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that the time had arrived to start his campaign. Fitch C. BRYANT papers, 1810-52, 44 items, compris- ing receipts notes, school records, and business and personal correspondence of various members of the FITCH family, particularly William and Edmund
FITCH. Included are: school notes of Tilton FRENCH, Schodack teacher, citing records of stu- dents (among them Mary FITCH) who committed to memory and repeated texts of Scriptures, 1820; letter from Edmund FITCH, 1839, discussing the antirent agitation in Albany and Rensselaer coun- ties and the unpopularity of Governor SEWARD (Governor "Small Potatoes") for calling out the troops; and another letter from Edmund FITCH, 1841, stating that he lost his post in the Cus- toms House in New York for no fault, his only sin
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Kinderhook - Columbia County Historical Society
(97E - 97 I)
being in once having resided in the vicinity of Kinderhook, "where the influence of 'the Little Magician' might have contaminated me, " and re- flecting that "the people have yet to learn that they have been deceived, and that the dictation of Daniel WEBSTER, a high toned Hartford Conven- tion federalist and opposer of the war, now rules at Washington. "
E. CHACE Collection, 1792-1832, 55 items.
Consists of personal and business papers of the CHACE family, early residents of Austerlitz. Included are receipted bills of William CHACE (some for teaching school), bonds, notes, inven- tories of property, survey of William CHACE'S farm (1804), will of Abraham CHACE (Dec. 3, 1794), deeds, and other data. Names prominent in the collection include Asa EMMONS, Darius MINER, Philip SCHUYLER, Jacob R. and James VAN RENSSELAER, and others.
F. Jesse MERWIN papers, 1811-51, 32 items.
Include receipts, insurance policies, bills, specifications, promissory notes, indentures, and correspondence of Jesse MERWIN, who was the original Ichabod CRANE of Washington IRVING'S noted narrative The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
G. Hudson Aqueduct Company papers, 1784-1857, 56 items, including deeds executed to the company, surveys, appraisals, loasos, receipts, contracts, and rec- ords of litigation. Names cited include James BEDELL, Theophilus E. BEEKMAN, George W. BRADLEY, William E. DODGE, John HATHAWAY, George ROBINSON, John TEN BROECK, Jehoiakim A. and J. A. VAN VALKENBURGH, and others.
H. John GROAT papers, 1813-65, 11 items, including receipted bills for the purchase of merchandise, check on the Bank of Kinderhook, signed by Isaac VAN VALKENBERG (1865), records of GROAT'S enlist- ment in the Kinderhook Light Infantry, bearing signature of Capt. I. P. BEEKMAN (Aug. 18, 1819), and William LOCKE'S certificate of discharge from naval service as Master-at-Arms on U. S. Steamer Pembina, Aug. 14, 1865.
I. PRUYN Collection, 1731-74, 5 items, including: patent for 6,000 acres, comprising the northern part of the district south of Rensselaerswyck and east of the DE BRUYN Patent, granted by George II, Oct. 6, 1731, to Burger and Lambert HUYCK, Peter VAN ALEN, Johannes VOSBURGH, Joachim KALLIER, Isaac VOSBURGH, John VAN ALSTYNE, Johannis TEN BROECK, and Casper ROUSE; confirmation by George II, May 24, 1750, of patents granted to Evert LUCAS and John Hendricks BRUYN (by Thomas DONGAN), Dirk
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Kinderhook - Columbia County Historical Society
(9751 - 9738)
WESSELS and Peter VAN AALEN (by Richard NICOLLS), and John Hendrix BRUYN (by Francis LOVELACE) ; record of proceedings (Aug. 10, 1762) of commis- sioners appointed to partition among 31 free- holders lands granted by James II, Mar. 14, 1686; map of Kinderhook, 1763 (copy of original in the Office of the Clerk, Albany Co.); and map and survey of tract near Kinderhook granted by let- ters patent to Jan Hendrickse DE BRUYN, made by John R. BLEECKER at the request of Lucas VAN ALEN, Johannis and Barent VAN DER POEL, and Henry A. VAN DYCK, Apr. 1774.
J. Church and Cemetery Records, including:
1. Records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Kinder- hook, 1716-1864, 3 v. (typewritten copies) transcribed by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and edited by Royden W. VOSBURGH, 1920-21. Include record of original subscribers and members of the Consistory in 1716, membership lists, and records of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
2. Records of the Claverack Reformed Dutch Church, 1727-1850, 4 v. (typewritten copies), compris- ing records of baptisms and marriages.
3. Records of Valatie Presbyterian Church, 1833-, 1 v. (typewritten copy), compiled by Louise HARDENBROOK, 1935. Includes an historical sketch of the Church, certificate of incorpora- tion, list of pastors, elders, and organists, and records of membership (1835-1927), bap- tisms (1848-76, 1902-33), marriages (1848-75, 1901-33), and deaths (1858-72, 1901-6). 4. Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canaan, 1824-74, 1 v., including list of mem- bors, consistory minutes, notes on baptisms, and data on church expenses; also record of membership in the Congregational Church at Austerlitz, 1801.
5. Records of Ancram Methodist Episcopal Church, 2 v., including a record book (1861-92) of baptisms, marriages, pastors, official members, classes and probationers, and a daybook (1902- 24), citing receipts, disbursements, subscrip- tions, and membership.
6. Records of First Christian Church of Canaan, 1822-67, 1 v., including consistory minutes and records of membership, disbursements, and various church activities.
7. Record book and history of the Lutheran Church, Valatie, N. Y,, 1826-83, 1 v. (typed copy) . 8. Sermons (in Dutch) delivered by the Rev. John GEBHARD, pastor of the Claverack Reformed Dutch
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Kinderhook - Columbia County Historical Society
(97J9 - 97L2)
Church (1773, 1 v.), and Rev. John SICKLES .of Kinderhook (1799, 1 v.).
9. Cemetery Records, 6 v. and 40 pieces, comprising typewritten copies of tombstone inscriptions taken from church, town, and private cemeteries in Valatie, Chatham, Hillsdale, Ghent, Auster- litz, Spencertown, Germantown, North Germantown, Canaan, Gallatin, Greenport, New Britain, Red Rock, and other places in Columbia County, Compilers include Mrs. Harriet K. VAN ALSTYNE, Louise HARDENBROOK, Ralph PHILLIPS, Charlotte T. LUCKHURST, Henry O. ROCKEFELLER, Henry W. GEORGE, and Daughters of Columbia County His- torical Society.
10. Subscription list for the erection of a Baptist Church at Malden Bridge, 1839.
K. Public Records:
1. Records of the Town of Austerlitz, including: assessment rolls, 1827, 1836, 1837, 1848, 1852, 1867, 6 v .; registers of electors, 1862, 1864, 1866, 5 v. (also 3 undated volumes); military rolls, 1853, 1 v. (also l undated volume); and bond issued to Ebenezer REED for money loaned to the town for the payment of bounties due Civil War volunteers, 1863.
2. Records of the Town of Kinderhook, including: assessment rolls, 1809, 1862, 2 v .; and journal of the Kinderhook Conscript Society, organized for the apprehension of horse thieves, 1863- 89, 1 v.
3. Miscellaneous materials, including: Proceedings of the Directors of Columbia Turnpike, 1816- 33, 1 v., and dividend book, tollgate receipts, articles of agreement, bids for surveys, trcas- urors' reports, and other papers relating to the Columbia Turnpike, 1799-1898, over 500 itoms; certificates of appointment of Rouben MOORE as coroner of Columbia County, 1799, 1801; peti- tion to highway commissioners for new highway in the town of Chatham, 1827; and notice of Poorhouse Committee to the Supervisor of Copake, July 15, 1829, announcing the opening of the County poorhouse.
L. School Records, including:
1. Record Book of School District No. 10, Kinderhook, N. Y., 1842-75, 1 v., citing names of pupils, attendance records, minutes of board meetings, and financial accounts.
2. Rate bill, 1827, listing taxable inhabitants in School District No. 13, Chatham, N. Y., and taxes levied for the support of common schools.
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Kinderhook - Columbia County Historical Society
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3. Records of Hudson Academy, including:
Journal, 1874-76, 1 v., containing class re- ports, weekly diaries of students, and notes on weather conditions.
Report of the trustees of Hudson Academy to the Regents of New York State, 1823. Letters of Amasa J. PARKER, principal of Hudson Academy, 1822-27, 9 items.
Truman WHEELER'S contract to teach at Hudson Academy, 1825.
M. Genealogical data on many early Columbia County families, including ALLEN, ASHLEY, BARKER, BROD- HEAD, BURT, CANTINE, COFFIN, COLEMAN, CORNING, FLINT, FRISBEE, GARDENIER, KENDALL, MULLER (MULDOR), MURRAY, NOYES, PEAKE, REYNOLDS, TEN EYCK, VAN ALSTYNE, VANDERPOEL, VAN ESSELSTYN, VAN HOESEN, VAN NESS, VAN RENSSELAER, VAN VALKEN- BURG, WILLIAMS, WHITING, WOODBRIDGE, and many others.
N. Miscellaneous materials, including: account book of Almanza FORD, proprietor of a general store at Red Rock, N. Y., 1838-83, 1 v .; ledger of Peter V. ROSSMAN, 1826-37, 1 v .; other account books (ownership indeterminable), 1768-1804, 2 v .; register of Worth House of Hudson, N. Y., 1866- 70, 1 v .; Barent HOES' receipts (13) from Walter BUTLER for towboat freight, 1835-36; John HATHA- WAY'S shares (2) in the Schoharie Turnpike Road, 1814; rent receipts (2) of Robert L. LIVINGSTON, 1830, 1831; military papers (10) of William IRISH, of Kinderhook, 1823-29; John L. PEAKE'S certificate of discharge from naval service, 1865; photostatic copy of document drawn up by the inhabitants of Albany County, May 15, 1774, appointing agents to treat with royal commission- ers for the purpose of securing titles to their properties; wills of William GARDINIER (probated 1790), David W. GARDINIER (probated 1885), Wen- dell PULVER (1799), and Ann HEPBURN (1821); Ando MUNDI'S poem on the antirent war, 1844; George W. ROSSMAN'S sketch of the history of Ancram, 1841- 1924, 1 v .; and miscellaneous doods, correspond- enco, and other data.
There are 58 volumes and some 1, 300 pieces, entirely arranged and catalogued. Material is accessible to research workers upon application to the librarian. There is no photostat service.
See: Columbia County Historical Society, Bulletin, 1928 --.
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Kinderhook - Kinderhook Memorial Library
(98 - 99A) Kingston - Senate House
98. KINDERHOOK. - KINDERHOOK MEMORIAL LIBRARY. Librar- ian, Charlotte Mills. Hours: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., weekdays; also 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded as a public library in 1928 to serve the reading and reference needs of the community. It does not purchase manuscripts, but will accept gifts or deposits of local interest. It is housed in a one-story, brick, fireproof building erected in 1935, with ample facilities for the storage and use of its records.
Holdings
Records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Kinderhook, 1716-1864, 3 v. (typewritten), transcribed by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and edited by Royden W. VOSBURGH, 1920-21. Include rec- ords of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths; lists of church members, including names of sub- scribers and members of the Consistory in 1716; and abstracts and translations of minutes of Consistory meetings. The volumes are replete with cx- planatory notes.
Three volumes, accessible upon request to the librarian. There is no photostat service.
99. KINGSTON. SENATE HOUSE, Clinton Avenue. Custodian,
Kate E. Westbrook. Hours: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., weekdays; closed Sundays and holidays.
History and Purpose. - The residence of Abraham Van Gaasbeek became known as the Senate House when the first session of the New York State Senate was held there Sept. 10 - Oct. 7, 1777. It was acquired by the State Oct. 29, 1887 and since then has been a State museum. The Senate House Association, which controls the Senato House in cooperation with the Division of Lands and Forests of the New York State Conservation Department, accepts gifts, but does not buy, soll, or exchange manuscripts. The Senate House is a one-story, brick building, erected in 1676 by Col. Wessel Wossel- son Ton Broeck. Few records are kopt there, most of the holdings of the Senate House Association being housed in the Museum building, crected in 1929.
Holdings
A. Appointments, 1717-1804, 12 items, involving Henry SLEGHT (coroner, 1797), Benjamin PETERS (ensign, 1760), Jacobus BRUYN (3d licut., 1773, lieut.
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Kingston - Senate House Museum
(99B - 100)
col., 1776), Smith THOMPSON (paymaster of militia in Dutchess Co., 1797), Severyn BRUYN ( quarter- master, 1754), Petrus Edmundus ELMENDORPH (adjutant) , 1745, Charles CROOK, Jr. (adjutant, 1752), Johannis SHEPMOES (captain of militia of Hurley, 1717), Freegift PATCHIN (2d major of militia, Schoharie Co., 1804), and Cornelius BEEKMAN (3d lieut., 1776). Appointments bear signatures of John JAY, Thomas POWNALL, Governor of the Province of Mass., William TRYON, James DELANCEY, George CLINTON, John HANCOCK, Robert HUNTER, and Nathaniel WOODHULL.
B. Maps (3), including one of Jacob RUTSEN'S land, made by James CLINTON, June 18, 1713.
c. Deeds (4), three of which are Indian grants to Jacob RUTSEN (1706) and. Johannis HARDENBERGH (1726, 1751).
D. Miscellaneous papers, including early accounts, receipts, tax warrant (1749), bonds, acknowledg- ments of debt, records of litigation, brigade ordors (1777), indenture of apprenticeship of one Henry DORLING to Daniel ROBERTSON (July 1, 1795) and record of the former's charges against ROBERT- SON of failure to abide by terms of indenture (Apr. 6, 1799), and other data.
Fifty items, entirely arranged and catalogued jointly with the large manuscript collection in the Senate House Museum, Ma- terial is accessible to qualified research workers upon applica- tion to the custodian. There is no photostat service.
100. KINGSTON. - SENATE HOUSE MUSEUM, 312 Fair Street. Custodian, Mary B. Terwilliger. Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., daily, except Sundays and holidays.
History and Purpose. - The Senate House Museum was founded by legislative enactment in 1927 to house the memorabilia of Alton B. Parker and a collection of paintings by the American artist, John Vanderlyn, together with such other items as the Senate House Museum Association, Inc., might wish to place on ex- hibition. At present there are on exhibition several cases of early Kingston newspapers, carly Dutch imprints, official seals, and other material of historical interest. Gifts are accepted, but manuscripts are not purchased, sold or exchanged. The collec- tions are housed in a two-story, completely fireproof, stone build- ing, erected in 1927. The museum building occupies the same grounds as the Senate House, the only public building now standing directly connected with the organization of the government of Now York Stato; it was here that the first sessions of the State Sonate were held in 1777. Until 1939, manuscripts were housed in the
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Kingston ~ Senate House Museum
(100AI ~ 100A6)
basement of the museum in wooden packing crates, but are now being arranged in file drawers for greater accessibility. Probably a special alcove on the second floor will eventually be reserved for the housing of the manuscript collection.
Holdings
A. Roswell Randall HOES Collection, 22,700 items, chiefly Kingston and Ulster County material, including:
1. Letters to and from Peter VAN GAASBERK, 1773-97, from about 450 correspondents regarding per- sonal affairs, business, and politics. Among the correspondents are Aaron BURR, Johannes HARDENBERGH, Rufus KING, Robert LIVINGSTON, Cornelius ROOSEVELT, Simon SCHERMERHORN, Philip VAN CORTLANDT, John VANDERLYN, Stephen VAN RENSSELAER, and Peter VAN SCHAACK.
2. Lottors, bills, receipts, accounts, and other data relating to the Hudson River trade of the 1780's and 1790's.
3. Revolutionary papers, 1775-93, including Loya- lists' declaration of fidelity to the King at Shawangunk Church, Feb. 10, 1775, accounts for food and supplies purchased for Continental Army, 1777, muster rolls, and account of cap- tivity of Capt. Jeremiah SNYDER and Elias SNYDER in Canada, 1782.
4. Account books, ledgers, and daybooks of Peter VAN GASSBEEK (1780~91, 1795-96, 9 v.), HASBROUCK & JANSEN (1795-1806), Adam PERSEN (1750-59), LATTOUCHE & PHILIP (1748-49), Peter MARIUS-GROEN (1769-87), BOOTH BROS. (1869-75, 1 v.), and others.
5. Church Records, including minutes of Consistory, records of baptisms and marriages, accounts, and miscellaneous papers of the Dutch Reformed Church (1660-1861, 12 v. and 6,289 pieces), additional accounts and baptismal and marriage records of the Dutch Reformed Church (1817-72, 1 v.), texts and sermons of Rev. Henry OSTRAN- DER, 1801-72, 37 v., sermons of Rov. John C. F. HOES, 1839-82, 41 items, sermons of Dr. C. S. VAN SANTVOORD, 1843-60, 1 v. There are also 545 pieces referring to churches of various denominations in Ulstor County.
6. Other records include:
Diarios of Nathaniel BOOTH, 1844-54, 2 v .; also records of his trip to the south in 1870, 1 v., and trip "Down East" in 1861, 1 v .; pencil sketches, 6 v .; composition on trout
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Kingston - Sonato House Museum
(100B)
fishing, 1 v. and 22 pieces; and ll pieces of miscellaneous material.
Autobiography of Judge Francis Adrian VANDER KEMP, 1 v. Diary of John D. OSTRANDER, 1837-70, 1 v. Journal of HASBROUCK and BRUYN families,
1707-1846, 1 v.
Miscellaneous Dutch Papers, 1656-1797, 67 pieces, including confirmation by Gov. Peter STUYVESANT of land purchase made by Thomas CHAMBERS.
Election Records, 1788-96, 14 items, including electoral tickets, list of campaign contrib- utors, votes by towns in Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange counties, advertisement of elec- tion at Foxhall Manor, and circular letters on election issues and candidates.
Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical
notes, 4,620 items and 21 v. gathered by Chaplain HOES from 1867 to 1921, relating principally to Kingston and vicinity. The genealogical notes cover upwards of 500 families in Ulster County, from the earliest landowners.
Miscellaneous materials including: Colonial Documents copied in the British Museum Li- brary, 19 v., and 1 v. copied in Amsterdam; deeds, leases, and confirmations of patents to Ulster County lands, 1653-1854, 600 pieces; county and town maps and land sur- veys, 1668-1909, 116 items; Ulster County assessment rolls, 1730, 1814, 1818-19, 1822- 32, 1834, 1848; surety bonds of Abraham and Peter VAN GAASBEEK, 1770-95, 10 items; Ulster County Surrogate's papers, 1716-1845, 35 items; miscellaneous common pleas, jus- tice, and supreme court papers, 1705-1888, 52 pieces; mortgages, 1786-1855, 14 items; and state loan commissioner's papers, 1779- 81, 1787-88, 1790, 8 pieces.
B. Jacob ELTING Collection, 1731-1882, 1,187 pieces, comprising miscellaneous real estate and other business papers of various members of the ELT ING family. Included are decds, leases, bonds, mortgages, powers of attorney, letters of attor- ney, articles of agreement, wills, letters of administration, judgments, depositions, sub- poenas, inventories of real and chattel property, notes, bills, receipts, maps, field books, and descriptions of properties in and about New Paltz, records of litigation in Supreme, Chancery, and Common Pleas Courts, and other papers.
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Lackawanna - Lackawanna Public Library Museum
(1000 - 101A1)
c. Alton B. PARKER Collection, 1669-1929, 102 items. Miscellaneous letters and autograph materials, bearing signatures of all the governors of the state from George CLINTON to Herbert H. LEHAN and of the following colonial governors: Francis LOVELACE, Edmond ANDROS, Thomas DONGAN, Henry SLOUGHTER, Edward HYDE (Lord CORNBURY) Robert HUNTER, Gerardus BEEKMAN, John MONTGOMERIE, Rip VAN DAM, George CLARKE, Sir Charles HARDY, Robert MONCKTON, Sir Henry MOORE, James ROBERT- SON, and the Earl of DUNMORE.
D. Ralph K. FORSYTH Collection, 1756-1921, 6 v. and 610 pieces, comprising: correspondence (464 items) of various members of the BRUYN and FOR- SYTH families, including Col. Jacobus S. BRUYN, Severyn BRUYN, A. Bruyn HASBROUCK, President of Rutgers College, 1840-50, and Judge James C. FORSYTH; Katherine B. FORSYTH'S "Family Chron- icles, " 1885-1921, 1 v .; notes, essays, and poems of Augustus H. BRUYN, 3 v .; genealogical data on the BRUYN family, 15 items; and miscellaneous accounts, agreements, bills, indentures, inven- tories, petitions and other papers.
The collections total about 25,000 items, including 126 vol- umes, which are entirely arranged by subject, and chronologically thereunder. About 25 percent have been alphabetically indexed by names of persons and subjects on 5,000 cards (3 x 5). Acces- sible for historical reference to anyone qualified for research. There is no photostat service.
101. LACKAWANNA. - LACKAWANNA PUBLIC LIBRARY MUSEUM, 560 Ridge Road. Librarian, Mrs. Frances H. Wilkins. Museum hours: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sundays.
History and Purpose. - The library was founded in 1922 to furnish reading material for the residents of Lackawanna. It has no policies regarding manuscripts, but will accept gifts and deposits. It is housed in a ono-story, brick, fireproof building, crected in 1922, with ample space for the exhibition of its manuscript holdings,
Holdings
A. Civil War records, including:
1. Albert YORK papers, 1864-1904, including his commission as Ist lieutenant in the 100th Rogiment of the New York State Volunteers (July 25, 1864), his diary on the battlefield in Virginia (1864-66, 3 v.), honorable discharge,
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Lancaster - Lancaster Public Library
(101A2 ~ 102)
military record, biographical data, personal memoirs, and other data.
2. Extract from the Diary of Capt. Jonathan E. HEAD of the 100th Rogiment, N. Y. Volunteers, written on the battlefield, Dec. 5, 1864; also letter from HEAD, Feb. 20, 1925, reminiscing about Civil War days.
3. Civil War service record of Charles R. SWEET (n.d.).
B. World War records, including:
1. Pay Record Book of Philip H. LENHART, Supt. Co., 309th Infantry, Sept. 28, 1917 - May 12, 1919, 1 v.
2. Papers of Mrs. Sarah EHRMANN, including: her honorable discharge by the War Camp Community Service from her World War duties (n.d.); letters (4) to her from World War participants, narrating their experiences, 1919-20; corre- spondence from the Woman's. Liberty Loon Com- mission and the Federal Reserve Bank of Now York, regarding the Loan campaign, 1918-19; letters (2) from the Lackawanna Welcome Com- mittee, concorning awards to men returning from war service, 1919; and Mrs. EHRMANN'S history of the Goodwill Delegation to Franco (n.d., 1 v.), together with her certificate of clection to this Delegation by the citizens of Buffalo, 1922.
c. Miscellaneous materials, including: Visitors! Reg ister used at the Pan American Exposition, June 4 - Sept. 20, 1901, 1 v .; Sarah J. VAN BUREN'S certificate of membership in the Order of Eastern Star, Jan. 10, 1861; Coleman EHRMANN'S certificate of membership (Aug. 16, 1908) in the Society for the Preservation of the Wash- ington Statue erected in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1869; and other data.
There are 6 volumes and 22 pieces, on exhibit at the Museum; accessible upon application to the librarian. Photostat service at current rates.
102. LANCASTER. - LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, Town Hall. Librarian, Alice Bassett. Hours: 2:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., weekdays; summer hours (July - August ) : 10 a.m. - 12 m. and 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. , Tuesday and Thursday.
History and Purpose. ~ Originally founded in 1882 as the Lancaster Presbyterian Church Library, it was incorporated as the Lancaster Library Association in 1891 and was converted into the Lancaster Public Library in 1915. It has no fields of
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LoRoy - D. A. R.
(102A - 10347)
specialization and no policies as to the purchase, sale, or exchange of manuscripts, but welcomes outright gifts. It is housed in a three-story, fireproof, brick building, erected about 1890, with ample room for expansion.
Holdings
A. Records of the Lancaster Veterans Library Associa- tion, 1821-33, 1 v., citing names of trustees, founders, lists of books, and fines imposed on borrowers.
B. Records of the Lancaster Presbyterian Church Li- brary, 1882-91, and the Lancaster Library Asso- ciation, 1891-1915, 2 v., including secretary 's book of minutes of Board of Directors and regi- ster of members.
D.
c. Cemetery Records of the Town of Lancaster, 1808-70,1 v. Anne E. THATCHER'S "History of the Lancaster Public Library, " 9 pp. (typewritten).
ian.
There are five volumes, accessible by permission of the librar- Photostatic copios at current rates.
103. LEROY. - D.A.R., 31 Clay Street. Custodian, Mrs. Mae Bishop Kenny. Hours: By appointment only.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1916, its object is to cooperate with the New York State Conference and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as set forth in Article 21 of the Constitution of the National Society. It has no fixed policy regarding manuscripts, but will accept gifts and deposits. It is housed in a two-story, wooden, nonfireproof build- ing, erected about 1840, with inadequate space for expansion.
Holdings
A. Mercantile and Business Records, including: 1. Ledgers (2) and daybooks (8) of carly LeRoy merchants (names indeterminable), 1811-21 (2 v.), 1821-24 (2 v.), 1832-34 (2 v.), 1845- 49 (2 v.), 1853-55 (1 v.), and 1876-88 (1 v.). 2. Lodger of Dr. Warron FAY, 1835-49, 1 v. 3. Record of LoRoy Manufacturing Company (undated), 1 v., containing list of stock subscribers and bylaws.
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