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S. Autograph Collection, comprising:
1. Framed Manuscripts, 1685-1915, 179 items, containing autographed documents of United States Presidents, New York State Governors, Albany Mayors, and other promi- nent personages.
2. John D. PARSON papers, 1683-1925, 145 items, consisting largely of autograph letters of United States Presidents and Vice Presidents, Albany Mayors, famous statesmen, and literary personages.
T. VANDER VEER Collection, 1673-1815, 750 items, consisting largely of records of real estate and business trans- actions of Abraham TEN EYCK and other members of the TEN EYCK family. Included are: records of land opera- tions in Albany, Cayuga, Clinton, Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie, and Seneca counties; records of controversies over land in Coeymans Patent; proceedings of the Commis- sioners of Forfeitures for the Western District regard- ing the partition and sale of tracts in the Oriskany Patont; receipts of the Overscors of the Poor from the roliof charges of the City of Albany, 1787-89, 80 piecos; chockbooks, notes, and accounts with the Bank of Albany; records of the Hamilton Manufacturing Society of Water- vliet, including accounts, inventories of stock, finan- cial statements, and court proceedings involving the partnership of John VAN RENSSELAER and Abraham TEN EYCK pursuant to their agreement (1799) with the Society for the manufacture and delivery of glass; accounts of John D. P. DOUW with Abraham TEN EYCK & Company and others; papers relating to the estate of Samuel COEYMANS; liti- gation in Supreme and Chancery courts; and other data. Names prominent in the collection include Stephen N. BAYARD, John BEEKMAN, Jr., John BELLINGER, Samuel COEY- MANS, John DE PEYSTER, Peter DU BOIS, and various mem- bers of the BLEECKER, BORST, CUYLER, LANSING, PRUYN, ROSEBOOM, SCHUYLER, TEN EYCK, VAN DEN BERGH, WENDELL, and other families.
There are over 185 volumos and 6,350 pieces, 25 percent of which are arranged by subjects and filed in cardboard boxos. The
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Institute has a typewritten index to the material in the file boxes. This index, however, is inadequate and often inaccurate; and plans are now under way to catalogue and index the entire collection. The material is accessible for historical research on application to the director and under supervision. Photostatic copies may be obtained at prevailing rates.
See: Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. III, Oct. 1922, No. 4; Catalogue of the Albany Institute Library, Volume 3 of the Transactions of the Albany Institute, 1855; Albany Institute of History and Art Journal, October 1940.
2. ALBANY. - HARMANUS BLEECKER LIBRARY, 19 Dove Street. Director of Public Libraries, Elizabeth M. Smith. Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., weekdays; 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sundays.
History and Purpose. - The Harmanus Bleecker Library was founded in 1923-24 by the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement of the City of Albany. This organization was estab- lished in 1833 by a number of prominent persons, including Amos Dean (1803-68), who was its first president. The library was named in honor of Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849), "whose foresight and affection for his native city made possible this library." The Young Men's Association transferred all its books, libraries, and other property to the city of Albany, thereby establishing, with the generous cooperation of the city, the Albany Public Library. No manuscripts are purchased, sold, or exchanged, but gifts and deposits are accepted. The library is housed in a two-story, brick, fireproof building, erected in 1923-24, with adequate space for the storage and use of records.
Holdings
A. Records of the Young Mon's Association for Mutual Improvomont, 1833-1923, 36 v. and 12 picces, including membership lists, minutes of meetings, reports of lecture committees, minutes of the debating society, financial reports and cash- books, inventories of books and other property, poll lists, records of circulation for home read- ing, records of book borrowers, historical essays and debates, and other data.
B. Joel MUNSELL papers, comprising:
1. Annotated edition of his Annals of Albany, 10 v. 2. Annotated edition of his Paper and Paper making.
3. Ms. essay on the "History and Chronology of the City of Albany from 1772-1818," written in 1848, 34 pp.
c. Other holdings include autograph albums, copics of letters to and from Harmanus BLEECKER during his stay in Holland, 1839, record of lease of the
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BLEECKER property to the Young Men's Associa- tion, 1877, correspondence and other papers in- volving J. V. L. PRUYN and his family, Amos DEAN'S certificate of membership in the Young Men's Association, and other miscellaneous papers.
Holdings comprise 48 volumes and some 30 pieces, uncata- logued but arranged by subject. Material is available to re- search upon application to the librarian and under supervision. Photostatic copies may be obtained at standard rates.
3. ALBANY. " NEW YORK STATE LAW LIBRARY, State Educa- ion Building. Librarian, Miss Frances D. Lyon. Winter hours: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday. Summer hours (July 1 - Sept. 15): 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday.
History and Purpose. - Its history dates back to 1818 with the founding of the New York State Library, of which it is a part. Gifts of manuscripts are accepted only for exhibit purposes or for their association to authors of books or people cited in books in its custody. The Law Library is not to be con- sidered a depository for research manuscripts, as all such materials are housed in the Manuscripts and History Section (see entry for the New York State Library).
Holdings
A. Adrian H. JOLINE Collection, 1789-1897, 140 items, comprising personal, business, and political papers of men prominent in the history of New York State and cited in James W. BROOKS' History of the Court of Common Pleas (1896). Names appearing in these papers include William BETTS, Douglas and William CAMPBELL, Josoph CHOATE, Chauncey M. DEPEW, Edward DEWITT, John A. DIX, James DUANE, John HOFFMAN, John T. IRVING, Poter A. JAY, Samuel JONES, James KENT, Charles PEABODY, Elihu ROOT, Augustus SCHELL, Samuel J. TILDEN, John WILKES, and others.
B. Notes of Chancellor James KENT scattered throughout the 229 volumes of law books which originally belonged to him and now comprise the Kent Law Library. These notes include comments upon cases and decisions and upon the style and meth- ods of Sir Thomas MORE, Sir Walter SCOTT, Lord ELDON, and GROTIUS, Included is a letter from
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Justice Joseph STORY to Chancellor KENT, re- garding the Charles River Bridge Case, 1837, and biographical and obituary notes appearing opposite the printed names of judges, chancel- lors, clerks, publishers, and other contempo- raries of KENT.
c. Law student's notebook, kept by Cornelius C. WYNKOOP, of Ulster County, 1791, 1 v., contain- ing notes and practice problems for presenting issues to the courts.
D. Lawyer's notebook, kept by Judge John E. VAN ETTEN, of Kingston, 1 v. (undated), containing notes on cases and the preparation of briefs. In cluded are notes on speeches delivered by Gon- erals T. M. HITE and S. F. CAREY at Kingston in the campaign for President LINCOLN'S reelection, 1864.
E. Lawyer's notobook, kopt by John W. LYON, of Port Jorvis, 1872, 1 v., containing notes on legal terms and actions and clippings referring to trials and decisions.
F. Miscellaneous materials, including: an English indenture, 1654; certificate issued by Cadwal- lader COLDEN to Samuel JONES, 1760, authorizing him to practice as an attorney (photostatic copy); loase of farm in Rensselaer County, executed by Stephen VAN RENSSELAER to John and Martin DEFOREST, 1806; catalogue of law library of Jacob VAN ORDEN; and bill and receipt for law books purchased by John BOYD from William GOULD & Co., 1827-32.
There are 3 volumes and 148 pieces, in addition to the annotated law books of Chancellor KENT. Some 80 percent of the manuscripts have been arranged by author and subject, and some 70 percent have been catalogued by pieces. Photostat service at current rates.
4. ALBANY. - NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, State Education Building. Director, Robert W. G. Vail; Chief of Manuscripts and History Soction, Edna L. Jacobsen. Man- uscripts Room hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekdays, except Saturday afternoon. Other library reading rooms, hours: 8:30 a.m. - 10 p. m., September 15 - June 15; summor hours: 9 a.m. ~ 5 p.m.
History and Purpose. - The library was founded in 1818 as the depository for original source material, official and nonofficial, pertaining to the history of New York as colony and state. Manuscripts of value for this purpose are purchased to
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the extent that funds permit. No manuscripts are sold or exchanged, and gifts and conditional deposits are accepted. Donors' or de- positors' restrictions are scrupulously regarded. Although the library suffered disastrously in the Capitol fire of 1911, it still ranks as one of the leading state libraries. DeWitt Clinton had a hand in its founding and purchased its carliest collections. The collections are kept and administered in specially planned and con- structed steel, brick, and concrete quarters in a building erected in 1911-12, with an additional vault, 12' x 30' x 9', oquipped with 1,000 steel deposit boxes.
Holdings
Relate largely to the history of New York, including private papers and records of an unofficial nature pertaining to the history of the State and the lives of public men, State ar- chives transferred from departments of issue under the present Education Law, originally passod in 1892, official records of local governmental units, Now York church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials previous to 1880, and American local history, biography, and goncalogy, with so much of English and foreign goncalogy as is necessary to trace the carly history of American families.
A. Important collections include:
1. Assembly Papers, 1771-1831, 36 v.
Originally 43 v. of papers selected in 1831 from documents on file in the Assembly; 7 v. destroyed in Capitol fire of 1911. Collection includes materials relating to Revolutionary soldiers and claims, forfeited ostatos, ostatos of deceased porsons, attorney generals' ro- ports, comptrollers' reports, Indian affairs, executive messages and correspondence, sur- veyor gonorals' roports, schools, collogos, and corporations, and other miscellaneous matters.
2. Goldsbrow BANYAR papers.
Collection consists of maps, loasos, and cor- respondence of BANYAR and his associates (Col. Henry LIVINGSTON, Hugh WALLACE, Alexander and Cadwallader COLDEN) in speculation in various patents lying for the most part in Schoharie and adjoining counties, including Montgomery, Albany, Ulster, Oneida, Orange and Otsego. Included are:
138 leases relating to land in Banyar, Lott and Low, Magin, Schuyler and Stewart patents.
26 vols. of daybooks, ledgers, rent books, receipt books, field books, and miscell- aneous memorandum books. Included are
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surveys and maps of William COCKBURN, 1770, 1796.
account book, containing a register of BANYAR 'S land transactions. memorandum books, throwing light on opera- tions of land agents and pioneering on the frontier.
memorandum books of appraisers (after BANYAR'S death in 1815), containing data on tenants, ejectments, leases and suits. letter book of the estate by James DEXTER, agent, 1835. letter books, correspondence, and legal papers of Leonard G. HUN, in charge in 1873. maps of sundry patents by William COCKBURN, some showing holdings of BANYAR, Alexander COLDEN, James DUANE, Philip LIVINGSTON, and others.
miscellaneous agreements and correspondence with lessees and purchasers.
3. Harmanus BLEECKER papers, 1715-1872, 2,500 items. Collection of letters, documents and other data relating to Harmanus BLEECKER, the BLEECKER family, the law firm of BLEECKER and SEDGWICK, and the management and disposal of the BLEECKER estate. Included are records of the service of Harmanus BLEECKER as charge d'affaires under VAN BUREN at the Hague.
4. John N. BLEECKER papers, 1704-1870, 4 boxes. Miscellaneous collection representing his var- icd activities as a public official and private citizen. Included are:
tax records, 1781-90, 7 v., comprising tax rates, ledgers, and account books of BLEECKER as treasurer of the city and county of Albany and clerk of the board of supervisors.
assessment roll of inhabitants and estates in the third ward of Albany, May 1-June 1, 1809. Revolutionary papers, comprising documents
signed by Peter Van Brugh LIVINGSTON as president of the New York Provincial Con- gress concerning army stores, appointments and contracts, muster rolls, and instruc- tions and orders.
family letters and papers, including the names of BRODHEAD, ROMEYN, ROSEBOOM, and VAN SCHAICK.
wills, invoices, receipts, patents, and deeds, 1701-1870. bills of sale of negro slaves to John N. BLEECKER, 1783-1807, 7 itoms.
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inventory of John N. BLEECKER'S estate, 1812.
accounts of the Low Dutch Church Academy
in Albany, 1786-90, 1 v., citing the Rev. John BASSETT as superintendent and presi- dent, and John N. BLEECKER, Stephen VAN RENSSELAER, Philip SCHUYLER, Henry GLEN, Cornelius VAN VECHTEN, Abraham N. CUYLER, and others as contributors.
5. Books of entry in the port of New York. 1728-66, 10 v.
6. John H. BOYD papers, 1835-63, 100 items.
Correspondence covering the period of his service in the House of Representatives, 1851-53, and reflecting the feelings of his Whig constituents on such matters as the tar- iff and internal improvements; also leases and legal papers, bearing signatures of many residents of Washington County
7. Orsell Cook BROWN papers, 1861-65, over 225 items.
Letters and papers dealing with his experi- ences during the Civil War. Include enlist- ment and discharge papers, commissions, ap- pointments, muster roll, and letters to his sister, Olivia A. BROWN, Ashville, N. Y. 8. Certificates of treasurer, 10 v.
Certificates for military service in the Rev- olutionary War; badly burned in Capitol fire. 9. Thomas COLE papers, 1821-47, 1,632 items.
Letters, notebooks, sketchbooks, journals, and bills of Thomas COLE (1801-48), one of the first true American landscape painters. Ex- tensive correspondence with men prominent in American art and letters, among them Francis ALEXANDER, Washington ALLSTON, William DUNLAP, F. W. EDMONDS, Henry INMAN, John SARTAIN, Jonathan TRUMBULL, W. C. BRYANT, Edward EVERETT, Washington IRVING, John Howard PAYNE, William B. SPRAGUE, Peter G. STUYVESANT, and William P. VAN RENSSELAER.
10. George CLINTON papers, 1763-1844, 10 v. Originally 52 v .; only 10 v. and fragments of a few others saved in Capitol fire.
11. Dutch records, 21 v.
Include register of the provincial secretary, 2 v., council minutes, 1 v., correspondence, 5 v., ordinances, 1 v., Curacao papers, 1 v., Delaware papers, 2 v., records of the admini- stration of Governor COLVE, 1 v., land patents, 2 v., and Council minutes, 6 v .; the last badly burned.
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12. Amos EATON papers, 1798-1846, 3 boxes.
Most of the papers relate to the period of EATON'S senior professorship at Rensselaer Institute under the patronage of Stephen VAN RENSSELAER and to his geological tours along the Erie canal route. Material deals with methods of instruction and examination, later careers of former students, and results of field trips. Included are some journals and papers of George JOHNSON, related to EATON, on the Erie Canal enlargement, 1837-40.
13. HARDENBERGH papers, 5 boxes.
Collection, relating largely to Johannes, Isaac, Lewis, and John HARDENBERGH, includes: deeds; maps and surveys; agreements; rent lists; receipts; correspondence, 1776-1829, pertaining to land; military papers, 1820-30, of Lewis HARDENBERGH, member of the 174th Regiment, 25th Brigade Infantry, N. Y. State Militia; Roxbury school and highway records; account books; wills; and other papers.
14. Warren Rosecrans HEDDEN papers, 1861-65, 2 v. and 12 pieces.
Civil War papers of HEDDEN, acting Quarter- master of the 65th N. Y. State Volunteers at the time of his discharge in 1864. These in- clude:
Description book, Co. H. 65th N. Y. S. V., June 1862-May 1864. Company clothing book, July 1862-Aug. 1864. Account of clothing issued to Co. A. List of Quartermaster stores received from the U. S. by Lieut. HEDDEN. List of articles left at Brandy Station, Va., Jan. 5, 1864.
15. HOLDEN-WHITEHALL collection, 37 v.
Notebooks kept by Clarence E. HOLDEN (1869- 1927), prominent resident of Whitehall, N. Y. Materials concern the history of Whitehall and consist of copics and abridgments from documents and books, letters, accounts, scrap- books, newspapers, studies in old graveyards, and other sources; also copies and originals of maps, plans, stories, anecdotes, auto- graphs, biographical sketches, town records, and other data.
16. Franklin B. HOUGH collection.
Originals of many of his works, with marginal or interleaved notes, copy of the French orig- inal Castorland journal and English transla- tion, and indexes to participants in the Civil War, 50 v.
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Diary of Franklin B. HOUGH, 18 v. Letter books, 6 v.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Civil War, forestry, meteorology, colleges and universities, including the history of the University of the State of New York, and the early settlement of the various states; also letters and personal autobiographical material.
17. Sir William JOHNSON papers, 1733-1808, 22 v.
Originally 26 v .; 4 totally destroyed in Capi- tol fire. Mostly public and private papers in the possession of Sir William JOHNSON at the time of his death in 1774. Collection consists of letters, official and military reports, and records of public proceedings (See Calendar of the Sir William JOHNSON Manuscripts in the New York State Library, Albany, 1909, and The Papers of Sir William JOHNSON, Albany, 1921-39, 9 v.). Also tran~ scripts (1,665 pp.) from the Sir William JOHNSON papers in the British Public Record Office, 1747-74.
18. KINGSTON papers, 14 boxes.
Pertain to the activities, during the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, of a number of prominent Ulster County families, chief among whom were the BRUYNS, CROOKS, ELMENDORPHS, HASBROUCKS, and FORSYTHS. Con- sist largoly of deeds, leases, account books, maps, wills, and other legal papers. Include Severyn BRUYN'S account books and correspon- dence with London agents; John CROOK, Jr.'s account book; account book of John KIERSTED, 1807-62, embracing his many interests as surveyor, speculator, land agent, and conduc- tor of lead-mill and tanning business; ac- count book of James POWERS, assignce of John KIERSTED, 1841-52; Jacob S. BRUYN'S papers, including roll of members of his company of the New York Line (July 14 - Aug. 1, 1775), ro- turn of officers of his regiment, account book kept by him while prisoner on Long Island, and correspondence concerning the survey and sale of land in the Military Tract granted to him for his war services; correspondence of the Rev. Alexander PROUDFIT, minister of the Associated Reformed Church at Salem, N. Y., 1795-1837, and later connected with the New York Colonization Society. Subjects covered include the efforts to combat Doism, the re- vivals of 1824 and 1832, life at Princeton and
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Rutgers, the history of Presbyterianism, the distribution of Bibles and pamphlets before the organization of the "tract" societies, and the establishment of missions among the Oneida and Stockbridge Indians.
19. LANSING-PRUYN papers, 1661-1861, 200 items. Consist chiefly of wills, leases, tax lists, receipts, and inventories pertaining to the LANSING, PRUYN, TEN EYCK, VAN SCHAICK, VISSCHER, and other related families. Included is the original record book kept by Barent BRADT, clerk of Dutch Church in Albany, of the buri- als from 1722 to 1757 of persons belonging to the church.
20. Samuel A. LAW papers, 1795-1887, 10,000 items. Records of a typical land agent, farmer, and business man in Delaware County during the first half of the 18th century. Collection in- cludes statements of accounts and receipts for payments made to LAW by persons to whom he sold the land in Franklin Patent for their Philadel- phia owners (Henry DRINKER, Isaac WHARTON, George CLYMER, James C. FISHER, and Samuel MEREDITH), 35 maps of lands in Franklin Patent, showing surveys, lot divisions, roads, etc., correspondence and daily journals, containing data on LAW'S lumbering, farming, and sheep- raising projects, community civic and cultural enterprises, and local, state, and national politics.
21. Manuscripts miscellaneous, 13 v.
A distinct collection with this title. In- cludes letters and papers of various members of the LIVINGSTON family, chiefly correspond- ence with STORKE and GAINSBOROUGH, London mer- chants, 1733-38, inventory of sundries provided for President WASHINGTON in 1790, British colo- nial army papers and accounts, 1752-1807, auto- graph letters of American officials and authors, some French manuscripts, 1567-1808, and the papers of Sir Edmund WARCUPP relating to the Popish plot.
22. Manuscripts of the Colony and State of New York in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1800. Originally 52 v. in 55, transferred from the State Comptroller's office in 1910. They formed the basis of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Albany, 1897, 2d ed., 1898, supplement, 1901. About 2/5 of the papers, salvaged in the Capitol fire, are in good condition.
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23. William L. MARCY papers, 1837-60.
Some 4,000 account books, letters and other papers concerned largely with the history of banks and canals in western New York, ospo- cially with New York Stato's official acts in settling the affairs of banks which failed during the panic of 1837, particularly with the receivership of the Bank of Buffalo. 24. Charles MASON diaries, 1836-55, 115 v.
Diaries of Charles MASON, native of Pompey, Onondaga County, attorney, judge, public offi- cial, and land and railway speculator, are a running commentary on the political, economic, and social life of the first half of the 19th century. (Typewritten copies of the originals in the custody of the historical department of the State of Iowa at Des Moines; copies also in the Library of Congress.)
25. New York Colonial Manuscripts, 1638-1800, 83 v. Originally 103 v., 20 v. having been destroyed in the Capitol fire. Collection contains co- lonial government papers on a great variety of topics, among them being the council minutes for the Dutch period, correspondence for the same period with the Dutch West India Company and other American colonies, records of suits involving conflicting land claims, criminal trials, petitions, commissions and appointments, proclamations, muster rolls of colonial troops, and census rolls, all illustrating the civil and political history of the colony from its first settlement to the time of the American Revolution [see Calendar of Historical Manu- scripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, v. 1, Dutch, 1630-64, v. 2, English, 1664-76 (1865-66) ].
26. New York Colonial Manuscripts, endorsed Land
Papers, 66 v.
27. New York Council Minutes, 1668-1783, 28 v. 28. PHELPS and GORHAM papers, 1788-1875, 235 v. and 98 boxos.
Daybooks, ledgers and cashbooks, grain books and cattle books, survoy and plat books, in- voice and sales books, books of title devol- opment of various townships with names of settlers, inventories, agreement and contract books, postage books, diarios, and miscella- neous memorandum books, over 200 v. Letter books of the PHELPSES and their agents, 29 v. Letters of members of the PHELPS family and of
their correspondents, 52 boxes.
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Maps of the PHELPS and GORHAM Purchase and of the holdings in 1801 just west of the PHELPS and GORHAM Purchase by the Holland Land Company, the WILLINKS, CAZENOVE, Andrew CRAIGIE, Charles WILLIAMSON, Thomas MORRIS, and others.
Miscellaneous papers consisting of receipts, leases, bonds, mortgages, and other legal documents.
(Materials not confined to New York State, but concern interests in Maine, Vermont, Georgia, Ohio, and Michigan. Included are: papers dealing with the negotiations of PHELPS and GORHAM with the New York Lessee Company and its branch in Canada; a document, dated Feb. 14, 1792, containing the contract whereby Oliver PHELPS and Jeremiah WADSWORTH became joint owners of the Nathaniel GORHAM lands in the Purchase, with the idea of finding a buyer in Europe willing to speculate in American lands; correspondence on attempts to sell lands in Europe and bring over settlers; suits result- ing from faulty titles and nonpayment, and conflicts between rival speculative groups; letters of Poter B. PORTER, PHELPS' agent at Canandaigua; correspondence on provisioning of western army posts and on Indian relations; PHELPS' correspondence with Gideon and Erastus GRANGER, Peter B. and Augustus PORTER, Jeremiah, James, and William WADSWORTH, DeWitt CLINTON, Robert TROUP, Charles WILLIAMSON, Melancton SMITH, William WALKER, Israel CHAPIN, Henry DEARBORN, Samuel KIRKLAND, and Heman ELY, cov- ering his varied career as Congressman, agent at Indian treaties, army contractor, and land jobber; 14 letters and notes of Joseph BRANT, 1797~1805; and letters of Mark LEAVENWORTH, who lived in Paris with his son-in-law, Oliver L. PHELPS, throwing light on international affairs during the late 1790's, commercial. difficulties, and treaty negotiations.) 29. Zephaniah PLATT papers, 1774-1807, 200 items. Include records of conveyances, maps, returns of survey, notes, bills, receipts, indentures, correspondence, and other papers dealing main- ly with business matters. Names prominent in the collection include William BEEKMAN, Egbert BENSON, Abraham BRINKERHOFF, George CLINTON, Simeon DEWITT, Robert HARPER, John LAWRENCE, Ezra L'HOMMEDIEU, Melancton SMITH, and Jacobus SWARTWOUT.
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