Sizer family papers, 1803-1891 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Sizer family papers, 1803-1891

Predominant Dates:1813-1849

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 67

Primary Creator: Sizer family.

Extent: 2.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic, chronologically, as follows: correspondence, other records, and volumes. The collection consists of two boxes and twelve volumes.

Date Acquired: 03/16/1959

Subjects: Militia., Sizer, Asa B., Sizer, William S., Sizer family., United States -- History -- War of 1812.

Forms of Material: Correspondence., Military records.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Sizer family papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, financial material, and military orders of Asa B. Sizer, an officer in the New York Militia during the War of 1812. Also included is family correspondence, financial material, and the military commission of William S. Sizer, a Major in the Ohio Militia.

Biographical Note

The Sizer family in the United States originates with Helen Josephine Sizer's great-great grandfather Antonio DeZocieur (1707-1753), a French Huguenot from the island of Terrera (Azores), who called himself Anthony Sizer, and came to the American colonies in 1726. Sizer's great-grandfather, Sam Sizer (1746-1823) fought in the American Revolution. The grandfather of Helen Sizer was Asa B. Sizer (1780-1829), an Army officer in the New York Militia during the War of 1812, and her father was William S. Sizer (1827-1892), a Major in the Ohio Militia.

Subject/Index Terms

Militia.
Sizer, Asa B.
Sizer, William S.
Sizer family.
United States -- History -- War of 1812.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Mrs. John R. Moser (Helen Josephine Sizer)

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Sizer family papers, Manuscripts Collection 67, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1961

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 705382225

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence],
[Box 2: Other records],
[Volume 1: The Army Register of the United States, Philadelphia, 112 pages, 1814],
[Volume 2: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States],
[Volume 3: Abercrombie, John Inquiries concerning the intellectual powers, and the investigation of truth, Boston, additions and explanations by Jacob Abbott, 1845],
[Volume 4: Adams, F. Colburn The Story of a trooper, New York, 1865],
[Volume 5: Pulte, J.H. Homoeopathic Domestic Physician, Cincinnati, 1857],
[Volume 6: Nichols, George Ward, The story of the Great March, New York, 1865],
[Volume 7: McClellan, George B. Manual of Bayonet Exercises: prepared for the use of the Army of the United States, Philadelphia, printed by the order of the War Department, 1856],
[Volume 8: Clark, Orton S. The one-hundred and sixteenth Regiment of New York State Volunteers, Buffalo, 1868],
[Volume 9: Chambers, William and Robert, editors Information for the People, volume I, Philadelphia, 1854],
[Volume 10: Chambers, William and Robert, editors Information for the People, volume II, Philadelphia, 1854],
[Volume 11: Hardee, W.J. Rifle and light infantry tactics volume I, Philadelphia, 1861],
[Volume 12: Hardee, W.J. Rifle and light infantry tactics volume II, Philadelphia, 1861],
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Volume 9: Chambers, William and Robert, editors Information for the People, volume I, Philadelphia, 1854