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Albert C. Greene Papers

Formal title:: Albert C. Greene Papers
Extent:: 16 linear feet
Date range:: 1804-1863
Abstract:: Albert C. Greene (1791-1863) was born in Coventry, Rhode Island to Perry (b.1749) and Elizabeth (Belcher) Greene (b. 1758). He had one sibling, a brother, William P. Greene (1784-1855). He was educated at the East Greenwich Academy until he was placed as an apprentice, at the age of 13, to George Brinkerhoff, an attorney in New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and continued his studies at the law school of Judges Reeves & Gould in Litchfield, Connecticut. He returned to Rhode Island in 1813 and set up practice in East Greenwich.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 452

Formal title:: William Austin certificate
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1813
Abstract:: This collection consists of a certificate signed by William Ellery (1727-1820), collector of the port of Newport, and W. Nichols, an officer, verifying that William Austin of the ship Anna Maria had secured the necessary duties of merchandize.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.549

Formal title:: Guide to the Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., collection of manuscripts
Extent:: 0.42 linear foot (1 document case)
Date range:: 1711-1920 and undated (bulk 1711-1870)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts from 1711-1920 that were collected by Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1910-2009). The majority of these documents regard various people, places, and events in Newport, Rhode Island, from the colonial period through the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.040

Formal title:: Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet
Date range:: 1813-1820 and undated
Abstract:: This collection consists of tax records presented to tax collectors by various residents of Newport, RI in the years 1813-1820 and undated.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.581

Formal title:: Helen Lanier collection of William Ellery papers
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1783, 1813, and undated
Abstract:: Three items relating to William Ellery (1727-1820) of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.567

Formal title:: Elinor A. Leonberger collection of Redwood, Ellery, and other related families
Extent:: 0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:: 1746-1895 (bulk 1789-1809)
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters, family papers, and newspaper clippings regarding the Redwood, Ellery, and related families such as the Weissenfels and Andersons from the 1746 through 1895. All of the represented families are lineal descendants of Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.026

Formal title:: Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection
Extent:: 4 linear feet
Date range:: 1639-1940
Abstract:: The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents, many of which relate to Rhode Island history.
Repository:: Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Collection call no:: MS002

Wolcott (Oliver) letter

Formal title:: Oliver Wolcott letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1795
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833), Secretary of the Treasury, to William Ellery (1727-1820), collector of the port of Newport, concerning the funding for a fort.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.548

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