(NIC)NYCO708-720-0052 Hall Family. Papers, 1861-1909. 2 cubic ft. Summary: Papers pertaining to both Francis Boodgood Hall and his wife Frances Delord Webb Hall including personal correspondence, 1861-1884, between Mr. and Mrs. Hall, between them and Francis Hall's mother, Margaret Hall, and letters by Francis Hall while serving as Army Chaplain during the Civil War, 1861-1864; letters received,, minutes, circulars, appointments, and other materials relative to their charity work; advertisements, testimonial relative to their charity work; advertisements, testimonial letters, business correspondence, orders, and invoices pertaining to a family corporation manufacturing "Fanoline" ointment, 1892-1896; and scrapbooks. On deposit by Kent-Delord House Museum, Plattsburgh, N.Y. State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. Feinberg Library, Special Collections, Plattsburgh, NY. (NIC)NYCO708-720-0053 Hall, Frances Delord Webb, 1834-1913. Papers, 1848-1917. 4 cubic ft. Leader in temperance movement, active in charities, prison and church work, self-styled physician, and wife of Rev. Francis B. Hall, pastor of Peristrome Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh. Summary: Correspondence includes personal letters from friends and relatives, letters of sympathy on the death of husband in 1903, and her letters to her father Henry L. Webb, her aunt Elizabeth B. Webb, and Richard Van Rensselaer, executor of her father's estate, 1848-1907. papers pertaining ot the Woman's Christian Temperance Union include letters received, bills, receipts, reports, minutes, and scrapbooks, 1874-1912. Other papers include letters, a journal and memorabilia from a trip abroad, 1856-1857; business letters, invoices, receipts, her will, and estate papers, 1851-1917; essays and poems written before her marriage; and obituaries and tributes to her husband. On deposit by Kent-Delord House Museum, Plattsburgh, N.Y. State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. Feinberg Library, Special Collections, Plattsburgh, NY. (NIC)NYCO708-720-0054 Hall, Francis Bloodgood, 1827-1903. Papers, 1843-1913. 3 cubic ft. U.S. Army chaplain awarded the Congressional Medal of honor for Civil War Service; founder and pastor of Peristrome Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh; active in charity and temperance work; an inventor. Summary: Personal correspondence with friends and relatives including his camping companion Rev. Frank R. Luckey of New Haven, Conn., 1847-1903; business letters, invoices, leases, bonds, account book, and papers relating to the estate of Lavinia Morgan, 1843-1904; diary, 1851-1852; papers written while a student at Union College and Princeton Seminary; papers relative to his service as an Army chaplain; correspondence and miscellaneous materials concerning his inventions and patents, 1861-1902; and records of the Peristrome Prebyterian Church including letters of dismissal, marriage and financial records, correspondence, and dissolution papers, 1864-1913. On deposit by Kent-Delord House Museum, Plattsburgh, N.Y. State University of New York College at Plattsburgh. Feinberg Library, Special Collections, Plattsburgh, NY.
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