TY - GEN AU - Smith,Ambrose C. TI - Hempstead family papers, KW - Cook, Henry T. KW - Cook, Octavia W., KW - Lisa, Mary Manuel, KW - Hempstead family. KW - Constitution (Frigate) KW - Genealogy KW - Connecticut KW - New York (State) N1 - Open to research; In part, photocopies; [S.l.] N2 - Genealogical material concerning the Hempstead family of Connecticut and New York. Includes a deed, wills, a book written by Ambrose C. Smith titled Memorials of the Life and Character of Mary Manuel Lisa (1870), photographs, and other papers. Also includes a notebook containing photocopies of deeds, wills, biographical essays, genealogical data, printed material, and letters written by Henry T. Cook while aboard the frigate Constitution in 1862 and by Octavia W. (Lorrain) Cook ER -