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The Archives

The TSA offers members and scholars an opportunity to study primary documents pertaining to the Townsends and  historically related families, as well as the history of the communities in which they lived.

The TSA collection has valuable resources on:

  • The Townsend family

  • Oyster Bay town history

  • Genealogy

  • Townsend family histories

  • Individual member files

  • Many other aspects of American history

  • The Underhill Family (through the Underhill Society of America).

 

A letter to the left is from Capt. Isaiah Townsend to one of his brothers, probably Samuel, 1805. This letter, discussing Isaiah's business dealings, his seal hunting schooner Independence, and meeting with the sealer Favorite of Nantucket, is one of a series detailing a tragic voyage to the south seas. Shortly after this letter was written, Isaiah and his crew sailed off, never   to be heard from again. Letters such as this provide valuable insight into early American maritime industries.

 

The letter is representative of our Collections.

 

TSA members may wish to visit our headquarters in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York to conduct research in the archives and library. At present, various original documents from the Oyster Bay area, the historical membership files and the indexes for many collections are available. Information on the collections will be posted on this site from time to time - as the indexing of the collections progresses.  

Does anybody have any personal stories about the Townsend Plan? Let us know!

 

There Is More On The Townsend Plan In The Members Only Pages

 

 

There are many copies of these tombstones of Eber and Elizabeth Townsend going around. Few are as clear as the photos on file at TSA. These gravestones were in the old Drew Cemetery in Urbana Township, Steuben County, New York.

 

Since these photos were taken, most of the square tombstones in the cemetery have been taken by the locals to be used as patio pavers. Eber's was left behind, owing to the fact that it was not square. Efforts have been ongoing to recover these artifacts but with little success.

 

 

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