Margaret Johnston Bard poses for a formal portrait, wearing a long velvet dress. Though few of her personal papers remain, Margaret Bard was known for her intelligence and religious devotion. Her family fortune brought wealth to John Bard through...
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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Last will and testament of Jesee Chevalier of New Paltz, New York, 1689,written in French, in which the testator bequeathes all of his possessions "to the poor of the village of New Paltz," with the exception of a few items given to Abraham dutemp...
Last will and testament of Jean Tebanin, schoolmaster a New Paltz, New York, written in French, 1719. Of interest are comments relating to the French and Dutch languages as New Paltz and provisions made to the town's poor population.