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H. Papers of William Nichols, ear- ly settler and prominent citizen in Cooperstown, 1814-67, 16 pieces con- sisting chiefly of deeds and a few leases, receipts and other data. Per- sons selling property to Nichois in- clude, among others, William H. Av- erell, Tracy Beadle, George Hyde Clarke and Henry and Elihu Phin-
I. Papers of Elihu Phinney, pub- lisher of Tho Otsego Herald, 1799- 11801, 80 pieces, comprising war- rants and certificates accumulated (by him while serving as treasurer of Otsego county, including bounties for killing wolves and one for killing a panther.
J. Delaware Turnpike Company Records, 1845-1908, 5 v., including secretary's books. (1845-1908, 2 v.), toll book (1893-1906), treasurer's book (1845-95), and stock certifi- cate book (1904.)
K. Otsego Lake Turnpike Company papers, 1823-56, 36 items including: siderable detail, describing parties, report of the commissioners for ex- games, sleigh · rides, visits to sugar bushes, summer jaunts around Otse- go, gatherings at the home of Gen. Jacob Morris, and other functions. (To be continued) ploring, the route; petition to Gov- ernor Clinton to examine the Turn- pike; license for erecting a gate on the Turnpike and the gatekeeper's
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(The following list of libraries and' housed in a three story, brick, non- societies and their holdings with com- fireproof building, erected in 1868," with adequate space for the storage and use of records. ments as taken from the "Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collec- tions" prepared by The Historical Holdings Records Survey, WPA, November, 1941. Mimeographed copies of the book are For sale by the New York State Historical Assn., Cooperstown, for $2.)
(Continued from last week) ; N. Y. State Historical Association, Cooperstown, N. Y.
There are 75 volumes and about 10,000 pieces, of which approxi- mately 85 percent are arranged by author, place, or subject, and chron- ologically within these divisions. All the arranged materials have been catalogued by accessions on 565 cards (3 inches by 5 inches), show- ing person, place, subject and date. to The manuscripts are available qualified researchers upon applica- no of tion to the director. There are facilities for the reproduction manuscripts.
See: The Bulletin of the ew York State Historical Association and New York History, the Quarterly Journal of the New York Corning-Corning Public Library, World War Memorial Cortiand-Cortland County Historical Society.
State Historical Association, for records of recent accessions. Dr. Ed- ward P. Alexander, late director of the New York State Historical As-
the Association's hoidings as they be- came arranged (see New York His- tory, April 1941.)
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COBLESKILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cobleskill Public Library, Union street. Librarian, Dorothy P. Mann. Hours: 2 p. m .- 5 'p. m., and 7 p. m .- 9 p. m., Tuesday through Saturday.
History and Purpose. Chartered as the Free Library Association in 1921, it was reorganized in 1926. It does not buy, sell or exchange manu- scripts, but welcomes gifts. It is
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A. Church, Cemetery, and Town Records of Schoharie county, compil- ed by the Captain Christian Brown Chapter, DAR 1933-38, 5 v., includ- ing:
1. Records of baptisms and mar- riages of Union Reformed Dutch Church, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cobleskill, and other churches, 1790-1820.
2. Records of births, deaths and mariages taken from old family Bi- bles in Schoharie county, 1774-1928. 3. Records of cemetery inscrip- tions in public and private ceme- teries in Cobleskill, Schoharie, Shar- on and other towns in Schoharie - county.
4. Miscellaneous materials, includ- ing records of war veterans buried in local cemeteries, military record of: Captain Thomas Machin in the Re- volutionary War, genealogical re- cords of Schhoarie County families, and other data relating to local his"" tory.
B. Minutes of the Town of Co- bieskill, 1797-1812, 1 v. (copy) in- cluding a list of officers, poll list, and highway records.
C. Historical articles compiled by Kenneth Fake, Town Historian, 1936, 1 v., comprising data on early settie- ments, churches, lodges, school so- sociation, began publishing lists of. cieties, and buildings in Cobleskill
and vicinity.
D. Genealogy of the Mohawk branch of the Eckerson family in Schoharie and adjoining counties, compiled by E. J. Eckerson in 1939, 1 v.
E. Bibliography on colonial his- tory and Tryon County, compiled by, Austin S. Hogan, 8 items.
Eight volumes and eight pieces, unarranged and uncatalogued; acces- sible upon application to the librar- ian. There is no photostat service.
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L. Hyde Ciarke papers, 1739-1824, 5 items, including lease of George Clarke, the colonial governor, and three leases and one deed of his great grandson, the builder of Hyde Hali, Cooperstown.
M. Cooperstown (village) papers, 1795-1868, 26 pieces, including popu- iation enumerations, assessment rolls, lists of firebuckets. and fire- places, local fire department commis- sions, a post office statement, a sub- scription for digging a well, and sey- eral subscriptions for , widening or building streets.
N. Cooperstown Seminary and Fe- male Collegiate ' Institute papers, 1869-81, 9 items, consisting chiefly of releases of subscribers to the Semi- nary and letters attempting. to ob- tain these releases.
O. Papers of Jacob Whlte, farmer of Preston Hollow in the town of Rensselaerwyck, Albany County, 1822-63, 33 pieces, including deeds (several from Stephen and Harriet Van Rensselaer), accounts, insurance policies, correspondence, and other data.
P. William Jones papers, 1849-68,
of civil cases tried before Justice Jones in the town of Middlefield, Ot- sego County, with a brief tracing of. each case (1849-62, 1 v.), and sum- monses, minutes of cases, a subpoena and an execution.
sego Lake and various stage lines in the region, 1852-77, 33 pieces, con- sisting mainly of bills and including an acceptance by the Post Office De- partment of Watkins' bid for carry- ing mail from . Palatine Bridge tos Cooperstown, 1853.
S. Crafts family papers, 1812-65,. 14 pieces, comprising personal andi business papers of Erastus, John,. Samuel and Willard Crafts. Included? are deeds, and a solicitor's license. Of particular interest are three letters: of John Crafts, dated 1861, 1864, 1865 showing frank disgust of a Union Democrat with Lincoln. The 1865 let- ter speaks of Cooperstown hopes of a through line from New York to Can- ada and "more travel on this road than the Central," and also describes. the flourishing condition of Coopers .; town Seminary.
T. Diary of Sarah Amelia Fair- man, 1819-21, 1 v., . comprising a journal of a young lady, resident of Butternuts (Morris) in Otsego coun- ty, and throwing much light on so- cial history. Includes records of all sorts of social gatherings with con-
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(The following list. of libraries and
societies and their holdings with comments as taken from the "Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Coilec- tions" prepared by The Historical Records Survey, WPA, November, 1941. Mimeographed copies of the book are for sale by the New York State Historical Assn., Cooperstown, for $2.)
New York State Library
Albany, New York State Library, State Education Department, State Education Building. Director, Robert W. G. Vail; chief of manuscripts and history section, Edna L. Jacobson. Manuscripts 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; summer hours 9 a. m .- 5 p. m.
History and purpose. The library was founded in 1818 as the deposi- tory for original source materiai, of- ficial and nonofficial, pertaining to the history of New York as colony and state. Manuscripts, of value for this purpose are purchased to the ex- No manu- tent that funds permit.
scripts are sold or exchanged and gifts and conditional deposits are ac- cepted. Donors' or depositors' restric- tions are scrupuiously regarded. Al- though 'the library suffered disas- trously in the Capitol fire of 1911, it stili ranks as one of the leading state libraries. DeWtt Cliniton had a hand
its in its founding and purchased earliest collections. The collections are kept and administered in special- ly planned, and constructed steel, brick and concrete quarters in a building erected in 1911 -- 12, with an additionai vauit 12 feet by 30 feet by 9 feet, equipped with 1,000 steel deposit boxes.
There are more than 500,000 man- uscripts, of which 75 percent are ar- ranged: individuai items by accession number; collections in general, chronologically, or by subjects with chronological arrangement thereun- der-variations as needed. There are approximately 80,000 catalogue cards (3x5) which show + persons, places and subjects. The library uses the American Library Association book cataloguing rules as a basis, with modifications to suit manuscript ma- terial. Manuscript calendars have been made for some collections. Ma- terial is available to users upon pre- sentation of identification. Photo- static copies of unrestricted manu- scripts are furnished at $0.20 and $0.40 .each · for positive and negative prints.
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
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baptisms, marriages, and burials pres vious to 1880, and American local
history, biography and genealogy,
with so much of English and foreign genealogy as is necessary to trace' the early history of American fam- ilies.
, A. Important collection's include:
1. Assembly Papers, 1771-1831, 36 v. Originally 43 v. of papers select- ed in 1831 from documents on file in the Assembly; 7 v. destroyed in Capitol fire of 1911. Collection in- cludes materials relating to Revolu- tionary soldiers and claims, forfeited estates, estates of deceased persons, attorney generals' reports, comptrol- lers' reports. Indian affairs, execu- tive messages and correspondence, surveyor generals' reports, schools, colleges, and corporations, and other miscellaneous matters.
2. Goldsbrow Banyar papers. Col- iection of maps, leases, and corres- pondence of Banyar and his.asso- ciates. (Col. Henry Livingston ;; Hugh Wallace, Alexander and Cadwallader Colden) in speculation in various pat- ents iying for the most part in Scho- harle and adjoining counties, includ- ing Montgomery, Albany, Ulster, Oneida, Orange and Otsego. Included are: 138 leases reiating .. to land in Banyar, Lott and Low, Magin, Stew- art and Scott patents.
26 vols. of daybooks, ledgers, rent books, receipt books, fieid books and miscellaneous memorandum books. Included are: surveys and maps of William Cockburn 1770, 1796.
Account book containing a regis- ter of Banyar's land transactions. Memorandum boois, , throwing light on operations of land agents and pioneering on the frontier.
Memorandum books of appraisers' (after Banyar's death in 1815,) con- taining data on tenants, ejectments, leases and suits.
Letter book of the estate by Jas. Dexter, agent, $1835.
Letter books, correspondence, and legal papers of Leonard G. Hun, in charge in 1873.
Maps of sundry patents by Wil- liam Cockburn, some showing hold- ings of Banyar, Alexander Colden, James Duane, Philip Livingston and others.
· Miscellaneous agreements and cor- respondence with lessees and par- chasers.
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The idea of safe automobile oper- ation entertained by some, appears to be to drive so fast that the police cannot read their numbers."
Old wood furniture that has a beautiful color and grain is usually. finished to show its nautral beauty, and. Cornell bulletin E-295 gives complete directions. A. postcard re- quest to the Mailing Room, Roberts Hall, Ithaca, N. Y., brings a free copy to New York residents.
Some 700,000 different items, all Law, originaliy passed in 1892, offi- wrapped or boxed in paper, are ship- cial records of local governmental ped to the military forces. Save pa- units, New York church records of per!
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New Yrk State Library Albany, N. Y.
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21. Manuscripts miscellaneous, v.
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A distinct collection with this ti- tie. Includes letters and papers of various members of the Livingston family, chiefly, correspondence with Storke and Gainsborough, · London merchants, 1733-38, inventory of sun- dries provided for President Wash- ington in 1790, British colonial army, papers and accounts, 1752-1807, auto- graph letters of American officials authors, some French manuscripts, 1567-1808 and the papers of Sir Ed- mund Warcupp relating to the Pop- ish plot.
22. Manuscripts of the Colony and grain books and catie books, surve State of New York in the Revolution- ary 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 Col- ony and State, Albany, 1897, 2d ed. 1898, supplement, 1901. About. 1-5 of the papers, salvaged in the Capitol fire are in good condition.
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, especially with New York State's official acts in settling the affairs of banks which failed during the panic of 1837, par- ticulariy 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, attor- nei, judge, public official and land and railway speculator, are a run- ning commentary on the political, economic, and social life of the first haif of the 19th century. (Typewrit- ten copies of the originals in the custody of the historical department of the State of Iowa at Des Moines, copies aiso in the Library of Con- gress.)
25. New York Colonial Manu- scripts, 1638-1800, 83 v. Originally 103 v., 20 v. having been destroyed in the Capitoi fire. Collection . con- tains colonial government papers on a great variety of topics, among them being the council minutes for the Dutch period, correspondence of the same period with the Dutch
West India Company and other Am. erican colonies, records of suits ; in volving conflicting land claims, crim inal . trials, petitions, commission. and appointments, proclamations muster rolls of colonial troops, and census rolls, all illustrating the civil and political history of the colon from its first settlement to the tim of the American Revolution (see Ca endar of Historical Manuscripts f the Office of the Secretary of State v. 1, Dutch, 1630-64, v. 2, English 1664-76 (1865-66.)
26. New York Colonial Manuscript endorsed Land Papers, 66 v.
27. New York Council Minuter 1668-1783, 28 v.
28. Phelps and Gorham paperr 1788-1875, 235 v. and 98 boxes.
Daybooks, ledgers and cashbook.
1 and plat "books, invoice and sale books, books of title development c various townships with names settlers, inventories, agreement al. contract books, postage books, đia. ies and miscellaneous memorandu .. books, over 200 v.
Letter books of the Phelpses ar their agents, 29 V. r .!!
Letters of members of the Phel family and of their 'correspondent 52 boxes.
Maps of the Pheips and Gorhe Purchase and of the holdings in 18 just west of the Pheips and Gorhi Purchase by the Holland Land Co pany, the Wiliinks, Cazenove, Andı Craigie, Charies Williamson, Thon Morris, and others.
· Miscellaneous papers consisting receipts, leases,, bonds, mortgag and other legal documents.
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New Yrk State Library Albany, N. Y.
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14. Warren Rosecrans Hedden pa- pers, acting quartermaster of the 65th N. Y. State Volunteers at the time of the 65th N. Y. State Volun- teers at the time of his discharge in 1864. These include:
Description Book, Co. H. 65th N. Y. S. V., June 1862-May 1864.
Company ciothing book, July 1862- Aug. 1864.
Account of clothing issued to Co. A.
Liste of Quartermaster stores ceived from the U. S. by Lieut. Hed- den. ..
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List of articles left at Brandy Sta- tion, Va., Jan. 5, 1864. 15. Holden-Whitehall collection, 37 V.
Notebooks kept by Clarence, E.
Holden (1869-1927), prominent resi- dent of . Whitehali, N. Y. Materials concern the history of Whitehai and consist of copies an dabridgements from documents and boks, letters, ac- cunts, scrap books, newspapers, stud- ies in old graveyards and other sourc- es; aiso copies and originals of maps, plans, stories, anecdotes, autographs, biographicai 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 original Castor- iand journal and English transiation, and indexes to participants in the Civii War, 50 v. 1.
: Llary of Franklin B. Hough, 18 v. Letter books, 6 v.
Mlsceilaneous 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; aiso letters and personal autobiographi- cal material.
17. Sir William Johnson papers, 1733-1808, 22 v. Originally 26 v .; 4 totally destroyed in Capitol fire. Mostly public and private papers in the possession of Sir William John- son 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, Al- bany, 1909, and The Papers of Sir William Johnson, Albany, 1921-39, 9 v.) Also transcripts (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 | tural enterprises and local, state,
18th and first half of the 19th cen-
turies, of a number of prominent Ut ster County families,' chief among whom were the Bruyns, Crooks, . E4- mendorphs, Hasbroucks and For syths. Consist largely of deeds, leas- es, account books, maps, wilis . and other legal papers. Inciude Severyn Bruyn's account books and, corres- pondence with London agents;' Johto Crook Jr's. account book, embracing his many interests as surveyor, speD- ulator, land agent, and conductor c lead-mill and tanning business; county book of James Powers, as. signee of John Kiersted, 1841-52; Ja- cob S. Bruyn's papers, including roll- of 'members of his company of the New York Line (July 4-August '], 1775) return of officers of his regi- ment, account book ;kept by hjor while prisoner on Long Island, and correspondence concerning the sur- vep and sale of iand in the Mili- tary Tract granted to him. for his war services; correspondence of . the Rev. Alexander Proudfit, minister of the Associated Reformed Church B3 Salem, N. Y., 1795-1837, and Nate's connected with the New York Col- onization Society. Subject: covered inciude the efforts to combat Deism, the revivais of 1824 and 18 :: 2, life 20 Princeton and Rutgers, th i. history of Presbyterianism, 'the distributiozt of Bibles and pamphiets before tho organization of the "tract" societies, and the establishment of missions among the Onelda and Stockbridge Indians.
19. Lansing-Pruyn papers, 166%- 1861, 200 items. ! ".
Consist chiefly of wills, leases, tax lists, receipts and inventories per- taining to the Lansing, Pruyn, Ten Eyck, Van Schaick, Visscher, aix other related families. Included is the original record book kept hy Barent Bradt, clerk of Dutch Church in Ah bany, of the burials from 1722 1757 of persons belonging to tho church.
20. Samuel A. Law papers, 1793. 1887, 10,000 items. Records of a. typ- Ical land agent, farmer, and business man in Delaware county during the first half of the 18th century. Collet- tion inciudes statements of accounts and receipts for payments made co Law by persons to whom he sold tho land in Franklin Patent for their Philadelphia owners (Henry Drinken, Isaac Wharton, George Clymer, Je C. Fisher and Samuel Meredith), maps of , lands in Franklin: Pate, 13 showing . surveys, lot divisions, roads, etc. correspondence and daily jour- nais, contalning data on Law's hint bering, farming, and sheep raising projects, community civic and cul
and national politics.
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New 'Yrk State Library
Albany, N. Y.
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(Materlais not. confined to 'New York State, but concern Interests in Maine, Vermont, Georgia, Ohio, - and Michigan. Inciuded are: papers deal- ing with the negotiations of Pheips and Gorham with the New York Lessee Company and its branch in Canada; a document, dated Feb. 14, 1792, containing the contract where- by Oliver~ Phelps and Jeremiah- Wadsworth became joint owners' of the', Nathaniei . 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 settiers; suits resuit- 'ing from faulty titles and nonpay- ment, and conflicts "between rival speculative groups; letters of Peter B. Porter, Phelps' agent at Canan- dalgua; correspondence' on provision- ing of western army- posts and on Indian relations; Pheips' 'correspon- dance with Gideon , and Erastus Granger, Peter B. and Augustus Por- ter, Jeremiah, "James . and William Wadsworth, DeWitt Clinton, Robert Troup, Charies Williamson, Melanc- ton Smith, William Waiker, Israel Chapin, Henry Dearborn, Samuei Kirkland and "Heman Eiy, covering his varied career as Congressman, agent at Indian treaties, army con, tractors, and land jobber; 14 ietters and notes of Joseph Brant, 1797- 1805; and ietters of Mark Leaven- worth, who lived in Paris with his son-in-law, Oliver L. Pheips, throw- ing light on, internationai , affairs during the late 1790s, ; commerciai difficulties and treaty negotiations.) 29. Zephaniah Platt papers. 1774- 1807, 200 Items. Inciude records of conveyances, maps, returns of survey, notes, bills, receipts, indentures, cor- respondence and other papers deal- ing mainly with business - matters. Names prominent in the collection in- clude William Beekman, Egbert Ben- son, Abraham Brinkerhoff, George Clinton, Simeon DeWitt, Robert Har- per, John Lawrence, Ezra L'Homme- dieu, Melancton Smith and Jacobus Swartwout.
30. (George and Frederick) Seriba
papers, 1790-1850. account books, let- necting with the records. in the coun- ty clerks' offices. :
ter books, and survey books, 57 v .. .Correspondence, 6 boxes.
Maps (30) relating to the Scriba patent in Oswego county,
Miscellaneous materials, 17 boxes.
31. Rensselaerwyck Msb., 1634- 1870.
Originally inciuded some 200 v. of ledger and journal accounts, 1,000. Dutch letters, 3,000 ieases,. 500 maps and surveys, and 25,000 misceiian- eous papers, embracing commissions, land patents, contracts, deeds, poll lists, tax lists, colonial muster roils, and other papers of a public or semi- pubile character relating to the terri- tory covered by the former Manor of Renseiaerwyck. The manuscripts salvaged from the Capitoi fire in- clude a number of individual items (cited below), nearly all the early Dutch account books, some fifty iater account books, Anthony De Hooges' 1643-48, the memorandum book, court records of 1648-52, the letter book of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 1660-74, records of the Tivoli Man- ufacturing Company, 1836-40, a few pers of a public or semipublic
letters, muster rolis, and about 1,000 ieases. The library also has Van
Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, 1629-96, comprising original' and typewritten copies of the letters of Kiniaen Van Rensselaer and other pa- pers relating to the colony of Rens-, selaerwyck, typewritten copies of another collection of Dutch manar- scripts (Van Rensselaer Bowier man- ucript, 1574-1795) relating to the Van Renselaer and Van Wey families in Holland and to the colony of Rens- selaerwyck and the Contraction der Colionie Rensselaerwyck, 1666-1708; comprising a record book of leases and contracts of the colony of Rens- seiaerwyck.
32. Van Rensselaer Manor papers. Leases or parts of leases, 1,000 items.
Maps (14) of portions of the East Manor and West Manor,
Field notes and surveys of all the towns of the East Manor and . of Berne in the West Manor.
Miscellaneous papers, including deeds, mortgages, agreements, cove- nants and other documents, 500 Items.
Ledgers and books of record (30) of the proprietor of the manor and of W. S. Church showing the ac- counts between the patroon and ten- ants and giving the chain of title for much of the iand in Albany and Rensselaer counties down to and con- 1
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