Manuscript Information on Francis B. Hall



(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.


Source: Guide to Historical Resources in Clinton County New York Repositories
New York Historical Resources Center
Olin Library, Cornell University
Copyright © Cornell University Libraries 1987

Go to 16th NY Infantry Page
Go to Mark Aubrey's Civil War Page