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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Van Cortlandt family. Van Cortlandt family papers, 1688-1846.

Title: Van Cortlandt family papers, 1688-1846.

Van Cortlandt family papers, ca. 1688 - ca. 1846, including wills, correspondence, maps, surveyors' field notes, legal documents (mostly related to their landholdings), and other miscellaneous papers. The collection includes papers related to the estate of Catharine Van Wyck (née Van Cortlandt); legal papers related to Philip Van Cortlandt, letters from him, and an inventory of his estate; letters and other papers of the elder and the younger Pierre Van Cortlandt; a letterbook of John Van Cortlandt, 1777-1786; John Van Cortlandt's notebook, 1746-1756; a list of 801 freeholders in Westchester County, dated 1763 and arranged by towns; Oloff (Oliver) Van Cortlandt's will; and deeds to properties in New York City and New York State, with dates ranging from 1688 to 1817, as well as other miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58780826 View

New Jersey. Militia. New Jersey Militia orderly book, 1776-1782.

Title: New Jersey Militia orderly book, 1776-1782.

This volume is an orderly book kept by Colonel Philip Van Cortland's regiment of Nathaniel Heard's Brigade of the New Jersey Militia from July 7, 1776 to September 24, 1776. Orders were issued from New York City until September 10th and then from Kingsbridge. Included in this volume is a list of the troops in Captain Jedidiah Swan's company and a record of court cases involving soldiers in the militia from February 2, 1781 to May 9, 1782.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53085885 View

Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831. Autograph letter signed : "Tunkanock Creek," to General Edward Hand, 1779 May 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Tunkanock Creek," to General Edward Hand, 1779 May 23.

Saying he is forwarding a letter from General Sullivan by express with guards.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270574076 View

Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

Title: Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1471fis?rgn=main;view=text View

William L. Clements Library. Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

Title: Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450037 View

Philip Van Cortlandt ledgers, 1752-1803

Title: Philip Van Cortlandt ledgers 1752-1803

Ledgers kept by Philip Van Cortlandt, including: 'Ledger A,' kept at Second River (later, Belleville), New Jersey, and in east New Jersey, 1752-1760; ledger kept at Second River, 1756-1758; ledger kept at Second River, 1758-1763; and ledger kept at Second River, 1765-1803

ArchivalResource: .84 linear foot (4 volumes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3425 View

Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers, 1667-1912

Title: Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers 1667-1912

Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the 17th to the 19th century. The Van Wyck family was related to them by marriage. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, papers relating to land in New York owned by the Van Cortlandt family, estate papers, and wills. Correspondence, 1779-1912, concerns family, personal and real estate matters, the progress of the Revolutionary War, and political matters. There is a significant amount of correspondence between Pierre Van Cortlandt and his son Philip. Also, 1824 almanac with journal notes; manuscript of Philip Van Cortlandt's autobiography; sketch of seating arrangement in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, 1795; family documents; and documents, 1775-1813, concerning the Continental Army.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (7 boxes); 3 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3130 View

Van Cortlandt, Philip. Philip Van Cortlandt ledgers, 1752-1803.

Title: Philip Van Cortlandt ledgers, 1752-1803.

Ledgers kept by Philip Van Cortlandt, including: 'Ledger A,' kept at Second River (later, Belleville), New Jersey, and in east New Jersey, 1752-1760; ledger kept at Second River, 1756-1758; ledger kept at Second River, 1758-1763; and ledger kept at Second River, 1765-1803.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear foot (4 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725437190 View

United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington). Quasi-discharge, 1783 June [issued to] Willm. Hunth private.

Title: Quasi-discharge, 1783 June [issued to] Willm. Hunth private.

Quasi-discharge given in June of 1783 to Willm. Hunth private, who had served in the Second New York Regiment during the Revolution. The document states that Hunth's release is to be considered a furlough until a peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain is signed.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (2 p.) ; 35 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24949624 View

Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835. Revolutionary War military records, 1776-1783.

Title: Revolutionary War military records, 1776-1783.

Continental Army records, including orderly books for a troop of the 2nd Regiment, Continental Light Dragoons commanded by Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge (1782-1783) and an artillery brigade comprised of battalions commanded by John Crane, Charles Harrison, and John Lamb (1779), and vol. (1782) kept at General Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y.; New Jersey regimental records, including orderly book (1780) kept by John Ross at West Point, N.Y., for Col. Elias Dayton's brigade, account book (1776-1778) for Capt. Thomas Patterson's company (2nd Company, 3rd New Jersey Battalion of Col. Elias Dayton), stationed at Ft. Stanwix, N.Y., and New Brunswick, N.J., including accounts of clothing and cash given to a Negro named Cuff, and account book (1779-1782) of Capt. Jonathan Forman's 1st New Jersey Regiment; New Jersey militia records, including orderly book (1776) of Col. Philip Van Courtland's regiment in Nathaniel Heard's Brigade, record book (1776-1778) of Gen. Thomas Mifflin's brigade (detached to supply troops to General Washington's flying camp), and record book (1777-1778) of 2nd Regiment, Essex County Militia, commanded by Capt. Josiah Pierson and later by Capt. Henry Squire; and orderly book (1776-1778) kept by Laurence Keene for Pennsylvania regiments under commands of Col. Samuel Miles, Col. John Patton, and Gen. Anthony Wayne.

ArchivalResource: 8 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954991 View

Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852. Ethan Allen Brown letters to Philip Van Cortlandt, 1806 Dec 17-28.

Title: Ethan Allen Brown letters to Philip Van Cortlandt, 1806 Dec 17-28.

Two ALS written by Ethan Allen Brown to Philip Van Cortlandt, United States House of Representatives, reporting events relating to the Burr Conspiracy and asking Cortlandt's assistance in obtaining a Land Office appointment in Ohio. Writing from Cinncinnati, Brown discusses his opinions on support for Aaron Burr in Ohio and other western states, and he summarizes actions of the Ohio state government against conspirators. The letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (in 1 broadside folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150293 View

Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers, 1759-1874.

Title: Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers, 1759-1874.

Papers of the related Van Cortlandt and Van Wyck families include a letter from William Smith to Pierre Van Cortlandt, 1759, concerning arrangements for sale of land in Westchester County; accounts kept by Pierre Van Cortlandt concerning purchase and sale of flour, wheat, pork, shoes, hay, pasturage privileges, and other items, 1774-1775; letter from Pierre Van Cortlandt to his brother concerning prospective buyer of their mill for a comb factory, 1829; estate inventories of Philip Van Cortlandt, 1832; vendue lists of items sold from the estate of Philip G. Van Wyck, 1835; several letters between Pierre and Philip Van Wyck concerning land and money matters, 1830s-1840s; legal opinion on the complaint of Pierre Van Cortlandt concerning appraisal of his land along the Croton River which was condemned for use in the Croton Aqueduct, 1844; and miscellaneous land surveys, deeds, promissory notes, receipts, bonds, mortgages, insurance policy, and lists.

ArchivalResource: 73 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155543379 View

Deeds and letters collection, 1760-1971.

Title: Deeds and letters collection, 1760-1971.

Miscellaneous documents pertaining to Croton, including 38 deeds, 1760-1924; letter from Philip Van Cortlandt concerning payment of taxes on property, 1817; and a letter concerning local history research, 1971.

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155541532 View

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant miscellanies, 1779-1892.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant miscellanies, 1779-1892.

Printed materials primarily documenting Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's military career, including descriptions of battles at Oriskany, Saratoga, Wyoming, and Minisink, the siege of Ft. Stanwix, and a massacre at Cherry Valley; and Brant's campaign from 1778 to 1780. Also included are biographical sketches of Brant, Red Jacket, Barry St. Leger, and Philip Van Cortlandt; histories of the Susquehanna Valley; and genealogies of the Frey and Brant families.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 c.f. (3 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173701798 View

United States. Continental Army. New York Regiment, 2nd. Orderly books, 1779-1783.

Title: Orderly books, 1779-1783.

Orderly books, 1779-1783, of the 2nd New York Regiment. They contain general, division, brigade, regimental and West Point garrison orders, as well as resolutions of the Continental Congress and the New York Legislature. Locations include Pompton, Camp Rockaway, Morristown and Totowa, N.J.; Fort Edward, West Point, Highlands and Orangeburg, N.Y.; Williamsburg and Yorktown, Va. One volume, covering the dates December 3, 1779 - May 29, 1780 (no. 101 on microfilm) is a typed copy. Three (nos. 127, 149 and 170 on microfilm) were kept by Barnardus Swarwout, Jr. No. 127 (September 23, 1780 - October 1, 1780) includes some general orders relating to the discovery of the Arnold plot and the sentencing of André. No. 149 (September 26, 1781 - October 30, 1781) contains headquarters orders before Yorktown, as well as the right wing orders of Gen. St. Clair. It is bound in canvas painted with the monogram of George III and part of the Roman numeral LXXX, indicating it belonged to the 80th Regiment, with the words "America to you is lost" painted underneath; a note inside the front cover reads "Captured Lord Cornwallis & the cover of this book"; some pages also used for copying poems. No. 170 (March 28, 1783 - June 4, 1783) also contains an act of the New York Legislature concerning land bounties for officers,; resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning pay and pension; two papers on soldiers' pensions; a copy of the song sung on the 4th of July in Poughkeepsie; the constitution of the Society of the Cincinnati; other letters and memoranda.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58770217 View

Papers, 1663-1932.

Title: Papers, 1663-1932.

Papers include bills, deeds, receipts, commissions, letters, agreements, mortgages, accounts, maps and land surveys, leases, inventories, military records, memoranda, slave documents, wills and estate papers, legal papers, lists, bonds, genealogy, and memorabilia. Persons represented include Philip Van Cortlandt, his son Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Pierre's sons Philip Van Cortlandt and Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. Correspondence, which includes many letters from Pierre (b.1721) to his sons Philip and Pierre Jr., 1777-1803, and a series from Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. to his farm manager William Miller, concerning household goods, land transactions, land rents, mills, ferries, the Revolutionary War, business affairs, finances, family news, political news, the War of 1812, personal estates, water rights at Croton, and farm management. Other items include journal, receipt book, and account book of Pierre Van Cortlandt (b.1721); school records, 1795-1798, and assessment rolls, 1808-1811, for the Town of Cortlandt; account books of Gertruyd Beekman (Mrs. Henry Beekman) with entries on her Cortlandt relatives, 1723-1766; receipts, accounts, returns, reports, and orders from the Revolutionary War and New York militia affairs, 1775-1825; and family correspondence and papers of the related Van Wyck family, 1825-1861.

ArchivalResource: ca. 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155539622 View

Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers, 1667-1912

Title: Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers 1667-1912

Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the 17th to the 19th century. The Van Wyck family was related to them by marriage. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, papers relating to land in New York owned by the Van Cortlandt family, estate papers, and wills. Correspondence, 1779-1912, concerns family, personal and real estate matters, the progress of the Revolutionary War, and political matters. There is a significant amount of correspondence between Pierre Van Cortlandt and his son Philip. Also, 1824 almanac with journal notes; manuscript of Philip Van Cortlandt's autobiography; sketch of seating arrangement in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, 1795; family documents; and documents, 1775-1813, concerning the Continental Army.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (7 boxes); 3 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3130 View

New York (State). Commissioners of Forfeitures, for the Southern District. Sales records, 1784-1787.

Title: Sales records, 1784-1787.

Records of sales, 1784-1787, of forfeited property in New York City and nieghboring counties, kept by the Commissioners of Forfeiture of New York State's Southern District. Volume of sales records for forfeited property in the City and County of New York, 1784-1787, records the name of the former owner, purchaser, date of sale, price, and precise location of the property. Records are certified by the Southern District's Commissioners of Forfeiture, Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt, and include an index of purchasers. Additional volume contains abstracts of sales of forfeited property, 1784-1787, for the greater Southern District. Entries include the acreage of the property, name of purchaser, name of forfeiter, the person to whom the property was conveyed, the price and date of sale, amount of money received, etc. Also included are seven individual documents addressed to the Commissioners by Dr. Charles McKnight, 1784 May-1784 Jul., applying for specified forfeited estates in New York City and vicinity and laid into the back of the volume. Volumes include numerous records for sales of properties formerly belonging to noted loyalists James DeLancey and Frederick Philipse.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (ca. 371 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58771736 View

Record book collection, 1760-1931.

Title: Record book collection, 1760-1931.

Ledger of David Haines, 1811-1837, for business accounts, Justice of the Peace entries, and record of deeds; account book of David H. Barton, containing carpenter accounts, philosophical writings, and Justice of the Peace records, 1865-1891, and roster for 2nd Regiment, New York State Militia, 1845-1857; account book of Rebeccah Vermilyea, 1760-1770, with accounts of fish sold to James Cortlandt, weaving, and corn sales; poor master's ledger for the Town of Cortlandt, kept by Philip Van Cortlandt, 1788-1825; records of bounded property for Town of Cortlandt, 1878-1888; two account books from the Hudson River Railroad, 1841-1854; business ledger from Croton Landing (earlier name for Croton-on-Hudson), 1873-1877; and ledger of water rents and taxes for Croton-on-Hudson, 1930-1931.

ArchivalResource: 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155541562 View

Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852. Ethan Allen Brown letters to Philip Van Cortlandt, 1806 Dec 17-28.

Title: Ethan Allen Brown letters to Philip Van Cortlandt, 1806 Dec 17-28.

Two ALS written by Ethan Allen Brown to Philip Van Cortlandt, United States House of Representatives, reporting events relating to the Burr Conspiracy and asking Cortlandt's assistance in obtaining a Land Office appointment in Ohio. Writing from Cinncinnati, Brown discusses his opinions on support for Aaron Burr in Ohio and other western states, and he summarizes actions of the Ohio state government against conspirators. The letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81187017 View

Papers, 1773-1797.

Title: Papers, 1773-1797.

Papers of Abraham Van Gaasbeek and his son Peter Van Gaasbeek, consisting of letters, account books, bonds, receipts, and accounts. Letters concern the mercantile business, manufacture of potash, sloops, the Revolutionary War, Tories in Ulster County, political issues connected to Peter's terms as Kingston Town Supervisor, 1787-1793, and member of U.S. Congress, 1793-1795, electioneering, the disputed New York gubernatorial election of 1792, financial matters, slaves, and family concerns. Correspondents include Dirck Jansen, Peter Elting, Edward Ryan, John Bogart, William Swart, Aaron Burr, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Robert Troup, Robert Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Abraham Lansing, jacobus S. Bruyn, Severyn Bruyn, Cornelius Schoonmaker, Peter Wynkoop, Johannes Hardenbergh, Rufus King, Cornelius Roosevelt, Simon Schermerhorn, John Vanderlyn, and Peter Van Schaack.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155500197 View