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Van Valkenburgh, Bartholomew Jacob, 1753-1831. Letter to Petrus Van Gaasbeeck, 1776 August 1.

Title: Letter to Petrus Van Gaasbeeck, 1776 August 1.

Van Valkenburgh, Ticonderoga Landing, writes to Van Gaasbeeck at Livingston Manor, describing the situation of the American Army: "the Whole of our army here Consists of Sixteen Rigements, one of which is yet at Crown point, left there as an Advanced Party to send out Spies and Whatch the Motion of our Enemy, (Whome they say are at St Johns, a fortifying and Building Gundeloros), Eleven of the Rigements are aRepairing the Old Brestwork here at Ticonderoga ... the other four Rigemts are afortifying a hill that Lays on the Eastside of the lake Right oposite the Fort ..." He continues: "We have now on the lake under ... Commodore Wynkoop one Large Sloop Which carries Nine Guns ... and three Schooners Each about Six Guns ... & a great number of Gondeloros & More abuilding Which We Expect and hope Will Give Master Burgoine a Warming When he Comes With his Small fleet from St. Johns." Van Valkenburgh concludes that they have received news of [the Declaration of] "Independence and that Major General Oratia Gates had the Whole Army Drawn up on the Plains at Ticonderoga & fortyseven Guns fird & three Chears for the Independent States of America."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Papers, 1698-1812, 1785-1812 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1698-1812, 1785-1812 (bulk)

Papers of Johannis and Hendricus Sleght, Hand I. Sleght, Capt. Henry Sleght, who was Sheriff of Ulster County, and Dr. Henry Sleght consisting of letters, deeds, wills, promissory notes, legal papers, memoranda, bills, receipts, and accounts. Letters are primarily addressed to Capt. Henry Sleght and Dr. Henry Sleght and concern politics, medicine, legal cases, financial matters, family affairs, and shipment of merchandise such as flax, tea, cloth, rum, fruits, flour, iron, and steel, 1777-1805; correspondents include John Doll, Peter Wynkoop, Daniel Tremper, John and Oliver Goodwin, Cadwallader Colden, Sam Campbell, Peter Van Gaasbeek, Cornelius E. Wynkoop, Joseph Hardenburgh, Moses Cantine, and Jacob Tremper. There are also fragments of medical notes and lectures by Dr. Henry Sleght.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

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Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1797. Receipt, 1788 October 18.

Title: Receipt, 1788 October 18.

This receipt, for a large tureen, a china bowl, a china sugar cup, and 3 cordial glasses, was from John Etling ( - ), of New York. The receipt was signed by James Etling, Jr. ( - ).

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf.

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Van Gaasbeck, Jacobus. Account book, 1736-1822.

Title: Account book, 1736-1822.

Accounts, 1736-1822, kept in Kingston (N.Y.) by Jacobus Van Gaasbeck and other members of the Van Gaasbeck family. Some early receipts are signed by Thomas Van Gaasbeck. In English, with a few entries in Dutch. The book mainly records transactions for agricultural goods and services, such as flaxseed, wheat, Indian corn, hogs, butter, pasturage, sheep, straw, sowing, veal, turkeys, etc. It includes accounts with members of the Bogardus, Sleght, Elmendorf, Trimper, Ten Broeck, Swart, Delamater, Beekman, Tappen, Hoffman, Masten, Snyder, Thompson, and other families. It also contains accounts for goods and services rendered to several members of the Van Gaasbeck family, including William Van Gaasbeck, and the revolutionary officer and congressman Peter Van Gaasbeck.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 300 p.)

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Correspondence, 1773-1802.

Title: Correspondence, 1773-1802.

Papers of Peter Van Gaasbeek include family correspondence, 1786-1794; political and business correspondence with John Addison, 1792-1796, Abraham B. Bancker, 1788-1789, Coenraedt E. Elmendorf, 1787-1797, Ebenezer Foote, 1792-1797, Rufus King, 1794-1795, Johannes Miller, 1792-1795, Jacob Radclift, 1795-1796, James S. Roosevelt, 1793-1794, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, 1783-1789, Cornelius Wynkoop, 1787-1788, and others, 1773-1802; and correspondence with Peter R. and John R. Livingston regarding military affairs, 1776-1778.

ArchivalResource: ca. .3 cubic ft.

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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.

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Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1797. Papers, 1773-1795.

Title: Papers, 1773-1795.

Correspondence, bills, receipts, bank notes, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 64 items.

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