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Census records, family trees, and written histories on the Swem Family. July 31, 1762. Document obligating Daniel Swime and Absalom Hankins, administrators of the estate of Cornelius Swime, to prepare an inventory of his estate. 2 pp. Handwritten notes on deed of land in Hanover County, New Jersey, to Mathias Swem. 2 pp. cy of DS. June 13, 1799. Handwritten notes on deed of Mathias Swem recording his membership and appointment as trustee of the Methodist Church in Wrightstown, NJ. 3 pp. Cy of DS. Including AN, by Earl Gregg Swem about importance of document, undated. 2 pp. March 14, 1814. Handwritten notes on deed of Mathias Swem to Pearson Hamilton. 1 p. Cy of D. 1800. Census record on Swem Family of Staten Island, New York sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, March 19, 1974. 2 pp. Pst. of D. Including AN, about possible relationships between different lines of the Swem family, undated. 1810. Census record on the Swem family of Staten Island, New York, sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 Macrh, 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. 1820. Census record of Swem Family of Staten Island, New York sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, March 19, 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. 1830. Census records on the Swem Family of Staten Island, New York sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, March 18, 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. 1850. Census records of Swem Family listed on the index of Ohio census sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, March 19, 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. Including AN, about Marshall Boarman's research done on various lines of the Swem Family, undated. 20 Sep[tember], 1850. Census record of the Swems of Duchoquet T[o]w[nshi]p, Auglaize County, Ohio. 1 p. Pst. of D. Including AN, asking if the Ezera Swem listed in the census was the father of E.B. Swem, undated. 18 Nov[ember], 1850. Census records of Swem Family of Harrison Township in Darke County, Ohio sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March [10]74. Including AN, about the possible origins of the Swem families listed in census, undated. 7 Aug[ust], 1860. Census records of Swem Family of Wapsinonoc Township, in Muscatine County, Iowa sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marsha;; Boarman, 19 March 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. Including AN, explaining that Ezra Swem and family were living in Belle Plaine, Iowa at the time of 1870 census, undated. 7 July, 1870. Census record of Swem Family of Belle Plaine Township, Benton County, Iowa sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. 16 June, 1880. Census records of Swem Family of West Liberty, Muscatine Co[unty], Iowa sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. Including TN, stating facts about Laurence Swem and Phebe Swem. April 1873. "Letter to a Brother," Grancille Stuart to James Stuart from the "Montana Magazine of History" mentions Amanda Swem who was Earl Gregg Swem III's great grand aunt; sent to Earl Gregg [Swem III] by Marshall Boarman, 19 March 19 74. 6 pp. Pst. of PV. 28 Sept[ember] 1900. Samuel Stuart's application for military pension; shows relation to Amanda Swem and Pheobe Stuart. Boarman's grandmother; sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman. 19 March, 19 74. 1 p. Pst. of D. 10 July, 1909. Application of Amanda [Swem] Stuart for widow's pension; shows relation to Samuel staurt and Pheobe Stuart, Boarman's grandmother; sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March, 1974. 1 p. Pst. of D. 19 March, 1974. Marshall Boarman, Washington, D.C. to Earl Gregg Swem III, Louisville, Ky. Elaborates on enclosed genealogical material on Swem Family. 2 pp. TLS. undated. Chapter from the History of Martha's Vineyard regarding the Luce family. 6 pp. Pst. of PV. undated. Information on New York and New Jersey Swems not yet known to be connected with the Earl Gregg Swem Family; sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March 1974. 8 pp. Pst. of TMs. undated. Family trees showing descendants of Amanda Swem; information sent to Earl Gregg Swem III by Marshall Boarman, 19 March, 1974. 6 pp. Pst. of TMs. Including undated, at bottom of page 1 showing Marshall Boarman's relationship with Earl Gregg Swem III as third cousins. AN.

Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September 21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18. Additional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.

Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning "The Secret Scroll," the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi, 1929 June 18. Additional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.

Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of "The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long" by Fineran, 1932. Additional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the "Table des Maréchaux" as advertised in the "Globe," undated.

T.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7. Other correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to "Dear Sir" asking that a copy of his "English Reformation" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to "Joe," furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary, 1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only, [1762]. Additional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to ["My dear Parker"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to "My Dear Craig," discussing the abilities and character of George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.

Correspondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29. Others include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher & Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.