Creator:
Eastwood, Asa.
Inclusive Dates:
1804- 1872
Abstract:
Papers of the farmer, member of New York State Assembly, early settler in Onondaga County (1781-1870). Collection includes correspondence (1812-1846); diaries (1806-1870); legal papers (1804-1872); and genealogical material.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Deeds.
Mortgages.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History.
Farmers.
Legislators.
New York State
Farmers -- New York (State)
Legislators -- New York (State)
Creator:
Hill, Stephen, fl. 1810-1898.
Inclusive Dates:
1810- 1898
Abstract:
Legal and financial documents of a nineteenth-century resident of Madison County, New York.
Type of Material:
Deeds.
Indentures.
Receipts (financial records)
Correspondence.
Mortgages.
Stock certificates.
Financial statements.
Contracts.
Subject:
Fenner (N.Y. : Town) -- History.
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York State
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:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
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.