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Guide to the Giles Family Papers
1750-1851
MS 248
Descriptive Summary
| Title: |
The Giles Family Papers |
| Dates: |
1750-1851 |
| Abstract:
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The Giles Family Papers consists primarily of papers belonging to Aquila and Elizabeth
Shipton Giles, their descendants, and their extended family, including correspondence,
love letters between Aquila Giles and Elizabeth Shipton Giles, accounts, leases, surveys,
commissions, bills, receipts, and notes. The majority of the correspondence covers
the courtship of Aquila Giles and Elizabeth Shipton Giles during the American Revolution,
but the collection also includes papers pertaining to Aquila Giles's military service
and the business transactions of William Axtell, John Murray, and William Ogden, all
of whom were related to the Giles family.
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| Quantity: |
0.4 Linear feet (1 box) |
| Location note:
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Manuscript Cage |
| Call Phrase: |
MS 248 |
