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Orange Riots • New York City • 1870 & 1871

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  • Col. Michael Murray van Beuren, USA (1800 - 1878)
    Baptisms of New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church 1731-1800 : "1800 Jun 01; Michael Van Beuren, Eliza Van Beuren; Michael (b 4/22)" ~• last of the van Beurens in this branch of the family to be baptized...
  • Lieut Col. Cornelius Berrien Mitchell, (USA) (1846 - 1910)
    formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of NY (Who's Who Vol. 4 ) Mitchell family papers Biographical / Historical note Biographical note: "The Mitchell family was descended from William and Margaret ...

Purpose

Assembles figures with connections to these NYC riots

Books

  • The Orange Riots - Irish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871
    • Michael A . Gordon, Cornell University Press (1993)
  • History of the Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M. -- N.G.S.N.Y. (Eighty-Third N.Y. Volunteers††.) 1845-1888
    • Historian, George A. Hussey. Editor, William Todd (1889)
      • (originally) Veterans of the Regiment 1889; (modern digital and print) Cornell University Library via donation of the Microsoft Corporation (no date given for digital scan) www.library.cornell.edu
      • †† the 83rd served in the Civil War; note that the 9th had a history of being formed and disbanded and the re-formed