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Angell Matthewson et al : Mohawk Valley Register. Three Signed Sales Agreements and Nineteen Related Signed Receipts. Fort Plain, New York, 1859-1863

Collection of twenty-two original manuscript documents related to the Mohawk Valley Register, a weekly newspaper based in Fort Plain, New York. The documents are composed of three signed sales agreements and nineteen related signed receipts. Each of the three agreements are accompanied by a contemporary copy. 1859-1863. Documents range in size between about 8 1/4" x 13" and 8" x 3 1/2." Circa twenty-six pages (three documents are about seven pages, including the copies; most, if not all, of the receipts are each one page). As an entire collection, the documents are clean and intact overall but have slight age toning and the occasional mark or small stain. A Very Good collection. The Mohawk Valley Register was a weekly newspaper based in Fort Plain, New York. It was published from 1854-1921. The Mohawk Valley Register was actually an iteration of the Fort Plain Journal, the latter of which was founded in 1836. The Fort Plain Journal changed ownership a few times before being acquired by W. Clayton Wendell and Harrison Stansel who renamed it the Mohawk Valley Register. Among the newspaper's sequential owners and publishers were Lorenzo Crounse, Charles Bradbury, and Angell Matthewson. In the first sales agreement (1859), Charles Bradbury buys half interest in the Mohawk Valley Register for $400 from Lorenzo Crounse. This agreement is signed by borth Bradbury and Crounse. In another agreement (1861), Angell Matthewson buys the same half interest in the newspaper from Peter G. Webster, who had earlier purchased it from Bradbury. This agreement is signed once by Matthewson and twice by Webster. In the third agreement (1861), Webster sells his mortgage from Mattewson to Charles Rivers. This agreement is signed three times by Webster and once by Rivers. Also included in this collection are nineteen receipts issued to Matthewson and having to do with the operation of the newspaper (1860-1863). Receipts are signed by Crounse, Bradbury, Rivers, Webster, and different members of the Erwin family. Angell Mattewson (1837-1913) was involved in other New York newspapers and served with distinction in the Civil War. He was a captain of the Union Army. It is known that Mattewson lived in Parsons, Kansas from about 1871 onward. There, he was active in the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), also known as the "Antietam" post.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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