The Man Papers, consisting of around 500 items, cover a period from the 1800's to the 1870's and include the personal, business and legal papers of the Man family of Malone, N.Y. The family was among the first settlers of Malone, and later Constable and Westville when those towns split from Malone.
Portraits of members of the Man Family.
Collection Overview
The Man family were pioneers in the settling of the area around Malone, N.Y. Alric and Dr. Albon Man, came to Malone from Addison, Vermont in 1803 and settled in the area that would later become known as Westville. Dr. Man's residence was used as the first school house, and his son Buel, is said to be the first male child born in Malone. Albon Man was appointed the first supervisor of the town of Constable when it was separated from Malone in 1807. He also served as land agent for the Constable family. Alric Man and later Ebenezer, the son of Albon, also served as supervisors of the town. Alric and Buel also served as supervisors of the town of Westville when it separated from the town of Constable.
In 1822, Edward Ellice, of London, took over the unsold portions of Westville as payment of a loan he had made to the Constable family. He employed Ebenezer Man as his land agent. The general agent for Mr. Ellice was Joseph Rosseel of Ogdensburg, the land agent for David Parish. (see also Mss.Coll.#5).
The primary subject of the collection is Ebenezer Man who was on the first Board of Commissioners of the Water Works. His papers concerning the Salmon River development are of particular interest to North Country scholars. Ebenezer Man was also the land agent for Edward Ellice of London who owned large parcels of land around Malone. These papers are closely connected with the Parish-Rosseel collection (Mss. Coll. #5) because Joseph Rosseel, land agent for David Parish, was the general agent for Edward Ellice.
St. Lawrence University does not own the literary rights to this collection.