868), with maps and transcriptions from state and county archives, newspapers, and personal manuscripts, concerning an enormous amount of American history. This collection includes information on the Silas Hedges family.
LOCATION: Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. 816 State Street, Madison, Wis. 53706. : MAD 4 /13/A4-B1 : call # Draper Mss S
NOTES: This collection is also available as a microfilm publication. Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts.
FINDING AIDS: "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine Harper (Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983).
FINDING AIDS: Volumes 1-3, 6-8, 17-20, 22, 25, and 27-33 contain indexes.
Dusenbury, Herbert T., collector. Southampton deeds, 1699-1798.
Deeds from the Southampton area dating throughout the 18th century, many involving Daniel Hedges. Other names mentioned include Abraham and Henry Hedges, Braddock Corey, Daniel Fordham, Abraham and Benjamin Howell, John Jermain, Nathan Morehouse, Matthew Mulford, Sylvanus Peirson, Caleb Russell, Daniel Sayre, Abraham Stratton and Silvanus Stuart Jr.
LOCATION: Southampton Colonial Society, Southampton, N.Y.: Southampton Colonial Society, Southampton, N.Y.
Duyckinck Family., Papers, 1780-1942.
The family papers are arranged by Conger and Allied families including Conger, Hedges, McCrea and Rutgers and Duyckinck and Allied families including Butler, Cornell, and Dudley, and finally, unidentified family affiliations.
FINDING AID: Unpublished guide available in repository.: Unpublished guide available in repository.
LOCATION: Manuscripts and Special Collections, New York State Library, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230.: Manuscripts and Special Collections, New York State Library, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230.
Edwards, Edward H., Letters, 1865-1867.
Edward H. Edwards served on James A. Sawyers's expedition to build a road from Sioux City, Iowa to Virginia City, Montana.
The first six letters were written to his family en route describing his experiences and observations while on his journey. He gives distances between locations and describes the country as a desolate wasteland, unfit for a road. He criticizes James Sawyers's fraudulent misuse of the government funds appropriated for building the road. The other sixteen letters were written from Helena, and mostly concern his business and Montana's prospects. Accompanied by 4 ALS from S. H. Casady to J. M. Lewis, June to September 1867, concerning the illness and death of Edwards, and an ALS from Cornelius Hedges to Mrs. J. P. Samuels in 1868 concerning Edwards' estate. Also accompanied by a newspaper clipping about Sawyers, and an article, "The Powder River Expedition of 1865," from U. S. Army Recruiting News.
LOCATION: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,Yale University, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.
Fordham, Nathan., Record book, 1778-1808.
The record book contains three groups of records: Suffolk County Court records kept by Nathan Fordham, 1778-1792; record of accounts with Thomas and William Babcock, Mathew Davis, John Foster, Silas Goodale, Dr. Jeremiah Hedges, John Hurlbert, "Zebe and John--Negros," and Thomas Pain, 1789-1799; and in a different hand, "John Fordham's record of cases held before Nathan Fordham (1799-1808)."
LOCATION: East Hampton Free Library., Long Island Collection,, East Hampton, N.Y.
Frederick County, Va., papers [manuscript], 1795-1963.
Includes indenture, 1 August 1808, of Joseph Hedges, Sr., and Elizabeth Hedges with Joseph Hedges, Jr., for land in Frederick County, Va.
LOCATION: University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.: Accession #4941-b.
Hedges, Alice (Minor), 1854-1938?
Typed copy of the autobiography of Alice Minor Hedges including a description of life in Dodge County, Wisconsin, about 1854 to 1874.
LOCATION: Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, call # Oshkosh SC 30.
Hedges-Baldwin family papers (1853-1913)
Correspondence, account books, and business papers, of a Tiffin, Ohio, family.
LOCATION: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Rutherford B. Hayes Library, Fremont OH. call# NUCMC MS 75-1283
Hedges, Cornelius., Papers, 1851-1852 (inclusive)
Diary of Yale student Cornelius Hedges from October 28, 1851 to November 22, 1852.
LOCATION: Microform Reference, Yale University Library, Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.: Microform Reference, Yale University Library, Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
Hedges, Dennis. Account book, 1822-1832.
Dennis and Joseph Hedges were blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and wagon makers in Westfield, Hampshire County, Ma. Records debits and credits accrued by Dennis and Joseph Hedges for such activities as mending andirons and wagon wheels; making "trommils," pot hooks, bolts, nails, chisels, rivets, hooks, latches, iron sleighs, and brass kettles; and setting horse shoes. Often credits were given for bushels of produce, meat, timber, and paint.
LOCATION: The Winterthur Library:, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera,, Winterthur, DE 19735.
FINDING AIDS: Name index in front of the volume.
Hedges family. Papers, 1828-1945. ca. 5 ft. (1263 items)
Correspondence, diaries, financial records, legal documents, and mss. of writings, chiefly of Cornelius Hedges (1831-1907), lawyer, miner, and politician, of Montana, concerning his education at Yale and Harvard, his early law practice (1856-63) in Independence, Iowa, his trip (1864) to the Montana goldfields via the Bozeman Trail, later trips (1866-67) by Missouri River steamboat, his participation in the Washburn-Doane Expedition (1870) to the Yellowstone Park area, his career as U. S. District Attorney (1871) for the Montana Territory, first Territorial superintendent of schools (1872-75), probate judge for Lewis and Clark Co. (1875-80), member of the abortive 1884 Constitutional Convention, Montana State senator (1889-93), and secretary of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners (1897-1906). Other family members represented include Hedges' parents, Dennis and Alvina Hedges, his wife, Edna Smith Hedges, his children, Cornelius, Henry H., Wyllys A., and Edna (Hedges) Palmer, his sister, Frances.
LOCATION: Montana Historical Society Foundation, Library and Archives Department, Helena MT. call# NUCMC MS 71-1793.
Hedges family. Account books, 1725-1858.
Two daybooks of John Hedges, shoemaker of East Hampton, 1728-1737 and 1781-1787, and account book, 1725-1801. The records indicate that shoes of the Hedges manufacture were sent to New York City, Newport, and Nantucket, and that women of the village worked on the shoes at home. In addition, there are loose bills for shoes for horse troops at Southampton, N.Y. (1763-1765). Also, three account books of Daniel Hedges, shoemaker of East Hampton, 1753-1792; account book of Thomas Hedges, blacksmith of East Hampton, 1758-1789; account book of Abraham and Charles O. Hedges, blacksmiths of East Hampton, kept in two hands, 1824-1839 and 1854-1855; and account book of Charles O. Hedges for fish, ducks, lumber, and work for hire, 1851-1858.
LOCATION: East Hampton Free Library., Long Island Collection,, East Hampton, N.Y.
Hedges, Harry George, interviewee. Oral history interview with Harry George Hedges, 1990 Sept. 26.
First chair of Michigan State University computer science dept., National Science Foundation (NSF) program officer, and, later, program director. Hedges briefly describes the creation of the Michigan State University computer science dept. before shifting the focus of the interview to his work at NSF. He discusses his work at NSF; the work of Rick Adrion in theoretical computer science; the proposal process; the Coordinated Experimental Research Program and similar infrastructure grant programs; and the manner in which grants influenced the development of computer science depts. in the U.S.
Copyright owned by the Charles Babbage Institute. Forms part of: National Science Foundation (U.S.). Computing History Project. Oral history collection.
LOCATION: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Hedges, Henry P., Papers, 1850-1910.
Henry P. Hedges (b. 1817) was a Member of Assembly from 1852 to 1854; District Attorney of Suffolk County from 1862 to 1866; County Judge from 1866 to 1870, and from 1874 to 1880 was the Surrogate Judge of Suffolk County. Published history of the Town of East Hampton in 1897.
LOCATION: Suffolk County Historical Society, Helen Raynor Hannah Library - Archives, Riverhead, NY.
Hedges, Jeremiah., Journal, 1830-1841.
Journal kept by Jeremiah Hedges on a whaling voyage from New London, Connecticut to Brazil Banks in 1841. This book was used as an account book from 1830-1841.
LOCATION: East Hampton Free Library., Long Island Collection,, East Hampton, N.Y.
Hedges, Marion Hawthorne, 1888-1959. Letter, 1940, to Lewis Mumford.
IN: Lewis Mumford Papers, ca. 1905-1987. Folder 2152.
LOCATION: Special Collections Department,, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.: Special Collections Department, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania,,
Hedges, William Saxby, 1895-1978
Papers, 1918-1962, of William Saxby Hedges, long-time vice-president of the National Broadcasting Company; including correspondence, speeches and writings, interviews, NBC reports, biographical material, and materials on the Broadcast Pioneers and the National Association of Broadcasters. 4 boxes.
LOCATION: Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, call # U.S. Mss 54AF.
See also, Oral History Project of Columbia University - Radio Unit. call # Microfilm 301.
Nassau County Historical Museum. Reference Library. Microfilmed records collection, 1686-1983.
Includes account books of Daniel Hedges, 1753-1792, and John Hedges, 1725-1801, East Hampton.
LOCATION: Nassau County Historical Museum., Reference Library, East Meadow, Long Island, N.Y.
Oregon. Clackamas County. Judgment docket 1846-1859.
Series documents judgments entered in county, circuit, and U.S. District courts. Docket entries show date of judgment, debtor's name, creditor's name, court name, court journal volume and page number, amount of judgment, date entered, date satisfied, and remarks. Includes an entry for Absalom F. Hedges, 1818-1890.
LOCATION: Oregon State Archives, 1005 Broadway NE, Salem, OR 97310. : Oregon State Archives, 1005 Broadway NE, Salem, OR 97310.
Oregon. Clackamas County. Mortgage record 1855-1859.
Series documents mortgages filed with and recorded by the county clerk. Record entries show mortgagor's and mortgage-holder's names, description of property, consideration, terms of mortgage, witnesses' names, certification, date recorded, and recorder's signature. Includes mortgage for Absalom Hedges, 1818-1890.
FINDING AIDS: Series level.: Series level.
LOCATION: Oregon State Archives, 1005 Broadway NE, Salem, OR 97310.: Oregon State Archives, 1005 Broadway NE, Salem, OR 97310.
Pennsylvania family and personal papers, 1810-1891.
Letters received by Manuel Eyre (Philadelphia, 1810-1817), Joseph H. Hedges (Philadelphia, 1843-1849), and J.M. Stoddart (Philadelphia, 1889-1891); and receipts (1824-1839) of Dunning R. McNair, of Pittsburgh. Includes letters from Elizabeth W. Bellamy, ms. of her story "A Round Unvarnished Tale," and ms. of
"In a Gondola," by Ellen Kirk.
LOCATION: Rutgers University Libraries, (New Brunswick, N.J.), (accn 693, 735, 775 (MC 516), 830. : Rutgers University Libraries,
Prince family. Papers, 1761-1975.
Includes tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and albums, including photos (ca.1895-1910) of amateur photographer Charles DeWitt Hedges, of Orange, N.J., of family, friends, Civil War sites in 1914, Southold landmarks and activities, and other subjects.
FINDING AID: Finding aid in the repository.: Finding aid in the repository.
LOCATION: Suffolk County Historical Society, (Riverhead, N.Y.).: Suffolk County Historical Society, (Riverhead, N.Y.).
Purdy, James L. (1793-1896), Papers,1818-1883.
Farmer, lawyer, and editor of the Mansfield Gazette, Mansfield, Ohio. Business and personal correspondence (1818-67), registers (1839-59) of suits prosecuted by Purdy, ledgers of farming operations and Mansfield Gazette records, records (1861) of the 32d Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and law cases (1837-38) of Ezekiel Chew, justice of the peace. Purchased from L. E. Dicke, Illinois, 1949. Includes information on the Hedges Family.
LOCATION: Ohio Historical Society, Archives-Library Division, Columbus OH. call# NUCMC MS 75-1150.
Ribelin-Gano family papers, 1801-1886.
This is a collection of financial records, personal papers, and genealogical information on the Ribelin family of Montgomery County, Kentucky, with fragmentary papers of the Gano, Jameson, and Hedges families of Scott County.
LOCATION: Transylvania University, Library, Special Collections, 300 North Broadway, Lexington KY 40508, USA.
Shipman family. Correspondence, 1823-1892.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of various members of the Shipman family, including Caleb H. Shipman and his wife, Harriett Holden Shipman; her children Emma, Henry, William, Mary, Elizabeth; and other relatives. The principal correspondent is Emma Shipman of New Jersey who married Dr. Charles H. Hedges of Flushing (N.Y.) in 1852. The correspondence is primarily concerned with family matters.
LOCATION: New-York Historical Society,, Manuscript Dept., 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024: New-York Historical
Sir Paul Rycaut letters to William Blathwayt, 1692-1699.
Consists chiefly of letters by Rycaut to William Blathwayt (1649?-1717), who served James II and William III of England as secretary-at-war and was also William III 's commissioner of trade, 1696-1706. The letters contain detailed political, military, diplomatic, and economic information concerning northern Germany, the Baltic Sea, and Denmark, including warnings about privateers fitted out in Hanseatic ports. In addition to Rycaut's letters to Blathwayt, there are four drafts of letters by Blathwayt, letters to Sir Charles Hedges (d. 1714) and others, and letters from officials of the French Huguenot church in Hamburg, the Senate of Hamburg, and a "Mr. Orth" concerning the affairs of the Scotch East India Company and trade in the West Indies and South America.
LOCATION: Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.: Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Sleight, Harry D., Papers, 1658-1930.
Includes correspondence with Albert Hedges and Jesse Hedges.
LOCATION: John Jermain Memorial Library., Local History Collection, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
FINDING AIDS: Subject and surname card index.
Smith, Fritzi, collector. Deed collection, 1711-1841.
Deeds and other items, largely pertaining to lands in the town of East Hampton, N.Y., owned by Thomas, Jonathan and Isaac Edwards. Others mentioned include Jacob Hedges.
LOCATION: Southampton Colonial Society, Southampton, N.Y.
Smith, George G., Journal, 1843-1846.
Journal kept by George G. Smith for a voyage on the ship THAMES of Sag Harbor commencing July 7, 1843. Jeremiah H. Hedges was commander.
LOCATION: Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum., Library,, Sag Harbor, NY.: Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum., Library,,
Southold vs. Southampton papers, 1867-1940.
Manuscripts by Epher Whitaker, 1881; typescript of a play and a pamphlet by Charles E. Craven, 1933; address by Hon. H.P. Hedges, 1889; clippings about the first town to be settled on Long Island by the British, 1867-1940.
LOCATION: Southold Free Library, Southold, NY.

 

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