COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS NAME OF COLLECTION: DUER family Papers Gift of Denning Miller, 1981 SOURCE: Gift of Alice Duer Miller, 1937; gift of Jerry Granat, I986 Gift of Mary Benjamin, 1956 Purchase SUBJECT: The Duer family; William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, 1726-1783; William Duer, 17*17-1799; William Alexander Duer, 178O-I858. Social life and travels in Europe from 1832 to I89U. DATES COVERED: 178U - 1937 NUMBER OF ITEMS: ca. 120 STATUS: (check appropriate description) Cataloged: x Listed: x Arranged: Not organized: CONDITION: (give number of vols », boxes, or shelves) _ Bound: Boxed: 5 Stored: LOCATION: (Library) Rare Book & Manuscript CALL-NUMBER Ms Coll/Duer family RESTRICTIONS ON USE None DESCRIPTION: The Duer family papers, correspondence, diaries, genealogical manuscripts and notes, miscellaneous poetry, engravings, and early photographs, were assembled "by Caroline King Duer, 1865- 1956, Alice Duer Miller, 187^-19^2 (Barnard College A.B., 1899h and May King Van Rensselaer, 18U8-1925. Members of the Duer family include: William Alexander (Lord Stirling), 1726-1783, Revolutionary General; William Duer, 17^7-1799» Revolutionary Patriot; and William Alexander Duer, 1780-1858, Jurist and President of Columbia College from 1829 until 18U2. The letters of Anna Bridgen to Hannah Maria Denning Duer depict the social life of American expatriates in France and Italy during the l830fs. There are also diaries of Frances Maria Duer Hoyt's travels in Europe from 186U to I89U, and Hannah Maria Denning Duer's diaries from 1838 to 1862. For list of collection, see following page. HR - 3/8l D3(178)M Ms Coll Duer family -r Cataloged correspondence and manuscripts: Bridgen, Anna Box 1 Duer, Hannah Maria Denning (Mrs William Alexander), 1782-1862 Duer, William, 17^7-1799 Duer, William Alexander, I78O-I858 Hoyt, Frances Maria Duer (Mrs Henry Sheaff), 1809-1909 Box 2 King, James Gore, 1791-1853 Box 3 Miller, Alice Duer, 1$7^-19^2 Poor, Henry William, 18UU-1915 Swan, Jane P. Van Rensselaer, May King, 18^8-1925 Uncataloged misc.: Box 3 Genealogical notes on Duer & other related families. Poems & other misc. & anonymous manuscripts. Misc. Books relating to the Duer family: Box 5 Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling, 1567?-l6UO. Recreations with the mvses. London, Tho. Harper, l637« 326 p. With the bookplates of: J. Dawson Brodie; James Erskine of Alva, 1722-1796; James Maidment, 1795?-l879 (and with his signature); and Mr. Baron Maule. Inscribed to Philip Murray and signed by A. Sterling. (Transfered to the Rare Book Collection). Duer, William Alexander, I78O-I858 A course of lectures on the constitutional jurisprudence of the United States; delivered annually in Columbia College, New York. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1856. Inscribed "To George Wm. Wilson, From his affectionate Grandfather, The Author August 25th I856." 5^5 p. The life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling ... New York, New Jersey Historical Society, 18U7. 272 p. Reminiscences of an old Yorker. New York, Printed for W.L. Andrews, 1867. 102 p. With the bookplate of Henry William Poor, I8UU-I915. Photographs & illustrations: Box k Drawings of coats of arms Engravings Photographs Tintypes & Daguerrebisypes.