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Scope and Content Note
The papers of the Ebenezer Foote (1756-1829) family span the years 1751-1871, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1790-1807. The collection consists of family and general correspondence, orders, petitions, and legal and other papers of Foote and various members of his family including Charles Augustus Foote (1785-1828), Charles Augustus Foote (1818-1883), Frederick Parsons Foote (1783-1827), Harriet Foote (1773-1842), Justin Foote (born 1762), and Rensselaer Foote (1815-1862). Topics include the Tammany Society of New York, the death of Alexander Hamilton, the War of 1812, the incident aboard the frigate Chesapeake in 1813, the first Seminole War, and New York politics.