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Box 1

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Contains 13 Results:

John Collins Fort Hunter military receipts, 1722 - 1727

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Receipts of pay for service as an officer in a British garrison company led by Captain Henry Holland as well as payments for supplies. The receipts are signed by John Scott, John Philip Schuyler, and James Stevenson at Fort Hunter.

Dates: 1722 - 1727

Margaret Bleecker Collins personal letters, 1734-1736

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, correspondence, and financial records of Edward Collins (1703-1753) and Collins family members. Papers reflect Collins military duties in the Albany Garrison during King George's War, letter between family and military officers, management of his mother's estate following her death in 1748, legal agreements and bills as an attorney in Albany, Province of New York.

Dates: 1734-1736

Margarita Schuyler Verplanck Collins estate and funeral receipts, 1747-1748

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, correspondence, and financial records of Edward Collins (1703-1753) and Collins family members. Papers reflect Collins military duties in the Albany Garrison during King George's War, letter between family and military officers, management of his mother's estate following her death in 1748, legal agreements and bills as an attorney in Albany, Province of New York.

Dates: 1747-1748

Letter from Sir William Johnson, Mount Johnson, to Edward Collins, 1744

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

A reply to a letter regarding sloop ships, transport of goods, Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck, and an invitation for Edward Collins and his wife to stay at his stone house known as Mount Johnson.

Dates: 1744

Letter from George Clinton, New York, to Edward Collins, Albany, 1747 January 16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Letter regarding sugeon's mate William Catherwood, the buying and selling of commissions, and personal illness.

Dates: 1747 January 16

Orders from George Clinton, New York, to Edward Collins, 1747 December 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Orders regarding the raising of new companies for defense of the frontiers of the Province of New York. Dismissing those raised solely due to their status as friends and family of recruiters and not otherwise fit for service.

Dates: 1747 December 6

Letter from William Catherwood, New York, to Edward Collins, 1747 December 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Transmitting commissions to be delivered and reporting on the conduct of certain officers in Schenectady and Albany.

Dates: 1747 December 8

Copy of letter from Edward Collins, Albany, to the Government of Canada, 1747

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, correspondence, and financial records of Edward Collins (1703-1753) and Collins family members. Papers reflect Collins military duties in the Albany Garrison during King George's War, letter between family and military officers, management of his mother's estate following her death in 1748, legal agreements and bills as an attorney in Albany, Province of New York.

Dates: 1747

Letters from Elizabeth Collins to Edward Collins, Albany, 1750-1752

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, correspondence, and financial records of Edward Collins (1703-1753) and Collins family members. Papers reflect Collins military duties in the Albany Garrison during King George's War, letter between family and military officers, management of his mother's estate following her death in 1748, legal agreements and bills as an attorney in Albany, Province of New York.

Dates: 1750-1752

Letters from William Wigmore, St. Johns, to Edward Collins, 1752

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, correspondence, and financial records of Edward Collins (1703-1753) and Collins family members. Papers reflect Collins military duties in the Albany Garrison during King George's War, letter between family and military officers, management of his mother's estate following her death in 1748, legal agreements and bills as an attorney in Albany, Province of New York.

Dates: 1752