Leech Family papers, 1796-1955 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Leech, Abraham Paul, 1815-1886, Leech, Benjamin Charles, 1824-1896, Leech, John, born 1860, Leech family, Duree family, and Dewey family
Abstract:
Correspondence, legal and financial papers, photographs, writings, printed material, and volumes relating to the Leech family and to relations in the Dewey and Duryea families.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11398

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of the Leech family primarily consist of family correspondence, writings, and financial papers and ledgers. Correspondence topics include: nineteenth-century American politics, reform movements, lectures and lyceums in New York (including the Jamaica Lyceum), late nineteenth-century courtship, and school activities at the Stone School and Williams College. The papers are geographically centered in New York and are rich in news of growth and travel in the area (particularly during the 1840s). The Leeches owned a great deal of property in Queens County and documents related to these date from 1795-1919.

Biographical / historical:

Obadiah Paul Leech (1792-1881) was an auctioneer in Jamaica, New York (in Queens County, Long Island). He was married to Susan Holland (1788-1868) and his father was also named Obadiah. Children of Obadiah and Susan were Abraham Paul, Jane Eliza, and Benjamin Charles.

Abraham Paul Leech (1815-1886) was a bookkeeper, known friend of Walt Whitman, and involved citizen of Jamaica, New York. He served as the secretary pro tem of the Jamaica Lyceum in the 1840s. Abraham's sons were Abraham Duryea Leech (1851-1876) and John Leech (1860-?) who married Harriet Dewey.

Benjamin Charles Leech (1824-1896) was a shopkeeper in Brooklyn and married Anna Creed. They had one child.

Jane Eliza Leech (1817-1881) married John Dunn and had four children.

A family tree is included in the Information folder in Box 1.

Acquisition information:
The Leech Family papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in November of 1984. Additions were made to the collection in January and September of 1986.
Processing information:

Processed by Lucy VanderKamp, March 2017.

Collection was acquired in 1984 and 1986.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], Leech Family papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.