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NOTES ON THE ANCESTRY OF MAJOR WILLIAM ROE VAN VOORHIS, OF FISHKILL, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
by Elias W. Van Voorhis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Issued. Good+. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with gilt title on spine. Illustrated with two frontis engravings of Major William Roe Van Voorhis and Rachel Vail his wife on heavy card stock; and tinted views of the Homesteads of John Brinckerhoff Swartwoutville, Dutchess County, N. Y. ; the Residence of Elias W. Van Voorhis, Van Wyck Ave. Jamaica L. I. And the Homestead of Major William Roe Van Voorhis , Fishkill, Dutchess County, N. Y. Also a Facsimile of an Indenture document & Centennial Commemoration 1776-1876 of the Baptists of Missouri (Certificate) celebrating 100 years of Jewell Colllege& a Map of the purchase of Johannes Coerten Van Voorhees in 1730. Condition: Spine ends and front corners are rubbed. Front internal hinge is cracked with covers firmly attached. Page edges are slightly age toned. Baptists of Missouri Certificate mended with document tape. Rear endpaper has a vertical crease. Genealogy, ; Drawings, Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .
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- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17535
- Title
- NOTES ON THE ANCESTRY OF MAJOR WILLIAM ROE VAN VOORHIS, OF FISHKILL, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
- Author
- Elias W. Van Voorhis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Issued
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- Genealogy
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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