Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1790- 1861
Abstract:
Assorted material related to the early days of the town of Brookfield in Madison County, New York; majority related to business transactions (ledgers, receipts, agreements, promises to pay, etc.)
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal instruments.
Promises to pay.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Brookfield (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Creator:
Commins, Jedediah D.
Inclusive Dates:
1808- 1829
Abstract:
Papers, mostly financial, illustrating the business activities of Jedediah Commins (Commins) in Central New York.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal instruments.
Promises to pay.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Lima (N.Y.) -- History.
Lima (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Livonia (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business enterprises -- Lima (N.Y.) -- 19th century.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Huntington family
Inclusive Dates:
1955- 1976
Abstract:
Papers from the estate of the Huntington family.
Type of Material:
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Inventories.
Legal instruments.
Receipts (financial records)
Tax returns.
Trust receipts.
Wills.
Subject:
Upper class -- United States.
Collectors.
Philanthropists.
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Creator:
Strong, George Washington, 1783-1855.
Inclusive Dates:
1809- 1844
Abstract:
New York attorney. Collection contains legal documents from his
Manhattan practice spanning nearly 40 years.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Bail bonds.
Briefs (legal documents)
Claims.
Legal instruments.
Mortgages.
Submittals.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Law -- New York (State)
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- History.
Lawyers -- United States -- History.
Practice of law -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Pfeffer, Leo, 1910-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1942- 1974
Abstract:
The papers of the American lawyer, activist for separation of church and state, legal counsel for the American Jewish Congress, and director of its Commission on Law and Social Action consist of correspondence, legal briefs, dockets, court transcripts, essays, speeches, and printed material, including articles, clippings, pamphlets, periodical issues, and general files relating to civil rights, federal aid to education, prayer in public schools, and other church-state issues.
Type of Material:
Briefs (legal documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Dockets.
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Legal documents.
Legal instruments.
Manuscripts for publication.
Transcripts.
Subject:
Lawyers.
Activism and social reform
Politics, government and public administration
Religion and philosophy
Church and state -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Federal aid to education.
Freedom of religion -- United States.
Hungarian Americans.
Jews, American.
Lawyers -- United States.
Prayer in the public schools.
Religion and state -- United States.
Religion in the public schools.
Constitutional law -- United States.