From: Terry Chaplin
Question: Greetings Dr. Kline, I
am doing research on early roads into The New Military Tract in
western NY and those involved including Aaron Burr, Edward Edwards,
Silas Pepoon and Joseph Chaplin. I wanted to check records referenced
in
Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr,
Vol. I. Aaron Burr was involved in the process as an ex-officio
member of the NY Land Office Commission which was given authority
to construct these roads. The references I refer to include, ([N:
Land Office Papers, 57:36] PAB Supplement).
The New York Archives have responded to my request and that they
do not have these papers. Does the above reference indicate that
these are contained in a supplement of The Papers of Aaron
Burr?
Answer: Dear Mr. Chaplin,
"PAB Supplement" is a reference to the microfilm edition
of the Papers of Aaron Burr. The films contain everything,
while the two volumes published by Princeton contain only a tiny
fraction of the papers. Let me know where you are and I may be
able to figure out the closest library that has the film reels.
Also, I published an article that may be of use to you. It's in
a collection of essays you should be able to get easily on interlibrary
loan if a local library doesn't have it. Here's the book:
New Opportunities in a New Nation: The Development of New
York after the Revolution. ed. Manfred Jonas and Robert Wells.
Distributed by Syracuse Univ. Press, 1982.
Mary-Jo Kline
From: Lee Vander Heide
Question: Hello,
I have a license plate political "topper" that says
"Winn with Willkie". I believe it is a takeoff on the
Willkie slogan of 1940 "Win With Willkie" and in this
case I believe it applies either to a Republican candidate by
the name of "Winn" for either the Senate or the House
of Representatives and I am leaning towards the latter. I have
searched extensively on the 'net and have not been able to find
out who this Winn was--in particular I would like to know what
state he was from. My gut feeling is that he was a Republican
candidate for the House, but I don't know the state. For the project
that I am doing I would like to mount the topper on the license
state from the "correct" state. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Find attached a picture of the license plate topper.
Answer: Dear Mr. Vander
Heide:
Thanks for the image of the license plate "topper."
My husband, the head of the George Washington Papers project at
UVA, will love this use of GW's image.
I've searched the New York Times for 1940 for any references
to a candidate named Winn, but came up with nothing. Times
coverage of Midwestern and Southern races has never been very
good, so that just shows that our friend Winn probably wasn't
running in the Northeast.
I've looked at the "Political Graveyard" database of
obscure American politicians and found no one there who seems
to meet our requirements either.
You're right in assuming that Winn had to be a Republican -- but
don't rule out gubernatorial races as well as House and Senate
candidates. I think you may have more help from governor's races
-- and there are, after all, fewer of them to check. Let me know
if you finally strike paydirt.
Mary-Jo Kline |
