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Ebenezer Stevens papers, 1739-1860

Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823) served as a soldier and officer in the Continental Army and the New York State Artillery Corps during the Revolutionary War. Post-war, he was an agent for the United States War Department as well as a successful merchant in New York City. This collection documents his activities as a merchant and as a commanding officer, focusing particularly on daily functions and the fortification of New York Harbor in the years 1802-1814. The papers do not contain much information about Stevens' Revolutionary War efforts, aside from two military orders.
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - Stevens Papers
Creator
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Contributor
Hodgdon, Alexander
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Stevens, Byam K.
Stevens, Horatio G.

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Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823) served as a soldier and officer in the Continental Army and the New York State Artillery Corps during the Revolutionary War. Post-war, he was an agent for the United States War Department as well as a successful merchant in New York City. This collection documents his activities as a merchant and as a commanding officer, focusing particularly on daily functions and the fortification of New York Harbor in the years 1802-1814. The papers do not contain much information about Stevens' Revolutionary War efforts, aside from two military orders.
English
PID
nyhs:stevens
NYHS Identifier
Mss Collection - Stevens Papers
Language
eng
Member of
New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
American Manuscripts
Genre
accounts
bills of lading
bonds (legal records)
certificates
contracts
correspondence
financial records
military records
orders (military records)
poems
receipts (financial records)
returns (military reports)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Fortification--New York (State)--New York
Coast defenses--New York (State)--New York
Seizure of vessels and cargoes
Subject (Name)
United States. Continental Army
New York (State). Militia
Subject (Geographic)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
New York (N.Y.)--Commerce
New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--West Indies
West Indies--Commerce--New York (State)--New York
Europe--Description and travel
Contributor
Hodgdon, Alexander
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Stevens, Byam K.
Stevens, Horatio G.
Creator
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Date Created
1739 to 1860
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