Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1762- 1962
Abstract:
Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B.
Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay,
Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick
Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton,
Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Bank statements.
Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Broadsides (notices)
Check stubs.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Estate records.
Indentures.
Judicial records.
Land registers.
Land surveys.
Maps (documents)
Pamphlets.
Sermons.
Summonses.
Warrant books.
Wills.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Galloway, Leon J.
Inclusive Dates:
1711- 1962
Abstract:
Collection created by Leon Galloway of
Hicksville, New York, presumably based on his personal interests. Correspondence of military
members of the Confederate States of America and Civil War currency. Contracts, land
surveys, photo albums, and books about the Hicksite Quakers. Correspondence of the Saunders
family.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Paper money.
Autograph albums.
Correspondence.
Postage stamps.
Contracts.
Land surveys.
Marriage certificates.
Wills.
Manuscripts (documents)
War bonds.
Engravings (prints)
Subject:
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, England)
Hicksville (N.Y.)
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
Jericho (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Westbury (Nassau County, N.Y.)
Religion and philosophy
Civil War (U.S.)
Hicksites -- United States -- History.
Confederate States of America.
Society of Friends.
Quakers.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1771- 1956
Abstract:
Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and memorabilia concerning the Holland Land Company, Colonel John Lincklaen, Jonathan Denise Ledyard, Helen Ledyard Lincklaen, Jane Strawbridge Ledyard, other Ledyard and Lincklaen family members, and Lorenzo mansion in Cazenovia. Photocopies and microfilm only, no originals.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Indentures.
Land surveys.
Ledgers (account books)
Wills.
Subject:
New York State
Public land records -- New York (State)
Business records -- New York (State)
Family history.
Creator:
Smith, Peter, 1768-1837.
Inclusive Dates:
1763- 1850
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State merchant and landowner; father of
Gerrit Smith. Collection contains correspondence (1791-1837); financial papers (1771-1850) relating to various
business enterprises; business
and land papers (1767-1850); legal documents
(1772-1840); and writings, including a journal of a trip from Albany to Johnstown
in 1822. Notable correspondents include John Jacob Astor, Daniel Cady, William E. Dodge, Abraham Herring, Elbert
Herring, Thomas Herring, Samuel Hoard, Nehemiah Huntington, Elisha Kane, John Kiersted, William Laight, William
Lamont, Robert Lenox, John Lincklaen, Samuel McNeil, Morris S. Miller, Stephen Parkhurst, Samuel H. Payne, Jonas
Platt, Harmon Pumpelly, Zebulon Shipherd, Gerrit Smith, Ezra Stiles, David Tomlinson, Lawrence Vrooman, Nathan Ward,
and Elisha Williams.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Land surveys.
Leases.
Legal documents.
Mortgages.
Promissory notes.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.)
Landowners.
Business and Industry
New York State
Land grants -- New York (State)
Land titles -- New York (State)
Landowners -- New York (State)
Oneida Indians.