William J. Olcott, University of Michigan football captain 1882, 1883

Cropped from 1883 team photo.

William C. Malley, 1890 University of Michigan football captain

Cropped from 1889 team photo.

Case of Captain Abraham Wendell, Jr., of the brig Kremlin of New York, arising from an outrage perpetrated by him upon William Bell, first officer of said brig, in the port of Havana, July, 1838. ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Stories of noble lives : William Carey, Captain Hedley Vicars.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proceedings of the general court martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain John Hall, of the United States' ship Chesapeake, in the month of January, 1808 /

Mode of access: Internet.

William Van Every fonds, 1784, 1804-1806, 1815-1816, 1828, 1832, n.d.

William Van Every, son of McGregory and Mary Wilcox (Jaycocks) Van Every, was born in New York state in 1765. During the Revolutionary War he joined Butler’s Rangers and served under Captain John McDonnell. He was granted three lots of land in the Township of Niagara, with additional lands granted at later dates. William married Elizabeth, daughter of George Young. Elizabeth was the widow of Col. Frederick Dochstader and mother of Catherine Dochstader, b. 1781. William Van Every died in 1832, his wife Elizabeth in 1851. Both are buried in the Warner Cemetery, in present day Niagara Falls. The children of William Van Every and Elizabeth Young were Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Peter, William, Rebecca, Samuel and Joseph. Source: Mary Blackadar Piersol, The Records of the Van Every Family, Toronto : Best Printing, 1947. And, Patricia M. Orr, Historic Woodend, sponsored by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, 1980?

Letter from William Croswell to James Scott, 1803 November 1

One-page letter from Croswell to Captain James Scott, Master of the Boston Marine Society, that accompanied Croswell's work on lunar observations.

Letter from John Miller to William Tudor,

One letter regaring a shipment of books to Tudor in Brazil; includes an affadavit signed by the ship’s captain.

Letter from Samuel Bayley to William Tudor,

Letter regarding the death of Bayley’s son, Captain Nathaniel Bayley, at Lima, and a legal document granting Tudor power of attorney over for his estate. Also includes a probate document.