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Formal title:: Walter Nickerson Hill Papers
Extent:: 4.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1860-1905 (bulk 1870-1884)
Abstract:: American chemist. Letters and manuscripts; letterpress books; scrapbook; notebooks; documents; pamphlets; photographs; and memorabilia. The bulk of the written material (to, from, and about Hill) dates from 1870-1884. It consists of personal letters between Hill and his wife; letters between Hill and leading scientists and ordinance specialists; letters to and from important political, scientific, and military figures regarding Hill's application for appointment of Professor of Mathematics in the Navy; business correspondence; Hill's patents and pamphlets regarding explosives, demagnetization, etc.; newspaper clippings of Hill's death in an explosion.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Hill

Formal title:: Hudson River Day Line Collection
Extent:: 25 linear feet
Date range:: 1812-1960 (bulk 1860-1930)
Abstract:: The Hudson River Day Line was a steamboat service operating under various names on the Hudson River beginning in the mid-1800s. The collection contains over 100 years of company records, financial documents, ephemera and correspondence between owners and key stakeholders. In addition, the collection contains steamship logs that document the routes taken by the Hudson River Day Line steamships along the Hudson River.
Repository:: Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:: 1963.01

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