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"Ancient Documents, Saggaponack, " 1694-1771, 1 v. Include: deeds (12), 1712-67, involving property on eastern Long Island; record of accounts due Dr. John MACKIE of East Hampton, 1726; bill of sale of negro slave by Dorcus JONES to Theophilus PEARSON of Southampton, 1694; will of Capt. Joseph MOORE, 1728, and a codicil thereto giving a negro his freedom and a half acre of land; will of Anthony FLINT, 1771; and correspondence of the PEARSON family.
C. Miscellaneous materials, 1778-1910, 17 pieces, in- cluding: letters from E. O. MORGAN, William H. SEWARD, and Millard FILLMORE to Edwin ROSE; let- ter from S. W. MANOR to Howell COBB, President of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, concerning the purchase of copper for the Confed- erate Navy, 1861; and correspondence and other
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Sag Harbor - Whaling Museum and Historical Society
(170A - 170F)
papers bearing on the whaling business, security speculation, local taxes, politics, and personal matters, and involving George STORER, Henry and Charles T. DERING, Samuel S. MITCHELL, Leffert LEFFERTS, William GARDINER, John A. DIX, William Wallace TOOKER, the HAVENS family, and others.
One volume and 161 pieces, entirely arranged and catalogued. Materials may be examined upon application to the librarian. Photostatic copies will be furnished at prevailing prices.
170. SAG HARBOR. - WHALING MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
President, Kenneth Anderson. Hours: June 15 - Sept. 3, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., weekdays; and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Sundays.
History and Purpose. - The Society was founded in 1936, and its specialties include whaling clearance papers. No manuscripts are purchased, sold or exchanged, but gifts and loans are accepted. The Society is housed in a three-story, nonfireproof, frame building, about 100 years old, with adequate space for manu- scripts and museum pieces.
Holdings
Relate to the whaling industry out of Sag Harbor. In- cluded are:
A. Clearance papers for ships Abigail (undated), Columbia (1835), and Minerva (1803).
B. Manifest of the brig Sally, Isaac HAND, master, dated 1791.
c. Logbooks of whaling ships Columbia (1835), Panama and Arabella (1841-45).
D. Account books of ships Fanny (1846) and France
(1843).
E. Whalemen's Shipping Paper for ship Jefferson (1857- and 61), comprising the crew's sign-on-sheet citing their shares of pay.
F. Letter to Captain Jeremiah W. HEDGES of the Con- cordia at Sag Harbor, showing dates of catching of nine whales in 1847.
Four volumes and 7 pieces, uncatalogued but arranged by name of donor. Manuscripts are available upon application to the president of the Society. There is no photostat service.
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St. Johnsville - Margaret Reaney Memorial Library Annex (171 - 172) Salamanca - Salamanca Public Library
171. ST. JOHNSVILLE. - MARGARET REANEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY ANNEX, Kingsbury Avenue. Librarian, Miss K. M. Hough. Hours: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., weekdays.
History and Purpose. - The library was founded in 1909 to provide reading and reference materials for the community. The annex was established in 1936-37. No manuscripts are purchased, sold, or exchanged, and the acceptance of gifts and deposits are subject to the approval of the Library Board. The library annex. is housed in a one-story, fireproof, brick building, affording ade- quate storage and work space.
Holdings
The KLOCK papers, 1762-1877, 250 pieces, comprising deeds, letters, receipts, agreements, resolutions, probates of wills, patents, bonds, notes, bills, subpoenas, and surveys dealing chiefly with the town of Palatine and vicinity (26 of the papers, largely bills, are in German, but have been translated into English). Names prominent in the collection include Adam I. KLOCK, Col. Jacob KLOCK, active Revolution- ary patriot, John KLOCK, Jr., and Johannis KLOCK, all of whom were early settlers in the town of Palatine. Representatives of the BEEKMAN, FOX, LANSING, NELLIS, OOTHOUT, SCHUYLER and YATES fami- lies also appear conspicuously in these papers.
Some 250 piocos, unarranged and uncatalogued. They have been transcribed by the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, and a permanent copy placed in the files at Fonda. The collection was published in the Enterprise and Nows, St. Johnsville, New York, 1937, and reprinted that year as The Fort Klock Papers (Documents Preserved in the Old Fort until 1937, now preserved in the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library by the Mohawk Valley Historic Association, Inc., 1937). The manuscripts aro accessible to interested persons by permission of Adam Horn, president of the Library Board. There is no photostat service.
172. SALAMANCA. - SALAMANCA PUBLIC LIBRARY, 43 South Main Street. Librarian, Alice C. Engdahl. Hours: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; also 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. , Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1920 to provido reading and reference material for the community, with special attention to the needs of the local schools. No manuscripts aro purchased, sold, or exchanged, but gifts and deposits of materials of local interest are welcomed. The library is housed in a one-
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story, fireproof, brick building, constructed in 1920, with ample space for records.
Holdings
A. Minutes of the Twentieth Century Club, 1898-1929, 4 v., comprising records of attendance, member- ship lists, and minutes of meetings.
B. Minutes of the Olla Podrida Club, 1917-32, 4 v., including records of membership and attendance, minutes of regular and special meetings, and annual reports of the secretary and treasurer.
c. Minutes of the Newman Reading Circle, 1924 -- , 2 v. (Two volumes, covering the years 1898-1924, have been lost.)
Ten volumes, unarranged and uncatalogued; accessible on application to the librarian and the respective clubs. There is no copy service.
173. SALEM. - BANCROFT LIBRARY, Main Street. Librarian,
Mrs. Cora C. Briggs. Hours: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded through a gift of Benjamin Bancroft in 1891 for the purpose of providing reading facil- ities for the general public. It accepts gifts, but does not buy, sell, or exchange manuscripts. It is housed in a two and one-half story, non- fireproof, brick and stucco structure, erected in 1901, with adequate space for manuscripts.
Holdings
A Sketch of the FITCH Family, prepared by Professor Asa FITCH, M. D., 1 v. (photostatic copy) .
One volume, accessible to research students upon request to the librarian and under supervision. There is no photostat service.
174. SARANAC LAKE. - SARANAC LAKE FREE LIBRARY, Broadway.
Librarian, Stella C. Norton. Hours: 10 a.m. ~ 5:30 p.m., daily; 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded as a public library in 1909 through the efforts of George Van Wagenen Duryee. It accepts gifts and deposits, but does not purchase, sell, or exchange
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Saratoga Springs - Athenaeum Library
(174A - 175)
manuscripts. It is housed in a one-story, fireproof, brick build- ing, constructed in 1909, with ample space for records.
Holdings
A. DONALDSON Adirondack Collection, 1899-1920, 903 items, comprising materials gathered by Alfred L. DONALDSON in preparing his history of the Adirondacks. Includes historical, bibliograph- ical, and pictorial letters, questionnaires, records of interviews, notes, roforencos to books, articles, nowspapers, lotters, and other documents relating to the Adirondack region, data on the minutos of meetings of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, maps (in- cluding one of Keene Valley, drawn by O. S. PHELPS in 1884), and manuscripts and other mate- rials from various persons and publishers con- sulted by DONALDSON. (Typewritten indexes of manuscripts, questionnaires, notes and letters in the DONALDSON Adirondack Collection compiled and arranged by George MARSHALL. )
B. Letters (2) of C. J. HERRESHOFF to his wife and daughter, 1818, 1819, relating to his forge, a pending lawsuit, and other personal matters.
There are 905 items, entirely arranged and catalogued; ac- cessible upon application to the librarian and under supervision. There is no photostat service.
175. SARATOGA SPRINGS. - ATHENAEUM LIBRARY. Librarian, Grace A. Trim. Hours: 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. - 12 m. and 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1885 through the generosity of Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman. Gifts are accepted, but no manuscripts are bought or sold. It is housed in a two-story, non- fireproof, brick building, erected in 1906, with adequate space for records.
Holdings
Biographical data on forty-nine prominent citizens of Saratoga Springs and vicinity, most of whom are still living, propared by the Citizens' Historical Association of Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1940.
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Saugerties - Saugerties Public Library
(176A - 177A) Schaghticoke - Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library
Sixty-one pieces, entirely arranged, accessible to research- ers upon request to the librarian. There is no photostat service.
176. SAUGERTIES. - SAUGERTIES PUBLIC LIBRARY. Librarian, Anna C. Voerg. Hours: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; and 2 p.m. - 8 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1894 to provide reading and reference material for the community. It has no policy as to the purchase, sale, or exchange of manuscripts, but will accept gifts of materials of local interest. It is housed in a two-story, nonfireproof building, erected in 1915, with inadequate space for records.
Holdings
A. Honorable discharge granted to John L. BUTZEL, who served in the U. S. Navy on the frigate Consti- tution, 1834-38.
B. Buddhist Prayer Book (in Chinese).
c. Chinese New Year Card.
Three items on exhibit in basement museum; accessible to in- terested persons upon application to the librarian. There is no photostat service.
177. SCHAGHTICOKE. - ARVILLA E. DIVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY. Librarian, Mrs. Louise V. V. Donaha. Hours: 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday; also 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Friday.
History and Purpose. - The library was founded and endowed by Alexander Diver in 1939 in memory of Arvilla E. Diver. Manuscripts are not bought or sold, but gifts are accepted. It is housed in a two-story, nonfireproof, wooden building, erectod in 1903, with adequate space for its holdings.
Holdings
Relato to the VAN VEGHTEN and associated families in Schaghticoko. Included arc:
A. Land records, 1776-1864, 80 pieces, including doods, mortgages, agroomonts, and leases involving roal ostate transactions of the VAN VEGHTENS and others in Schaghticoko and Stillwater. Promi- nont family names appearing in these records
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Schenectady ~ Schenectady County Historical Society (177B - 178)
include LANSING, BLEECKER, QUACKENBUSH, VAN DEN BERGH, VAN SCHOONHAVEN, and others.
B. Account Book of Abraham VAN VEGHTEN, 1831-46, citing labor costs, receipts, and disbursements in the main- tenance of his farm, and expenses for tuition of children.
c. Memorandum Book, 1850-51, 1 v., including accounts of Abraham VAN VEGHTEN, and an inventory of the property of William KNICKERBOCKER, who was com- mitted to an insane asylum for habitual drunk- enness and whose estate was administered by VAN VEGHTEN.
D. Receipt Book, 1805, 1 v., comprising records of debts and costs sustained by John VAN VEGHTEN as a result of litigation.
E. Miscellaneous papers, including: inventory of prop- erty and documents relating to William KNICKER- BOCKER'S admittance to the State Lunatic Asylum and the administration of his estate; doods and other papers relating to a schoolhouse in Dis- trict No. 7, 1848; school assessment list, 1853- 54; and miscellaneous receipts, judgments, cor- respondence, and other papers of the VAN VEGHTEN family.
There are 3 volumes and some 500 pieces, unarranged and un- catalogued. These belong to the librarian and may be consulted upon application to her. There is no photostat sorvico.
178. SCHENECTADY. - SCHENECTADY COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, 13 Union Street. President, William B. Efner. Curator, Mrs. Grace P. Van Vranken. Hours: 10 a.m. - 12 m., and 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., weekdays,
History and Purpose. - Founded in 1905 to promote and encourage historical research, disseminate a greater knowledge of the early history of Schenectady County, gather books, manu- scripts, papers and relics relating to the early history of Schen- ectady County and contiguous territory, mark places of historic interest, and acquire by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, the title to, or the custody and control of, historic spots and placos. Gifts and conditional deposits of manuscripts are welcomed, ox- changes or sales may be made at the discretion of the President, and purchases are made to the oxtont that funds pormit. The Society is housed in its own building, a two-story, nonfiroproof, brick structuro, crocted in 1839. Manuscripts are kopt in a safe, woodon cabinet, and firo-resistant vault, with limited space for their storage.
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society
(178A1 - 178B])
Holdings
A. Church Records:
1. Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady, 1662-1938, comprising: 31 bound v. relating largoly to Church fi- nances. Included are treasurer's account books, ledgers, daybooks, memorandum books, quitrent receipt books, seat registers, and miscellaneous journals of receipts, obliga- tions, and expenditures; also register of membership (1661-1822, 1 v.), record of bap- tisms (1694-1851, 1 v.), and register of marriages (1785-1823, 1 v.).
Countless individual manuscripts, including deeds, loases, mortgages, maps, surveys, pastors' receipts, lists of pow holders, resolutions relating to the disposal of land, records of subscriptions, notos, bonds, wills, powers of attorney, Consistory instructions regarding pow ronts, loans, interest, mort- gages, prosecutions, the price of wheat takon in payment of ront, and other matters, con- struction contracts, lists of persons engag- ing pasture for cattle and holding lands under the Consistory, baptismal and marriage records, minutes of Consistory meetings, rec- ords of Church missions, statements of quit- rents and other obligations due the Church, correspondence relating to the call of minis- tors, and other data. (For over 600 specific citations of Dutch Reformed Church manuscripts accessionod during 1905-12, soo the Year Book of the Schenectady County Historical Society, 1905-6, 1906-8, 1908-12.)
2. Records of the Schodack Dutch Roformed Church, 1770-1831, 1 v. (typod), comprising records of baptisms and marriages.
3. Miscellaneous church and comotory records, in- cluding records of the Scotia and Niskayuna Roformed Churches, records of St. John's Como- tory and othor burial groups in Schenectady, Rotterdam, Duanesburg, Glenville, Patterson- ville, Princetown, and other places, Rev. Clar- ence W. BACKUS' historical sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Princetown (1884), R. D. MAHAFFY'S sketch of the Florida Congregation of the Albany Presbytery (1936), and other data. Public Records of Schenectady (town and city).
B.
1. Financial Records, 1707-1859, 16 v., comprising miscellaneous records of receipts and oxpondi- tures of the town of Schenectady. Included are
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society (178B2 - 17802)
records of quitrents payable to the Trustees of Schenectady (1738-1831, 4 v.), and accounts of City Treasurers Abram SWITS (1759-79, 1 v.), Jacob SWITS (1821-35, 3 v., including bills paid by the City for the entertainment of General LAFAYETTE in 1825), Thomas HARMAN and Nicholas SWITS (1835-41, 3 v.), and others.
2. Tax Records.
Tax lists, 1718/9, 1751.
Assessment rolls of the real and personal os- tates in the first ward of the city of Schenectady, 1803 (1 v.), 1816 (1 v.).
3. Minutos of Meetings of the Trustoos of the Town of Schenectady, 1792-98, 1 v.
4. Records of Votes taken in Schenectady for Gover- nor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators, and Mem- bers of Congress, 1799-1826, 1 v.
5. Records of Votes for Members of Assembly, 1799- 1822, 1 v.
6. Book of Liconsos and Permits granted by Joseph C. YATES, Mayor of Schenectady, 1800-1807, 1 v. 7. Records of the Schenectady Fire Department, 1824-70, 8 v., including rostors of fire com- panios (1824-65, 4 v.), and membership and minuto books of tho Noptuno Fire Engine Company No. 4 (1843-70, 4 v.).
8. Timo Book of the Schenectady Police Force, 1866- 70, 1 v.
9. Record of the Common Schools of Schonoctady and Princotown, 1844-51, 1 v.
10. Miscellaneous materials, including certificates of appointment, oaths of office, extracts of minutes of proceedings of justices of the peace, overseers of the poor, and the Common Council of the city of Schenectady, election returns, town ordinances, and other data.
c. Military Records:
1. Papors relating to the Revolutionary War, includ- ing military orders, mustor rolls, data on tho provisioning of the army and the settlement of accounts against the state, extracts from the papers of Gilos F. YATES and other sources boaring on the sorvico and pension claims of Schenectady soldiers, copies of the diary and journal of Captain John DAVIS, who served in the campaign loading to the surrondor of CORN- WALLIS at Yorktown (1778, 1781-82, 3 v.), and other data.
2. Book of Minutos of the Schonoctady Indopondont Artillery, 1842-49, 1 v., including also con- stitution, bylaws, and record of membership of this organization, whose object was the improvo- mont of its members in martial and military exorcisos.
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society
(17803 - 178D)
3. Civil War Records
Medical Order Book, 1861, 1 v. Confederate journal comprising extracts of general and special orders of the Adjutant's and Inspec- tor General's office, Richmond, Va., to Surgeon Thomas H. WILLIAMS, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac, and the latter's orders and instructions from his office at Manassas Junction, Va., relating to leaves of absence, appointments, the procurement of medical supplies, precautions against dis- case, the treatment of the sick, tho inspec- tion of hospitals, tho transportation of the wounded, and other matters concerning his work as Medical Director.
Quartermaster's Records, 1864-65, 1 v., con- taining Confederate Treasury accounts, bank notes, contracts, receipts, accounts with Capt. K. L. SIMONS, Acting Quartermaster of the army at Anderson, invoices of commissary property, accounts of purchases and disburse- ments, hospital reports, and other data. HORSFALL papers, 1861-65, 14 piccos, comprising Civil War records of William HORSFALL, licut- enant and then captain of Co. E, 18th New York Volunteers. Included are muster rolls, receipts for supplies, correspondence, re- ports, and records of the volunteer militia; also personal war sketches of members of William HORSFALL Post No. 90 of Schoncctady, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New York, 1861-65, 1 v.
Miscellaneous papers, including muster rolls, correspondenco, payrolls, and records of individual onlistmonts, sorvico and discharges. Real Estate Records, 1661 --.
Large collection of papers relating to land trans- actions in Schenectady and vicinity. Those consist largely of doods and mortgages, but include also loasos, invontorios, appraisals, powers of attorney, agreements, letters patent, confirmations of Indian grants, petitions, depositions, records of litigation (particularly the BRADT-SCHERMERHORN controversy over the ownership and disposition of the common lands of the township of Schenectady), accounts of surveys, field books, maps, and other data. The Trustees of the township of Schenectady, the Mayor, Aldormon, and Commonalty of the city of Schenectady, the Ministers, Elders, and Doacons of the Roformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady,
D.
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society (178El - 178E17)
and representatives of the following families appear most prominently in these records: BECK, BOGART, BRADT (BRATT), CAMPBELL, CUYLER, DUANE, DUNCAN, FONDA, GLEN, GROOT, LANSING, MCDONALD, PUTNAM, SCHERMERHORN, SCHUYLER, STEVENS, SWITS, TEN EYCK, TRUAX, VAN ANTWERPEN ( VAN ANTWERP), VAN EPS, VAN INGEN, VAN PETTEN, VAN RENSSELAER, VAN SCHAICK, VAN SLYCK, VAN VECHTEN, VEDDER (VEEDER), VROOMAN, WEMP, WEMPLE, WENDELL, and YATES.
E. Records of Mercantile and other Business Transactions, including:
1. Account books (3), ledgers (2), and daybooks (2) of early Schenectady businessmen (names in- determinable), 1765-18+4.
2. Record book of Ryer SCHERMERHORN, 1687-1760,
1 v .; also account book, 1743-98, 1 v. 3. Myndert LANSINGH'S bills of lading, 1745-48, 1 v.
4. Account Book of Abram SWITS, 1759-90, 1 v.
5. Daniel CAMPBELL'S receipt book, 1769-90, 1 v .; also letter book, 1771-1800, 1 v.
6. Daybook of Jacob SWITS, 1788-1800, 1 v. 7. Ledger of James R. CRAIGE'S House, 1783-87, 1 v.
8. Memorandum book of David TOMLINSON, 1802-29, 1 v. 9. Daybook of Walter SWITS, 1803-11, 1 v.
10. Daybook of William JOHNSON, 1808-31, 1 v.
11. Records of the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike Company, 1808-48, 2 v.
12. Memorandum book of Gerardus Q. CARLEY, 1823, 1 v. 13. Receipt book of John P. VEEDER, 1830-31, 1 v. 14. Accounts of THORP & SPRAGUE, operators of a stagecoach line from Schenectady to Utica, 1832-36, 1 v.
15. Diary of E. W. POTTER, general agent of the New York Life Insurance Company, 1856, 1 v.
16. Account book of Daniel STARKS, 1856-58, 1 v. 17. Benjamin M. MUMFORD'S letter books, account books, ledgers, and policy books, 1794-1808, 10 v., relating to his extensive business as insurance broker. Included are: agroomonts with underwriters; records of moneys expondod on drafts, loans, and other obligations sus- tained by clients; instructions to ship cap- tains; requests for remittances; statements on losses of cargoes; accounts of sales for clients; records of the arrival of ships, their cargoes, and prices; advice on purchases in the light of market conditions; registers of merchants and mercantile firms in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, Norwich, Portsmouth, and Now London; records of ships, owners, cargoos, destination, rate
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society
(178E18 - 178F2)
and amount of insurance, and names of assurers and their respective shares; and letterpress copies of correspondence bearing on the ship- ment and disposal of cargoes, the registry of ships, insurance rates, speculation and trade, accounts with underwriters, invoices of mor- chandise and consignments, the molestation of American shipping by English, French, and Spanish privateers, the Embargo, and other matters.
18. Miscellaneous papers, including: record of the "Dilligence Packet, " 1793, citing dates, pas- sengers, where bound, and faros; record of holders of Mohawk Turnpike and Schoncctady Bridge stock, 1811-12; record of stockholders of the Schenectady Bank sont to Alonzo C. PAIGE, citing shares held by each (undated); and various stock certificates in the Schenec- tady Water Works (1806), Mountain Turnpike Road (1811, 1813), Duanesburgh and Charleston Bridge Company (1819), Mohawk Bridge Company (1857), Schenectady and Susquehanna Railroad Company (1871), and other enterprises.
F. Gonealogical Materials:
1. Large collection of originals, copies, and pro- bates of wills, including those of Caleb BECK (1787,1788), Andries BRADT (1740), Aront BRADT (1765, 1770, 1795), Angelica CAMPBELL (1811,1812), Daniel CAMPBELL (1801), John DELANCEY (1813, 1821, 1822, 1829), John FONDEY (1814), Andries GARDINIER (1760), Henry R. LANSING (1819), Robert LANSING (1795), John ONDERDONK (1712), John SCHERMERHORN (1752), Ryer SCHERMERHORNE (1717), Ryer SCHERMERHORN (1777, 1792), John SCHUYLER (1796), Johannis TELLER (1725), Johannes VAN ANTWERPEN (1763), Cornelius M. VAN ALSTINE (1787), Philip VAN PETTEN (1774), Gosen VAN SCHAICK (1814), Cor- nelis VAN SLYCK (1753), Harmanus VAN SLYCK (1731), Simon VEDDER (1820), Gerrit Seymonse VEEDER (1747, 1755), Adam S. VROOMAN (1812- 1813), Jan VROOMAN (1749/50), Henry WENDELL (1786, 1803), John B. YATES (1836), and many others.
2. Miscellaneous genealogical data on many early Schenectady families, including APPEL, BANCKER, BECK, BRADT (BRATT ) , BROWER, CLUTE, CREGIER, - CUYLER, DE GRAAF, FONDA, GARDENIR, GLEN, GROOT, HAGADORN, MARSELIS, MYNDERTSE, STEVENS, SWART, SWITS, TOLL, TRUAX, VAN ANTWERPEN, VAN DER VOLGEN, VAN EPS, VAN GUYSLING, VAN PERDEN, VAN SLYCK, VAN ZANDT, VEDDER, VEEDER, WEMP, WEMPLE, and others.
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Schenectady - Schenectady County Historical Society
(178G - 178H1)
G. Jonathan PEARSON papers
Innumerable notes (including many original manu- scripts) compiled by Jonathan PEARSON from early Dutch and English sources, bearing on every phase of Schenectady history. Included are: biograph- ical data on the first proprietors, frecholders, and carly settlers of Schonectady; copies of wills and carly marriage records; goncalogical data extracted from family bibles, Dutch records, wills, and newspapers; copies of tombstone in- scriptions in Schenectady and vicinity; a large collection of notes on the history, real estate holdings, and finances of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady; data on early Indian grants, patents, deeds, mortgages, and land con- troversies; notes, diagrams, and maps of lots, streets, and houses; notes on the location of public buildings, bridges, ferries, creeks, and roads in Schenectady and vicinity; material on early Schenectady stockades, Indian wars on the borders (1662-1713), the burning of Schenectady (1690), the Old French War (1744-48), fortifica- tions and garrisons, missions to the Mohawks, and trade with the Indians; records of Revolu- tionary soldiers from Schenectady; data on early folklore, slavery, schools and school teachers, weights and measures, currency and prices, tav- erns, printers, newspapers, booksellers, stage- coaches, navigation of the Mohawk. River, rail- roads, and many other matters.
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