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Miller Family Collection
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 2 Jul 2012
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 2 Jul 2012
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Miller family. |
| Title: | Miller Family Collection |
| Dates: | 1727-1798 |
| Quantity: | 1 large package |
| Abstract: | Assorted documents relating to Matthias B. Miller, New York physician; Morris S. Miller of Utica, New York; and Rutger Bleecker of Albany, New York. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
According to Prominent families of New York; being an account in biographical form of individuals and families distinguished as representatives of the social, professional and civic life of New York city (Lyman Horace Weeks, 1897), both the Miller and Bleecker families were important early settlers and citizens of New York.
Matthias B. Miller (1749-1792) was "an accomplished and devoted physician" who died of yellow fever in Savannah, Georgia, while volunteering there to assist in treating the epidemic. Dr. Miller was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1777, a member of the New York Medical Society and served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army with Col. David Sutherland's regiment. Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824) was Matthias' brother, a prominent public figure in Utica, New York. Rutger Bleecker was Mayor of Albany from 1726-1729. The Miller and Bleecker families intermarried during the 18th century.
The Miller Family Collection consists of correspondence and official documents relating to Matthias B. Miller, New York physician; Morris S. Miller of Utica, New York; and Rutgers Bleecker of Albany, New York. Correspondence consists of a letter of recommendation from New York Governor George Clinton, attesting to the good character of Dr. Mathias B. Miller in connection with the latter's visit to Savannah, Georgia. Official documents consists of several certificates; most related to Dr. Matthias B. Miller's practice of medicine, but the collection also contains a certificate with the seal of George the Second of Great Britain, appointing Rutger Bleeker as mayor, clerk of the market, and coroner of the City of Albany.
No particular order.
Access Restrictions:
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Persons
Bleecker, Rutger.
Miller family.
Miller, Matthias B.
Miller, Morris S. (Morris Smith), 1779-1824.
Corporate Bodies
Medical Society of the State of New-York (1788-1794)
Philomathean Society (Union College)
United States. Army -- Surgeons.
Subjects
Mayors -- New York (State) -- Albany.
Physicians -- New York (State)
Places
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Letters of recommendation.
Membership cards.
Military commissions.
Occupations
Physicians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Miller Family Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2012.
Papers
| Papers | |||||||||||
| Package 1 | Correspondence 6 Dec 1790 | ||||||||||
| manuscript letter (ALS) with an embossed seal, written by Governor George Clinton of the State of New York attesting to the good character of Dr. Mathias B. Miller in connection with the latter's visit to Savannah, Georgia | |||||||||||
| Package 1 | Official documents 1727-1798 | ||||||||||
| (1) printed certificate with a seal dated 19 April 1798 affirming that Morris S.
Miller is a member of the Philomathean Society at Union College, the purpose of which
is "cultivating Literature, Virtue and Friendship";
(2) Revolutionary War commission dated 2 January 1777 from the Committee of Safety of the State of New York in Fishkill appointing Mathias B. Miller as surgeon to Col. David Sutherland's Regiment of Militia and signed by James Livingston as chairman; (3) and (4) Latin certificate and another in English dated 2 December 1790 admitting Mathias B. Miller to the New York State Medical Society; (5) certificate and seal dated 1727 affirming that George the Second of Great Britain has appointed Rutger Bleeker as mayor, clerk of the market, and coroner of the City of Albany |
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