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Description
Two volumes of account books (30 and 48 p., respectively) belonging to Loyalist Crean Brush. First volume has had several pages removed.
Note
Crean Brush emigrated to New York from Ireland in 1762. From 1773-1775 he served in the New York legislature as a representative of the town of Wesminster, in what would later become Vermont, where he had accumulated extensive land holdings. During the Revolutionary War he served under British General Gage and was imprisoned by Revolutionary forces. Having lost his property, he committed suicide after the war ended.
PID
islandora:106621
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - AHMC - Brush: Crean
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Genre
Owning Institution
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Type
Subject (Topical)
Subject (Geographic)
Date Created
1765 to 1766
Extent
2 account books
