Freligh family papers,
- Author:
- Freligh family.
- Call Number:
- MSS-071 local
- Abstract:
- This collection consists primarily of the legal, financial and personal papers of Dr. Michael Freligh, his son George W. Freligh, and his grandson Abram Freligh. They date from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The family's ownership of property in Albany County is documented by an extensive file of real estate indentures and estate records and a selection of survey maps, while their everyday living expenses are documented by numerous bills and receipts. A collection of Dr. Michael Freligh's correspondence documents his personal life, family relationships and religious outlook; it contains a letter from his brother John describing the burning of Plattsburgh, N.Y. during the War of 1812.
- Historical Note:
- Members of the Freligh family lived in the Niskayuna area during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Dr. Michael Freligh, the son of George J. Freligh of Dutchess County, N.Y., was born in 1770. He settled in Niskayuna in 1788. Freligh served as Albany County Coroner, and in 1815 he was elected to the Assembly of the City and County of Albany. He died in 1853. Michael's brother John Freligh settled in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where he witnessed the burning of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812. His first wife Betsy died in 1811, but by 1814 he had remarried to a woman named Margaret. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. George W. Freligh, the son of Dr. Michael Freligh, considered seeking his fortune in California but ultimately remained in Niskayuna on property inherited from his father. George died in 1881. Abram Freligh, the son of George W. Freligh, served as Commissioner of Highways for the Town of Colonie. He died in 1912. His daughter, Julia Fort Freligh, married Abram Rand. She died in 1959. The Freligh family papers were donated to the University Library by the executor of Julia Fort Freligh Rand.
- Physical Description:
- 1.0 cu.ft.
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Business, Literary, and Miscellany Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Commerce
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat, Receipts (financial record) aat, Sales records. aat, Indentures. aat, Maps. aat, and History
- Names:
- Freligh, George J, Freligh, Michael, 1770-1853, Freligh, John G, Freligh, George W., -1881, Freligh, Abram W., -1912, and Rand, Julia Fort Freligh, -1959
- Corporate Names:
- Schenectady Railway Company
- Chronological Terms:
- 1812-1815 fast
- Geographic Terms:
- Albany County (N.Y.) History, Albany County (N.Y.) Commerce, United States History War of 1812, New York (State) Albany County, and United States
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